Hauf wins pole vault as Marauders kick off outdoor track & field season

Friday, March 29

Towson, MD

12:00 PM

Millersville University

Towson Invite

Hauf wins pole vault as Marauders kick off outdoor track & field season

3/29/2024 7:32:00 PM | Women's Outdoor Track and Field

By: Connor Glunt, Athletic Communication Graduate Assistant

TOWSON, Md. – The Marauders began their outdoor season at the Towson Spring Invitational, with the event highlighted by a first place finish from Darian Hauf in the pole vault. The meet had athletes from 31 different programs, with the Marauders earning 13 top-five finishes.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS

Hauf, who placed second at the PSAC Indoor Championships in pole vault, won the event today, clearing 12–4 1/2 and hitting the NCAA mark. Megan Malecki and Aubrey Bitner also placed inside the top ten, finishing sixth and eighth respectively.
The Marauders had a solid day in the throws events, as Mikaela Wolf was the runner up in the javelin throw with a distance of 114–8.
In the discus throw, three Marauders advanced to the finals, as Sarah Hessler finished third with a throw of 145–9. Maddy Downs was right behind her in fifth place, and Seya Trujillo finished in eighth place.
Trujillo earned the Marauders another second place finish in the hammer throw with a distance of 162–7, as Downs also advanced to the finals and finished in sixth place.
In the last throws event, Hessler led the Marauders with a fourth place finish and a distance of 39–2 1/4. Downs picked up a fifth place finish and Trujillo came in seventh place.
After breaking the indoor record at the conference championships, Chanel Hercules ended in fifth place in the long jump with a distance of 17–8 1/4, the eighth best distance in program history.
Millersville got some good performances out of its distance runners as well. Sam Foster took second place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 12:27.44
In the 5,000-meter run, Morgan Janiuk finished third with a time of 18:21.31. Hannah Sweda was right behind her in fifth place, and Emily Massage was there as well in eighth.
Bri Pollock earned a top-three finish with a 4:57.01 performance in the 1,500-meter run.
The Marauders 4x100-meter relay team of Hauf, Arianna Kouakou, Aurora Conrad, and Emma Elwell finished fourth with a time of 49.29.
Cora Heilman took third place in the 400-meter hurdles, finishing in 1:07.95. Mary Weiss, Emily Skidmore, and Lily LaBure all placed inside the top 10, finishing seventh, ninth, and 10th respectively.
In the high jump, Lyndsey Kregel finished in sixth place after clearing a height of 4–11.
The Marauders had a runner advance to the finals in both the 100-meter dash and the 100-meter hurdles. In the dash, Aurora Conrad came in sixth place with a time of 12.38, and Katelyn Murphy finished seventh with a time of 15.36. Murphy's time is good for ninth best in program history.
In the 400-meter dash, Aubrey Sydnor took seventh place with 59.10. Shelby Derkosh finished just behind her in 10th place.

FULL MEET RESULTS

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REACTION FROM HEAD COACH ANDY YOUNG

It was a solid day for the team today, led by Darian with the NCAA mark in the pole vault and winning the event. A lot of wind made running some of the races pretty challenging and some of the field events as well, but overall it was a good day to start the outdoor season.

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