Decatur, Ill. – The No. 3 Washington University in St. Louis women's track and field team won 16 events at the 2023 Big Blue Friday Night Invite, hosted by Millikin University.
 
Track
The 4x100 team of Mycah Clay, Jasmine Wright, Lauren Hamilton and Nicole Stewart finished first, running a time of 46.82.
 
Sophomore Lauren Gay won the 100 hurdles with a time of 14.46 which ranks 22^nd nationally and sixth in program history while senior Charis Riebe finished second in 14.52 which ranks 25^th nationally and eighth in program history.
 
First-year Riley Clark won the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 11:35.22.
 
Clay and Gay tied for first in the 100m with times of 12.30. Wright finished second with a time of 12.37 while Hamilton took third in 12.60. Junior Natalie Swinehart rounded out the top five with a time of 12.66.
 
Senior Aoife Dunne won the 800m with a time of 2:12.09. Senior Sophie Fox took second in 2:13.21 which ranks 17^th nationally, while first-year Cate Stevens finished third in 2:18.91. Sophomore Virginia Pridgen took fourth in 2:19.20 and sophomore Morgan Fowler claimed fifth with a time of 2:20.77.
 
Sophomore Ruby Kaplan won the 400m hurdles, running a time of 1:05.52 followed by senior Sejal Rajamani in second with a time of 1:09.03.
 
Stewart won the 200m, racing to a time of 25.01 which ranks 34^th nationally and is tied for sixth in program history. Wright claimed third in 25.83 and Clay took fourth in 25.89. Junior Gemma Please rounded out the top five with a time of 26.59.
 
Junior Emma Kelley won the 1,500m, racing to a time of 4:29.91 which ranks fourth nationally and sixth in program history. Senior Lindsay Ott took second in 4:35.86 which ranks 20^th nationally. Junior Ally Sarussi finished fourth in 4:41.36 and junior Alexandra Blake finished fifth with a time of 4:42.39.
 
The 4x400 team of Stewart, Dunne, Fox and Kelley won the field with a time of 3:51.86 which ranks 10^th nationally. The group of Kaplan, Sarussi, Fowler and Ott took third in 4:02.77.
 
Senior Julia Thigpen won the 5,000m, racing to a time of 18:35.66.
 
Field
Graduate Krista Sudar finished fourth in the hammer throw with a mark of 43.73m.
 
First-year Kally Mac finished third in the discus, hitting a mark of 39.88m while Sudar took fourth with a throw of 37.85m.
 
First-year Jenae Bothe won the shot put, hitting a mark of 13.26m. Sudar finished fifth with a throw of 11.48m.
 
Junior Rafaela Diamond won the javelin with a throw of 32.59m.
 
Graduate Miku Okada won the high jump, clearing 1.65m which is tied for fifth in program history and is tied for 17^th nationally. Junior Maddie Moenickheim finished second with a jump of 1.55m.
 
Junior Ebun Opata won the long jump, hitting a mark of 5.51m. Senior Laura Bucchieri finished fifth with a mark of 5.04m.
 
First-year Danielle Cuthbert won the triple jump, hitting a mark of 10.38m while senior Kaitlin Day finished fourth with a jump of 10.35m.
 
Sophomore Yasmin Ruff won the pole vault, clearing 3.65m while junior Anna Curtis finished second clearing 3.35m.
 
The Bears travel to the Billy Hayes Invite hosted by Indiana-Bloomington on Friday.