
Multiple School Records Set on Saturday at Indiana State
4/15/2023 9:14:00 PM | Women's Track and Field
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Four school records fell on Saturday (April 15) for the Purdue Fort Wayne women's track and field team at Indiana State's Gibson Invitational.
The Mastodons broke the school record in the 4x100 relay to earn third place. Jesseca Hudson-Turpin, Katie Clark, Jordan Yanders and Jai Reed combined for a time of 46.67 for the mark. They broke a record which stood since 2018.
Hudson-Turpin set two individual school records on Saturday. Hudson-Turpin was third in the 400 hurdles (1:02.19) for a new school record. She broke Kaylin Taylor's record that has stood since 2014. Hudson-Turpin earned second in the 100 hurdles (13.67) to break her own school record. Jordan Yanders was sixth (14.23) in the 100 hurdles.
Reed earned seventh in the 100 meters (12.04), breaking her own school record.
Clark won the 400 meters (55.74) and earned sixth in the 200 (24.83).
In the 800 meters, Makaila Groves grabbed eighth with a time of 2:18.40.
In the field events, Miranda Haney was fifth in the high jump (1.60 meters). Ali Sparks took eighth in the shot put (13.07 meters).
The 'Dons finished sixth as a team with 46.5 points. They topped the only other Horizon League team in the meet (IUPUI).
Purdue Fort Wayne is at Ohio State's Jesse Owens Classic next week.
~ Feel The Rumble ~
The Mastodons broke the school record in the 4x100 relay to earn third place. Jesseca Hudson-Turpin, Katie Clark, Jordan Yanders and Jai Reed combined for a time of 46.67 for the mark. They broke a record which stood since 2018.
Hudson-Turpin set two individual school records on Saturday. Hudson-Turpin was third in the 400 hurdles (1:02.19) for a new school record. She broke Kaylin Taylor's record that has stood since 2014. Hudson-Turpin earned second in the 100 hurdles (13.67) to break her own school record. Jordan Yanders was sixth (14.23) in the 100 hurdles.
Reed earned seventh in the 100 meters (12.04), breaking her own school record.
Clark won the 400 meters (55.74) and earned sixth in the 200 (24.83).
In the 800 meters, Makaila Groves grabbed eighth with a time of 2:18.40.
In the field events, Miranda Haney was fifth in the high jump (1.60 meters). Ali Sparks took eighth in the shot put (13.07 meters).
The 'Dons finished sixth as a team with 46.5 points. They topped the only other Horizon League team in the meet (IUPUI).
Purdue Fort Wayne is at Ohio State's Jesse Owens Classic next week.
~ Feel The Rumble ~
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