Saturday, February 15
West Lafayette, Ind.
10 a.m.
Purdue Fort Wayne
at
Boilermaker Invitational
2/14/2014 2:00:00 PM | Women's Track and Field
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The IPFW track and field team will head to the 2014 Fred Wilt Boilermaker Invitational, hosted by Purdue University, on Saturday. The meet is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
Meet: Fred Wilt Boilermaker Invitational
When: Saturday, February, 15 | 10 a.m.
Where: West Lafayette, Ind. | Lambert Fieldhouse
TEAMS
There will be 10 teams competing at the meet, including seven NCAA Division I squads and three non-NCAA Division I schools. Among the Division I teams, which will be scored, are Butler, Depaul, IPFW, Kent State, Northern Illinois, Purdue, and Valparaiso. The non-scored, non-Division I teams will be Lincoln, Taylor, and Wabash.
MEET SCHEDULE
The schedule of events for the meet is listed below:
11:00 a.m. National Anthem
Field Events
10:00 a.m. – (W) Weight Throw, Men to follow
11:00 a.m. – (W) Pole Vault, Men to follow
Women's Shot Put upon completion of Men's Weight Throw, Men to follow
11:15 a.m. – (W) High Jump, Men to follow
12:00 p.m. – (W) Long Jump, Men to follow
Women's Triple Jump upon completion of the Men's Long Jump, Men to follow
Running Events
1:00 p.m. – Fastest kid in Lafayette
1:15 p.m. – (W) 5000 Meter Run (non-scored)
1:45 p.m. – (M) 5000 Meter Run (non-scored)
2:15 p.m. – (W) 60 Meter Dash Prelim (top 8 to finals)
2:25 p.m. – (M) 60 Meter Dash Prelim (top 8 to finals)
2:35 p.m. – (W) 60 Meter Hurdles Prelim (top 8 to finals)
2:50 p.m. – (M) 60 Meter High Hurdles Prelim (top 8 to finals)
2:55 p.m. – (W) Mile Run
3:05 p.m. – (M) Mile Run
3:15 p.m. – (W) 400 Meter Dash
3:25 p.m. – (M) 400 Meter Dash
3:35 p.m. – (W) 60 Meter Dash Finals
3:40 p.m. – (M) 60 Meter Dash Finals
3:45 p.m. – (W) 60 Meter Hurdles Finals
3:50 p.m. – (M) 60 Meter High Hurdles Finals
3:55 p.m. – (W) 800 Meter Run
4:05 p.m. – (M) 800 Meter Run
4:15 p.m. – (W) 600 Meter Run
4:25 p.m. – (M) 600 Meter Run
4:35 p.m. – (W) 200 Meter Dash
4:45 p.m. – (M) 200 Meter Dash
4:55 p.m. – (W) 3k Finals
5:10 p.m. – (M) 3k Finals
5:25 p.m. – (W) 4x400 Relay
5:40 p.m. – (M) 4x400 Relay
LAST TIME OUT
Eleven members of the Mastodon track and field team competed against some of the top athletes in the country on Friday at the prestigious Akron Invitational. The meet, hosted by the University of Akron, featured more than 500 athletes from 17 schools.
Junior Kayla Zink was the top performer of the day for the 'Dons, earning a fourth place finish in the discus throw. Zink narrowly missed out on landing in the top-three after her toss of 42.89m came up .01m behind the third place finisher Kyla Walworth from Central Michigan.
The distance medley relay team, consisting of Kayla Boyes, Tori Nida, Brittany Beard, and Julie Jeszenszky, was on pace to break the school record time of 12:20.51 in the event, however the race was stopped on the final lap of the mile leg.
In the 5000 meter run, Andrea Bell paced the 'Dons with her eighth place finish in 18:24.24. She was followed by a quartet of IPFW runners that placed 9th through 12th. Rachel Zachar crossed the finish line in a career-best time of 18:52.44 and Amaya Ayers came in at 19:33.14. Emma Manchess and Rachel Kacer crushed their previous career-bests with a 19:56.92 and a 20:38.21, respectively.
Freshman Alexis Wygant took 16th in the pentathlon, earning 2,274 points. Wygant set season-best marks in three events, including the 60 meter hurdles (12.34), high jump (1.45m), and shot put (8.12m).
~ Feel the Rumble ~
Meet: Fred Wilt Boilermaker Invitational
When: Saturday, February, 15 | 10 a.m.
Where: West Lafayette, Ind. | Lambert Fieldhouse
TEAMS
There will be 10 teams competing at the meet, including seven NCAA Division I squads and three non-NCAA Division I schools. Among the Division I teams, which will be scored, are Butler, Depaul, IPFW, Kent State, Northern Illinois, Purdue, and Valparaiso. The non-scored, non-Division I teams will be Lincoln, Taylor, and Wabash.
MEET SCHEDULE
The schedule of events for the meet is listed below:
11:00 a.m. National Anthem
Field Events
10:00 a.m. – (W) Weight Throw, Men to follow
11:00 a.m. – (W) Pole Vault, Men to follow
Women's Shot Put upon completion of Men's Weight Throw, Men to follow
11:15 a.m. – (W) High Jump, Men to follow
12:00 p.m. – (W) Long Jump, Men to follow
Women's Triple Jump upon completion of the Men's Long Jump, Men to follow
Running Events
1:00 p.m. – Fastest kid in Lafayette
1:15 p.m. – (W) 5000 Meter Run (non-scored)
1:45 p.m. – (M) 5000 Meter Run (non-scored)
2:15 p.m. – (W) 60 Meter Dash Prelim (top 8 to finals)
2:25 p.m. – (M) 60 Meter Dash Prelim (top 8 to finals)
2:35 p.m. – (W) 60 Meter Hurdles Prelim (top 8 to finals)
2:50 p.m. – (M) 60 Meter High Hurdles Prelim (top 8 to finals)
2:55 p.m. – (W) Mile Run
3:05 p.m. – (M) Mile Run
3:15 p.m. – (W) 400 Meter Dash
3:25 p.m. – (M) 400 Meter Dash
3:35 p.m. – (W) 60 Meter Dash Finals
3:40 p.m. – (M) 60 Meter Dash Finals
3:45 p.m. – (W) 60 Meter Hurdles Finals
3:50 p.m. – (M) 60 Meter High Hurdles Finals
3:55 p.m. – (W) 800 Meter Run
4:05 p.m. – (M) 800 Meter Run
4:15 p.m. – (W) 600 Meter Run
4:25 p.m. – (M) 600 Meter Run
4:35 p.m. – (W) 200 Meter Dash
4:45 p.m. – (M) 200 Meter Dash
4:55 p.m. – (W) 3k Finals
5:10 p.m. – (M) 3k Finals
5:25 p.m. – (W) 4x400 Relay
5:40 p.m. – (M) 4x400 Relay
LAST TIME OUT
Eleven members of the Mastodon track and field team competed against some of the top athletes in the country on Friday at the prestigious Akron Invitational. The meet, hosted by the University of Akron, featured more than 500 athletes from 17 schools.
Junior Kayla Zink was the top performer of the day for the 'Dons, earning a fourth place finish in the discus throw. Zink narrowly missed out on landing in the top-three after her toss of 42.89m came up .01m behind the third place finisher Kyla Walworth from Central Michigan.
The distance medley relay team, consisting of Kayla Boyes, Tori Nida, Brittany Beard, and Julie Jeszenszky, was on pace to break the school record time of 12:20.51 in the event, however the race was stopped on the final lap of the mile leg.
In the 5000 meter run, Andrea Bell paced the 'Dons with her eighth place finish in 18:24.24. She was followed by a quartet of IPFW runners that placed 9th through 12th. Rachel Zachar crossed the finish line in a career-best time of 18:52.44 and Amaya Ayers came in at 19:33.14. Emma Manchess and Rachel Kacer crushed their previous career-bests with a 19:56.92 and a 20:38.21, respectively.
Freshman Alexis Wygant took 16th in the pentathlon, earning 2,274 points. Wygant set season-best marks in three events, including the 60 meter hurdles (12.34), high jump (1.45m), and shot put (8.12m).
~ Feel the Rumble ~
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