Woelfling wins two events at Bill Butler Invitational

Saturday, April 10

West Chester, PA

12:00 PM

Millersville University

Bill Butler Invitational

2021 Millersville Metrics Track & Field Invite in Millersville, PA on Saturday, April 3, 2021. Mark Palczewski/Millersville Athletics Photo.

Photo by: Mark Palczewski

Woelfling wins two events at Bill Butler Invitational

4/10/2021 9:12:00 PM | Women's Outdoor Track and Field

2021 Bill Butler Invitational Results

By: Ethan Hulsey, Director of Athletic Communications

WEST CHESTER, Pa. - Saturday's Bill Butler Invitational was a coming out party for Millersville sophomore thrower Hannah Woelfling. Woelfling won both the discus and the hammer throw in leading the Marauders track and field team.

Woelfling's entire freshman outdoor season was lost to the Covid-19 pandemic, but she's been incredibly impressive early in her sophomore campaign. Against a deep field that included her senior teammate Aliyah Striver and throwers from East Stroudsburg and West Chester, Woelfling hit 140-4 in the discus to best 18 other throwers. Her hammer throw performance was even better as she hit an NCAA provisional mark of 183-6, which is also the best throw in the PSAC this season.

Striver finished second in both events, posting a 170-9 in the hammer and a 139-7 in the discus. She also placed second in the shot put with a season-best mark of 41-6 1/2.

More Millersville highlights came from the relays. The 4x100-meter relay team of Kari Cambria, Gabriela Karch, Aurora Conrad and De'Asia Holloman ran a season-best time of 49.17 and finished first ahead of both West Chester and East Stroudsburg. The 4x400-meter relay team of Conrad, Karch, Mia Carson and Lyric Williams ran a 3:58.97, finishing second behind only TCNJ and ahead of Kutztown, East Stroudsburg and West Chester. Millersville's time was the second-fastest in the PSAC this season.

Freshman Morgan Janiuk ran a season-best time of 2:20.11 in the 800-meter run, which placed her fourth in a field of 27 runners.

REACTION FROM COACH ANDY YOUNG
On some of the top performances: "Hannah had two very good performances topped by her bomb of a throw in the hammer. Our 4x100 and 4x400 relays looked much-improved today. Morgan Janiuk had a breakthrough performance in the 800 as well."

UP NEXT
Millersville has two competitions this coming week, first heading to Shippensburg on April 14 before competing at East Stroudsburg's All-American Meet on April 17.