Whitewater, Wis. – The No. 2 Washington University in St. Louis women's track and field team finished second at the Midwest Elite Invitational, hosted by UW-Whitewater, with 133 points. UW-La Crosse won with 208 points.
 
Track
Junior Emma Kelley led the field in the 800m, running a 2:10.33, which marks a top time nationally ran this season. Senior Aoife Dunne took second with a time of 2:12.20, which is the second-ranked time nationally, when adjusted for track size and is the fourth-ranked time in program history. Junior Ally Sarussi finished fifth with a time of 2:15.55 which ranks 13^th nationally.
 
Senior Emily Konkus won the mile, racing to a time of 4:56.56, which ranks fifth nationally and third all-time in program history. Senior Lindsay Ott took third in 5:00.79 which ranks seventh in program history and 20^th nationally while first-year Katie Rector finished fourth in 5:03.61 which ranks 40^th nationally and 10^th in program history.
 
Senior Ella Behrens won the 5,000m, racing to a time of 17:22.90, which ranks 19^th nationally and 10^th in program history. First-year Jillian Heth and junior Avery McCammon also finished among the top 10 with times of 18:00.47 and 18:15.60, respectively.
 
First-year Jasmine Wright finished fifth in the 60m, racing to a time of 7.84, which ranks sixth all-time in program history and 43^rd nationally. Senior Mycah Clay took sixth in 7.90.
 
First-year Kylie Spytek finished sixth in the 200m, racing to a time of 25.72 which ranks 28^th nationally while sophomore Nicole Stewart finished seventh in 27.75 which ranks 29^th nationally and fifth all-time in program history.
 
Junior Kathryn Leighty took eighth in the 400m with a time of 1:01.12 while sophomore Ruby Kaplan took 10^th in 1:01.40.
 
Junior Charis Riebe finished second in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.88 which is the 14^th-ranked time nationally and third in program history.
 
The Bears 4x400 team of Spytek, Dunne, graduate Sophie Fox and Kelley took second in 3:50.79 which ranks fifth in program history and second nationally.
 
Field
Junior Ebun Opata won the long jump with a leap of 5.62m and Bucchieri took ninth with a jump of 5.05m.
 
Opata also won the triple jump with a mark of 12.08m.
 
Graduate Miku Okada finished third in the high jump, clearing 1.61m while senior Laura Bucchieri took sixth with a mark of 1.56m.
 
Sophomore Yasmin Ruff took second in the pole vault, clearing 3.71m while sophomore Makenzie Stock took ninth with a mark of 3.26m.
 
First-year Jenae Bothe took second in the shot put, hitting a mark of 13.31m which sets a new program record and ranks 22^nd nationally.
 
The Bears return to action on Friday at the Hilltop Classic hosted by Illinois College.