WEST CHESTER, Pa. – The Millersville University track and field team found a way to top their record setting performance in last week's Millersville Metrics, by putting together a landslide victory in the Bill Butler Invitational.
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'Ville compiled a team score of 259.5, easily the highest total of the season for the team. The next closest score was meet host West Chester, with the Golden Rams taking second place with 111.5 points. No other team scored more than 100 points.
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The Marauders won nine events, while recording 27 top three finishes. The field contingency again came through with seven PSAC qualifying marks, six of which came from
Hannah Woelfling and
Aliyah Striver.
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MEET HIGHLIGHTS
* Indicates PSAC Qualifying Marks     Â
** Indicates NCAA Qualifying Marks
- Woelfling won the shot put (43-5 ¼*) discus (149-5*) and the hammer toss with a distance of 166-5*. She narrowly missed the NCAA distance of 150-7 in the discus.
- Striver took second in all three events with marks of 40-8 ¼* in the shot put, 147-5* in the discus, and 166-5* in the hammer.
- The Marauders took seven of the top eight spots in the 100-meter, with Aurora Conrad (12.64) Darian Hauf (12.90) Lyric Williams (12.99) Mia Carson (13.06) Arianna Kouakou (13.14) and Heather Lesinski (13.23) taking first through sixth place. Camree Patterson (13.35) rounded out the top finishers, taking eighth.
- It was more of the same in the 200-meter, with Emma Elwell (26.85) Carson (27.08) Williams (27.13) Kouakou (27.28) taking first through fourth. Patterson and De'Asia Holloman tied for fifth coming in at 27.33.
- In the 800-meter, Morgan Janiuk (2:22.77) Abbey Sullivan (2:23.72) and Aubrey Sydnor (2:26.50) finished first through third.
- Kaycee McCullough took third in the 1500-meter with a time of 5:08.53.
- Sabela Zablackis took fourth in the 100-hurdles finishing in 18.61 seconds.
- The Marauders had the top two relay finishes in the 4x100 with Holloman, Gabby Karch, Conrad and Elwell finishing in 49.03. They were followed by Carson, Lindsay Solderitch, Julia Fallows, and Williams who took second in 50.82.
- Conrad, Elwell, Ashlyn Hickey, and Karch won the 4x400 in 4:04.28.
- Madison Stebila took second in the heigh jump with a mark of 4-9.
- Hauf took second in the pole vault (11-3 ¾*) while Megan Malecki took third with a height of 10-4.
- Click here for full results.
- Qualifying standards can be viewed here.
REACTION FROM HEAD COACH ANDY YOUNG:
"The team is definitely developing well. Happy to have our full squad compete hard again. Sometimes there's a letdown after a big meet like Metrics but that certainly didn't happen."
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UP NEXT
The Marauders return to action for the Bison Invitational on April 15-16.
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