Waverly, Iowa – The No. 2 Washington University in St. Louis women's track and field team competed at the Wartburg Last Chance Meet and the Firebird Finale hosted by Carthage this weekend.
Wartburg
Senior
Sophie Fox won the 400m, posting a time of 58.46 which ranks 30
th nationally and seventh in program history.
Junior
Emma Kelley won the 800m with a time of 2:09.77 which ranks first nationally. Junior
Aoife Dunne finished second with a time of 2:10.97 which ranks fourth in program history and third nationally. Junior
Ally Sarussi took fifth in 2:14.41 which ranks 11
th nationally and senior
Danielle Schultz finished ninth in 2:16.32 which ranks 34
th nationally.
First-year
Jasmine Wright finished seventh in the 60m with a time of 7.74 after posting the top preliminary time of 7.71. The preliminary time ranks 25
th nationally and is tied for second in program history.
Sophomore
Lauren Gay finished fifth in the 200m with a time of 25.14 which is second in program history and ranks 12
th nationally. Sophomore
Nicole Stewart finished eighth in 25.36 which ranks 23
rd nationally and fourth in program history.
Senior
Lindsay Ott finished sixth in the mile, posting a time of 5:00.23 which ranks sixth in program history and 34
th nationally.
Helena Teixeira-DaSilva finished 10
th in 5:02.25 which ranks 10
th in program history.
WashU's 4x400 relay team of
Kylie Spytek, Fox, Dunne and Kelley finished second in 3:49.86 which ranks third in program history and third nationally.
Senior
Miku Okada took fifth in the high jump, clearing 1.58m.
First-year
Jenae Bothe took sixth in the shot put, hitting a mark of 13.40m.
Carthage
Junior
Charis Riebe won the 55m hurdles with a time of 8.23 which ranks second in program history and 25
th nationally.
Junior
Ebun Opata took third in the long jump, recording a leap of 5.41m.
The Bears head to the NCAA Indoor National Championship on March 10-11 in Birmingham, Ala.