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No. 2 Women's Track and Field Wins Keck Select

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 11th nationally. Emily Konkus finished second in 2:16.97 (14th nationally), followed by Danielle Schultz in third with a time of 2:17.34 (16th nationally), Lindsay Ott in fourth with a time of 2:17.84 (19th nationally) and Helena Teixeira-DaSilva in fifth with a time of 2:19.88 (39th nationally).
 
First-year Kylie Spytek finished third to lead the Bears in the 200m, racing to a time of 25.70, which ranks 19th nationally when adjusted and is fourth all-time in program history. Stewart finished fourth in 25.77 (20th 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.
 
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Players Mentioned

Ella Behrens

Ella Behrens

Distance
Senior
Jenae Bothe

Jenae Bothe

Throws
Freshman
Riley Clark

Riley Clark

Distance/Steeple
Freshman
Aoife Dunne

Aoife Dunne

400/800
Senior
Sophie Fox

Sophie Fox

400/800
Graduate Student
Lauren Gay

Lauren Gay

Sprints/Hurdles
Sophomore
Lauren Hamilton

Lauren Hamilton

Sprints
Senior
Jillian Heth

Jillian Heth

Distance
Freshman
Emma Kelley

Emma Kelley

400/800
Junior
Emily Konkus

Emily Konkus

Distance
Senior
Kathryn Leighty

Kathryn Leighty

Sprints
Junior
Kristin Loftus

Kristin Loftus

Distance
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Ella Behrens

Ella Behrens

Senior
Distance
Jenae Bothe

Jenae Bothe

Freshman
Throws
Riley Clark

Riley Clark

Freshman
Distance/Steeple
Aoife Dunne

Aoife Dunne

Senior
400/800
Sophie Fox

Sophie Fox

Graduate Student
400/800
Lauren Gay

Lauren Gay

Sophomore
Sprints/Hurdles
Lauren Hamilton

Lauren Hamilton

Senior
Sprints
Jillian Heth

Jillian Heth

Freshman
Distance
Emma Kelley

Emma Kelley

Junior
400/800
Emily Konkus

Emily Konkus

Senior
Distance
Kathryn Leighty

Kathryn Leighty

Junior
Sprints
Kristin Loftus

Kristin Loftus

Freshman
Distance