Friday, February 7
Akron, Ohio
5 p.m.
Purdue Fort Wayne
at
Akron Invitational
2/8/2014 12:25:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
COMPLETE RESULTS
AKRON, Ohio – 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).
The Mastodons return to action on Saturday, February 15 at the Boilermaker Invitational hosted by Purdue University.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
AKRON, Ohio – 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).
The Mastodons return to action on Saturday, February 15 at the Boilermaker Invitational hosted by Purdue University.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
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