Friday, February 28
Fort Wayne, Ind.
All Day
Purdue Fort Wayne
vs
The Summit League Championships (Day One)
2/27/2014 3:37:00 PM | Women's Track and Field
MEET INFO | SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – For the second time in three years, the Mastodons are hosting the 2014 Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships inside the IPFW Athletics Center Fieldhouse on Friday, February 28 and Saturday, March 1.
Pentathlon and Heptathlon events will mark the beginning of the league championships on Friday. The women's 60-meter hurdles, which begin at 9:30 a.m., will officially kick off the two-day meet. Field events will begin with the women's weight throw at 3 p.m. while action on the track will also get underway at 3 p.m. with the women's 60-meter dash prelims.
Three Heptathlon events will get day two started. The men's 60-meter hurdles will begin at 9:30 a.m. followed by the men's pole vault and the men's 1000-meter run. Field events will begin at 11:30 on Saturday with the women's triple jump. The first running event will be the women's mile run at 1 p.m. The last scheduled event is the men's 4x400-meter relay slated to start at 3:55 p.m.
Meet: 2014 Summit League Indoor Championships
When: Friday, February 28 and Saturday, March 1
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | IPFW Athletics Center Fieldhouse
Live Coverage: Live Stats | Twitter: @summitchamps
MASTODONS IN THE FIELD
Amaya Ayers: 5000-meter run
Brittany Beard: 800-meter run, Mile, 4x400-meter relay, DMR
Andrea Bell: 5000-meter run, DMR
Kayla Boyes: Mile, DMR
Emily Craig: 4x400-meter relay
Whitney Hampton: 60-meter dash
Julie Jeszenszky: 5000-meter run, DMR
Rachel Kacer: 3000-meter run
Emma Manchess: 3000-meter run
Kyley Marano: 200-meter dash, 4x400-meter relay, High Jump
Natasha Medic: High Jump
Tori Nida: 400-meter dash, DMR
Kaeleigh Porter: Shot Put, Weight Throw
Karson Rowe: Mile
Kaylin Taylor: 200-meter dash, 400-meter dash, 4x400-meter relay
Alexis Wygant: 4x400-meter relay
Rachel Zachar: 5000-meter run
Kayla Zink: Shot Put, Weight Throw
IPFW PERFORMANCES IN THE SUMMIT LEAGUE TOP 20
Entering the championship meet, the 'Dons have 13 individual performances that rank in the Top-20 in the Summit League in their respective events.
The top-seed for IPFW will be junior Kayla Zink. Zink boasts the second-best mark in the weight throw with a school-record toss of 17.48m (57-4.25). Other Mastodon performances that rank in the top-10 are Kaeleigh Porter's 16.32m in the weight throw (7th), Kyley Marano's 1.63m in the high jump (8th), and Zink's 13.17m in the shot put (9th).
IPFW also looks to get an outstanding performance from its distance medley relay team, which has the fourth-best time in the conference this season.
LAST TIME OUT
In its final meet before The Summit League Championships next weekend, the IPFW track and field team turned in some solid performances at the Hillsdale Tune Up on Saturday inside the Biermann Athletic Center on the campus of Hillsdale College.
Kayla Zink highlighted the action for the Mastodons as the junior thrower continues to re-write the IPFW record books. For the third time this season, Zink set a new all-time best mark in the weight throw and would finish second in the event. Her toss of 17.48m (57-4.25) was also the second-best mark in the conference this season. Senior Kaeleigh Porter earned a top-10 finish as well with a mark of 15.5m (50-10.25).
Zink continued to shine in the shot put where she would take home sixth place with a heave of 13.17m (43-2.5), which was not only a career-best, but the seventh-best mark in school history.
Freshman Kyley Marano would finish third in the high jump and tie the school record after clearing 1.63m (5-4.25).
On the track, freshman Brittany Beard ran the third-fastest time in program history in the mile run to grab a third place finish, clocking in at 5:07.75, while senior Julie Jeszenszky turned in a career-best time of 18:59.06 to take third in the 5000 meter run.
Sophomore Andrea Bell placed third in the 3000 meter run with a time of 10:58.42 with senior Rachel Zachar right behind her in fourth in 11:02.99.
The Mastodons grabbed another top-5 finish in the 400 meter dash where Tori Nida ran a season-best 1:01.06 to place fifth overall. Her time was the fourth-best in IPFW history.
In the 800 meter run, Beard and Kayla Boyes finished in the top-10. Beard placed seventh with a 2:23.93 and Boyes came in ninth with a 2:24.89.
Freshman Whitney Hampton landed just outside the top-10 in the 60 meter dash. Hampton ran the ninth-fastest time ever at IPFW, crossing the finish line 8.15 to earn 11th place.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – For the second time in three years, the Mastodons are hosting the 2014 Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships inside the IPFW Athletics Center Fieldhouse on Friday, February 28 and Saturday, March 1.
Pentathlon and Heptathlon events will mark the beginning of the league championships on Friday. The women's 60-meter hurdles, which begin at 9:30 a.m., will officially kick off the two-day meet. Field events will begin with the women's weight throw at 3 p.m. while action on the track will also get underway at 3 p.m. with the women's 60-meter dash prelims.
Three Heptathlon events will get day two started. The men's 60-meter hurdles will begin at 9:30 a.m. followed by the men's pole vault and the men's 1000-meter run. Field events will begin at 11:30 on Saturday with the women's triple jump. The first running event will be the women's mile run at 1 p.m. The last scheduled event is the men's 4x400-meter relay slated to start at 3:55 p.m.
Meet: 2014 Summit League Indoor Championships
When: Friday, February 28 and Saturday, March 1
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | IPFW Athletics Center Fieldhouse
Live Coverage: Live Stats | Twitter: @summitchamps
MASTODONS IN THE FIELD
Amaya Ayers: 5000-meter run
Brittany Beard: 800-meter run, Mile, 4x400-meter relay, DMR
Andrea Bell: 5000-meter run, DMR
Kayla Boyes: Mile, DMR
Emily Craig: 4x400-meter relay
Whitney Hampton: 60-meter dash
Julie Jeszenszky: 5000-meter run, DMR
Rachel Kacer: 3000-meter run
Emma Manchess: 3000-meter run
Kyley Marano: 200-meter dash, 4x400-meter relay, High Jump
Natasha Medic: High Jump
Tori Nida: 400-meter dash, DMR
Kaeleigh Porter: Shot Put, Weight Throw
Karson Rowe: Mile
Kaylin Taylor: 200-meter dash, 400-meter dash, 4x400-meter relay
Alexis Wygant: 4x400-meter relay
Rachel Zachar: 5000-meter run
Kayla Zink: Shot Put, Weight Throw
IPFW PERFORMANCES IN THE SUMMIT LEAGUE TOP 20
Entering the championship meet, the 'Dons have 13 individual performances that rank in the Top-20 in the Summit League in their respective events.
The top-seed for IPFW will be junior Kayla Zink. Zink boasts the second-best mark in the weight throw with a school-record toss of 17.48m (57-4.25). Other Mastodon performances that rank in the top-10 are Kaeleigh Porter's 16.32m in the weight throw (7th), Kyley Marano's 1.63m in the high jump (8th), and Zink's 13.17m in the shot put (9th).
IPFW also looks to get an outstanding performance from its distance medley relay team, which has the fourth-best time in the conference this season.
LAST TIME OUT
In its final meet before The Summit League Championships next weekend, the IPFW track and field team turned in some solid performances at the Hillsdale Tune Up on Saturday inside the Biermann Athletic Center on the campus of Hillsdale College.
Kayla Zink highlighted the action for the Mastodons as the junior thrower continues to re-write the IPFW record books. For the third time this season, Zink set a new all-time best mark in the weight throw and would finish second in the event. Her toss of 17.48m (57-4.25) was also the second-best mark in the conference this season. Senior Kaeleigh Porter earned a top-10 finish as well with a mark of 15.5m (50-10.25).
Zink continued to shine in the shot put where she would take home sixth place with a heave of 13.17m (43-2.5), which was not only a career-best, but the seventh-best mark in school history.
Freshman Kyley Marano would finish third in the high jump and tie the school record after clearing 1.63m (5-4.25).
On the track, freshman Brittany Beard ran the third-fastest time in program history in the mile run to grab a third place finish, clocking in at 5:07.75, while senior Julie Jeszenszky turned in a career-best time of 18:59.06 to take third in the 5000 meter run.
Sophomore Andrea Bell placed third in the 3000 meter run with a time of 10:58.42 with senior Rachel Zachar right behind her in fourth in 11:02.99.
The Mastodons grabbed another top-5 finish in the 400 meter dash where Tori Nida ran a season-best 1:01.06 to place fifth overall. Her time was the fourth-best in IPFW history.
In the 800 meter run, Beard and Kayla Boyes finished in the top-10. Beard placed seventh with a 2:23.93 and Boyes came in ninth with a 2:24.89.
Freshman Whitney Hampton landed just outside the top-10 in the 60 meter dash. Hampton ran the ninth-fastest time ever at IPFW, crossing the finish line 8.15 to earn 11th place.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
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