Bloomington, Ill. – The No. 2 Washington University in St. Louis women's track and field team won the Keck Select hosted by Illinois Wesleyan, racking up 170 points.
Track
Junior
Charis Riebe was the top finisher for the Bears in the 60m hurdles, placing third with a time of 9.02. Her time of 9.01 in the preliminaries was the sixth-fastest time in program history and ranks No. 28 nationally. Sophomore
Lauren Gay finished fourth in 9.30.
Sophomore
Nicole Stewart was the top Bears' finisher in the 60m, taking third in 7.89. The mark is the ninth-fasted in program history. First-year
Jasmine Wright finished fourth in 7.94 and Riebe took fifth in 8:04.
First-year
Riley Clark finished fifth in the mile run, racing to a time of 5:15.62 while first-year
Kristin Loftus took eighth in 5:19.39.
Junior
Kathryn Leighty was the top finisher for WashU in the 400m, taking fourth with a time of 1:01.96.
The Bears swept the top five spots in the 800m, led by
Ally Sarussi in first with a time of 2:16.60. That time, when adjusted for track size, ranks 11
th nationally.
Emily Konkus finished second in 2:16.97 (14
th nationally), followed by
Danielle Schultz in third with a time of 2:17.34 (16
th nationally),
Lindsay Ott in fourth with a time of 2:17.84 (19
th nationally) and
Helena Teixeira-DaSilva in fifth with a time of 2:19.88 (39
th nationally).
First-year
Kylie Spytek finished third to lead the Bears in the 200m, racing to a time of 25.70, which ranks 19
th nationally when adjusted and is fourth all-time in program history. Stewart finished fourth in 25.77 (20
th nationally, fifth in program history) and senior
Lauren Hamilton finished fifth in 26.87.
Senior
Ella Behrens won the 3,000m with a time of 10:10.15 while first-year
Jillian Heth finished second in 10:26.78 and junior
Avery McCammon took third in 10:30.99.
The Bears team of Spytek, senior
Aoife Dunne, graduate
Sophie Fox and junior
Emma Kelley won the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:55.90. WashU also finished second as Stewart, Sarussi, Leighty and Schultz ran to a time of 4:04.34.
In the distance medley relay, the team of Dunne, Spytek, Kelley and Konkus won with a time of 11:40.93, breaking the previous program record. The time, adjusted for track size, ranks No. 1 nationally.
Field
Sophomore
Yasmin Ruff won the pole vault, clearing 3.8m which is tied for fourth nationally.
Graduate
Miku Okada was the top finisher for WashU in the high jump, tying for third after clearing 1.60m.
Junior
Ebun Opata won both the long jump and the triple jump. In the long jump, she hit a mark of 5.68m, which ranks tied for fourth nationally and is the third-farthest mark in program history. Then, in the triple jump, Opata jumped 12.10m which ranks second nationally.
First-year
Jenae Bothe took second in the shot put with a throw of 13.01m.
The Bears are back in action next weekend at UW-Whitewater's Midwest Elite.