CHARLESTON, Ill. – Getting back to action after the winter break, the Washington University in St. Louis women's track and field team took on some tough competition from both Div. I and II on Saturday at the John Craft Invite, hosted by Div. I Eastern Illinois.

Several Personal Records (PRs) were broken, and a few all-time bests were recorded in the one-day meet.

No team results/standings were recorded.

Here are some of the top results from Saturday:

• Weight Throw
  • Junior Jenae Bothe finished third in the 18 person event with a throw of 14.52m
• Shot Put
  • Bothe followed up her first event with a win in her second with a throw of 13.59m
• Pole Vault
  • Defending Outdoor national champion senior Yasmin Ruff claimed the win in this event with a height of 3.65m
  • It was then a three through five finish for the Bears with senior Makenzie Stock (3.35m), sophomore Meredyth Barr (3.20m), and first-year Madison Elhaik (3.05m) finishing in order, respectively.
• Long Jump
  • Senior Ebun Opata finished sixth in the deep field with a leap of 4.84m
• Triple Jump
  • Sophomore Sofia Rosenzweig took home third place with a jump of 10.44m
• High Jump
  • Opata was able to secure another top finish on the day in with a height of 1.55 meters
• One Mile
  • Three Bears finished in the top five with senior Virginia Pridgen taking second place with a time of 5:07.26
  • First-year Mackenzie Raue was the next competitor to cross the finish line with a time of 5:12.43, finishing third.
  • Senior Sophie Bekins was fifth in the event with a time of 5:17.69.
• 400m
  • It could be said that the Bears owned this event with each of the top six finishers.
  • In order from first to sixth was first-year Hailey Weir (59.19), junior Kylie Spytek (59.24), senior Nicole Stewart (59.81), sophomore Julia Coric (1:00.08) and sophomore Cate Christopher (1:00.33).
• 600m
  • Junior Elizabeth Wagner finished first with a time of 1:38.61 while senior Ruby Kaplan was second with a time of 1:41.24.
• 60m Hurdles
  • Senior Lauren Gay claimed the win in this first with a time 8.92.
• 60m     
  • Junior Jasmine Wright took home first with a time of 7.71, narrowly edging out Gay, who took second, who finished with a time of 7.83.
• 800m
  • It was almost a run on the top 10 in an event with the Bears finishing two through nine.
  • In order was junior Cate Stevens (2:21.97), junior Tatum Goforth (2:22.68), sophomore Danielle Shipon (2:23.76), senior Morgan Fowler (2:24.03), Raue (2:25.90), Pridgen (2:26.04), junior Katie Rector (2:26.46), and first-year Kalena Riemer (2:26.94).
• 200m
  • First-year Quinn Bird was the top WashU finisher with a time of 26.61 to take home second place.
  • Wright claimed third place with a time of 26.72.
• 3000m
  • Three of the top four finishers wore a WashU uniform with junior Jillian Heth taking first place with a time of 10:00.64
  • Sheldon cross the line in third place with a time of 10:23.85 with senior Abby Patterson finishing fourth in a time of 10:26.49.
• 4x400m
  • Much like its individual distance event, this was thoroughly controlled by the Bears.
  • WashU sent six relay teams to the line, taking the top three spots
  • Coric, sophomore Gayle Henderson, Bird, and Wagner took home first place with a time of 4:01.63.
  • Weir, Christopher, Stewart, and Spytek crossed in second place with a time of 4:01.85.
  • Sophomore Holland Kantar, Riemer, Fowler, and Kaplan were the third team to cross with time of 4:14.42.

 
WashU will be back on the track next Saturday, Jan. 25 when they travel west this time to take on the competition at the Bob Teel Invitational hosted by Div. I Missouri.