'Dons Travel to Vermillion, S.D. for Summit League Championships

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The IPFW Mastodons take to the Summit League field for the 2013 Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, S.D.

Meet: 2013 Summit League Championships
When: Saturday, February 24 and Sunday, February 25
Where: Vermillion, S.D. | Dakota Dome

IPFW IN THE TOP OF THE FIELD
There are 11 individual IPFW performances that have the squad in the top-20 in their respective events heading into the Championships. The top seed for the Mastodons will be freshman Rachel Dincoff, who is seeded third in the shot put with a school-record toss of 47-7.75 (14.52 meters.

Katy Moore is seeded ninth in the high jump on a school-record height clearance of 5-4.25 (1.63 meters), while Kayla Zink sits 11th in two different events, the shot put (42-6 / 12.95 meters) and weight throw (52-1.25 / 15.88 meters).

LAST TIME OUT
The IPFW track team finished their tune-ups for the Summit League Tournament by setting or tying thrfeeschool records on the day in the 60-meter dash, 800-meter run, and 4x400-meter relay.

Four Mastodons, Kaylin Taylor, Emily Craig, Kayla Boyes, and Julie Jeszenszky teamed up to run a time of 4:10.62, a third of a second faster than the previous record of 4:10.91.

Taylor also topped the school record in the 60-meter dash, tying the record with a time of 8.16 in the preliminaries, before running an 8.08 in the finals to give her the school record in both the 60- and 200-meter dashes during the indoor season. Her time of 26.60 in the 200-meter dash at the event placed her fourth in the field with the school's third-best time in program history.

Jeszenszky led a trio of Mastodons in the 800-meter run, chasing through the four-lap race in a time of 2:20.01, besting the previous school record of 2:20.59 set by Gina Pruitt in 2002. Alexa Brown ran to a time of 2:39.13 and Alexis Minier 2:50.51 in the event.

Katy Moore just missed her own school record in the high jump, clearing a height of 5-3 (1.60 meters), placing her third in the field.

Boyes led a trio of Mastodons in the mile run by placing fifth in a time of 5:11.83, the fifth-fastest mile in school history, whileAndrea Bell placed sixth with a time of 5:13.23, the seventh-fastest time in school history. Kaitlyn Simmons took 13th in a time of 5:25.58. Bell and Simmons later competed in the 3,000-meter run, Bell placing second in a time of 10:26.85, and Simmons 10th in 10:46.97.

Emily Craig ran a time of 1:02.88 in the open 400-meter dash, placing 11th, while Brianna Whitehead took 13th in the 60-meter hurdles in a time of 12.18.

Kayla Zink placed fifth in the weight throw with a toss of 49-feet, 5.5-inches (15.07 meters) for the fourth-best toss in school history, while Kaeleigh Porter toosed the fifth-best throw in program history at 49-1.5 (14.97 meters), placing seventh. Theresa McHugh took 12th in the weight throw (42-2.75 / 12.87 meters), while Laura Moynahan placed 13th (38-8.25 / 11.97 meters).

Rachel Dincoff placed fourth in the shot put with a heave of 45-3 (13.79 meters), the fifth-longest toss in program history, while Lizzy Frazze took 10th (38-7.75 / 11.78 meters), Zink placed 11th (37-9.5 / 11.52 meters), and Alyssa Kopp placed 13th (36-8.5 / 11.19 meters).

Rachel Zachar took first in the 5,000-meter run in a time of 19:19.05, while Rebecca Jacobs finished just behind in 19:35.57. In the 600-meter run, Nichole Wormcastle placed 10th in a time of 1:50.91, while Nicole Dailey placed 12th in 1:51.95.

~ Feel the Rumble ~

Purdue University Fort Wayne Athletics

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