Saturday, February 15
West Lafayette, Ind.
10 a.m.
Purdue Fort Wayne
at
Boilermaker Invitational
2/15/2014 6:19:00 PM | Women's Track and Field
COMPLETE RESULTS
WEST LAFAYETE, Ind. – The IPFW track and field team finished fifth among the six women's teams competing at the Fred Wilt Boilermaker Invitational on Saturday, hosted by Purdue University inside Lambert Fieldhouse.
The Mastodons picked up 12.5 points while Purdue ran away from the competition racking up 235.5 points to claim first. Kent State finished second (141) followed by Northern Illinois in third (48) and Valparaiso in fourth (22). Butler rounded out the field in sixth with one point.
The action got underway with the field events where junior Kayla Zink recorded the third-best toss in the weight throw in school history. The Fort Wayne native grabbed fifth place and earned four points with her mark of 16.37m. Senior Kaeleigh Porter also scored the 'Dons in the event, placing seventh with a heave of 14.68m.
History was nearly made in the high jump where Kyley Marano came up .02m short of tying the IPFW school record. The freshman cleared a career-best 1.58m to place sixth and earn two points. Classmate Natasha Medic added to the team's point total with her eighth place finish. She recorded a mark of 1.53m, also a career-best.
Zink wrapped up the field events with an eighth place finish in the shot put, hitting 12.67m.
Brittany Beard, Julie Jeszenszky, and Amaya Ayers highlighted the action on the track. Beard posted the second-fastest time in school history in the one mile run on her way to a seventh place finish in the event. The freshman from Angola, Ind. crossed the finish line in 5:05.06, which is a career-best and just over five seconds off the record pace.
Beard turned in the second-fastest time in IPFW history in the 800 meter run as well in a time of 2:19.47, behind only her 2:18.97 record setting performance at the Mastodon Invitational two weeks ago.
In the 3000 meter run, Jeszenszky narrowly missed finishing in the top-10 after running the fastest time this season for the 'Dons. Her time of 10:47.65 landed the senior in 11th. Three other Mastodons followed right behind in 12th – 14th. Andrea Bell finished in 10:57.53 while Rachel Zachar and Emma Manchess had career-best times of 10:57.77 and 11:14.61, respectively.
Ayers grabbed a top-10 finish in the 5000, running a 19:29.98 to place ninth.
The Mastodons will compete one more time on February 22 at the Hillsdale Tune-Up in Hillsdale, Mich. before hosting The Summit League Championships on February 28 and March 1.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
WEST LAFAYETE, Ind. – The IPFW track and field team finished fifth among the six women's teams competing at the Fred Wilt Boilermaker Invitational on Saturday, hosted by Purdue University inside Lambert Fieldhouse.
The Mastodons picked up 12.5 points while Purdue ran away from the competition racking up 235.5 points to claim first. Kent State finished second (141) followed by Northern Illinois in third (48) and Valparaiso in fourth (22). Butler rounded out the field in sixth with one point.
The action got underway with the field events where junior Kayla Zink recorded the third-best toss in the weight throw in school history. The Fort Wayne native grabbed fifth place and earned four points with her mark of 16.37m. Senior Kaeleigh Porter also scored the 'Dons in the event, placing seventh with a heave of 14.68m.
History was nearly made in the high jump where Kyley Marano came up .02m short of tying the IPFW school record. The freshman cleared a career-best 1.58m to place sixth and earn two points. Classmate Natasha Medic added to the team's point total with her eighth place finish. She recorded a mark of 1.53m, also a career-best.
Zink wrapped up the field events with an eighth place finish in the shot put, hitting 12.67m.
Brittany Beard, Julie Jeszenszky, and Amaya Ayers highlighted the action on the track. Beard posted the second-fastest time in school history in the one mile run on her way to a seventh place finish in the event. The freshman from Angola, Ind. crossed the finish line in 5:05.06, which is a career-best and just over five seconds off the record pace.
Beard turned in the second-fastest time in IPFW history in the 800 meter run as well in a time of 2:19.47, behind only her 2:18.97 record setting performance at the Mastodon Invitational two weeks ago.
In the 3000 meter run, Jeszenszky narrowly missed finishing in the top-10 after running the fastest time this season for the 'Dons. Her time of 10:47.65 landed the senior in 11th. Three other Mastodons followed right behind in 12th – 14th. Andrea Bell finished in 10:57.53 while Rachel Zachar and Emma Manchess had career-best times of 10:57.77 and 11:14.61, respectively.
Ayers grabbed a top-10 finish in the 5000, running a 19:29.98 to place ninth.
The Mastodons will compete one more time on February 22 at the Hillsdale Tune-Up in Hillsdale, Mich. before hosting The Summit League Championships on February 28 and March 1.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
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