St. Louis, Mo. – The Washington University in St. Louis women's track and field team won the WashU 5-way meet with 335.33 points on Saturday to open its outdoor slate.
 
Track
Sophomore Nicole Stewart won the 100m dash with a time of 12.21, which ranks ninth nationally while first-year Jasmine Wright finished second in 12.27, which ranks 10^th nationally. Senior Lauren Hamilton took sixth in 12.55 and junior Natalie Swinehart took eighth with a time of 12.75.
 
Sophomore Lauren Gay won the 200m dash with a time of 24.96 which is tied for fourth nationally while Stewart finished second in 25.13, which ranks ninth nationally. Hamilton finished fourth in 26.46 and Swinehart took fifth in 26.51. Junior Gemma Pleas finished seventh with a time of 26.92.
 
Junior Kathryn Leighty won the 400m dash with a time of 1:00.17 which ranks 43^rd nationally while senior Margaux Thigpen finished second with a time of 1:03.23. Senior Abby Wood finished fifth in 1:06.99.
 
Graduate student Danielle Schultz won the 800m run, racing to a time of 2:15.14, which ranks sixth nationally. Senior Lindsay Ott took second with a time of 2:15.87 which ranks seventh nationally while sophomore Helena Teixeira-DaSilva finished third in 2:16.21, which ranks ninth nationally, and sophomore Sophie Bekins took fourth in 2:17.89, which ranks 13^th nationally. First-year Elizabeth Wagner claimed fifth in 2:19.86 which ranks 27^th nationally and first-year Cate Stevens finished sixth with a time of 2:20.22 which ranks 31^st nationally. Sophomore Izzy Gorton took seventh in 2:20.52 which ranks 34^th nationally and sophomore Morgan Fowler rounded out the top eight with a time of 2:20.68, which ranks 38^th nationally.
 
Graduate student Kiera Olson won the 1,500m run with a time of 4:42.90, which ranks 14^th nationally while senior Alexa Clare Anderson finished third in 5:01.10. Senior Meredith Lang took fourth in 5:01.71 and sophomore Virginia Pridgen finished fifth with a time of 5:04.42.
 
Senior Julia Thigpen won the 3,000m run with a time of 10:51.61. Senior Jenna Murdock finished third in 11:00.40 and first-year Kristin Loftus took fourth with a time of 11:13.90.
 
Gay won the 100m hurdles, racing to a time of 14.54 which ranks second nationally and junior Charis Riebe took second in 14.72 which ranks fifth nationally.
 
Sophomore Ruby Kaplan won the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:06.04 which is 16^th nationally and senior Sejal Rajamani finished second in 1:10.74.
 
Sophomore sisters Julia Patterson and Abby Patterson finished first and second in the 3,000m steeplechase. Julia Patterson took first in 11:09.83 which ranks sixth nationally while Abby Patterson finished second in 11:26.37 which ranks eighth nationally. First-year Riley Clark finished third in 11:50.54, which ranks 19^th nationally.
 
WashU's team of Wright, Stewart, Hamilton and Gay won the 4x100 relay with a time of 47.34 which ranks second nationally while the group of Riebe, Swinehart, Pleas and Leighty took second in 49.30 which ranks 18^th nationally.
 
The Bears' team of Wagner, Fowler, Thigpen and Schultz won the 4x400 relay with a time of 4:05.11 which ranks 12^th nationally while the team of Ott, Teixeira-Dasilva, Gorton and Stevens took second in 4:07.73 which ranks 21^st nationally.
 
Field
Junior Rafaela Diamond finished second in the javelin with a throw of 107-03. Sophomore Danya Goldstein finished seventh with a throw of 83-00.
 
Graduate student Krista Sudar finished third in the hammer throw, recording a mark of 140.08 which ranks 37^th nationally.
 
First-year Kally Mack placed third in the discus with a throw of 125-09 which ranks 24^th nationally while first-year Jenae Both took fourth with a throw of 123-01 which ranks 34^th nationally. Sophomore Taylor Simpson finished sixth with a mark of 117-08 and Sudar took 10^th with a throw of 101-03.
 
Sudar finished fourth in the shot put with a mark of 36-04.75.
 
Junior Ebun Opata won the long jump with a mark of 17-05.25 which ranks 15^th nationally while senior Kaitlin Day finished fifth with a jump of 15-02.75.
 
Opata also won the triple jump with a mark of 38-05.50 which ranks second nationally. First-year Danielle Cuthbert finished second with a jump of 35-07.75 which ranks 14^th nationally and Day finished fourth with a jump of 33-08.75.
 
The Bears swept the top three places in the pole vault, led by sophomore Yasmin Ruff who cleared 11-11.75, which is tied for eighth nationally. Junior Anna Curtis finished second with a clear of 10-06.00 which ranks 33^rd nationally and sophomore Makenzie Stock tied for third with 10-00.00 which ranks 50^th nationally.
 
Graduate student Miku Okada won the high jump, clearing 5-04.25 which is tied for fifth nationally. Junior Maddie Moenickheim took third, clearing 5-01.00 and senior Laura Bucchieri finished fourth, clearing 5-01.00 which are both tied for 17^th nationally.
 
The Bears are back home next weekend with the WashU Distance Carnival on Friday and the WashU Invite on Saturday.