GREENVILLE, Ill. – The No. 1 Washington University in St. Louis outdoor track and field team continued its stretch of meets with several event winners on Saturday at the Greenville Select meet.
Top Finishes:

• High Jump
  • It was a 1-2 finish for the Bears with graduate Ebun Opata and sophomore Olivia Theisen both finishing with a height of 1.63m.
  • Opata took the event win due to the tiebreaker of when she cleared the height.
• Pole Vault
  • Senior Yasmin Ruff once again won the event with a height of 4.11m.
  • The Bears also finished third through sixth with sophomore Meredyth Barr, senior Makenzie Stock, junior Mackenzie Walker, and first-year Madison Elhaik all finishing high.
  • Their marks in order were 3.45m, 3.45m, 3.45m, and 3.15m.
• Long Jump
  • Opata won her second event of the day with a leap of 5.74m on her first attempt.
  • Theisen was fifth with jump of 5.23m.
• Discus
  • Junior Jenae Bothe and senior Catryn Cattoor were 2-3 in the event with throws of 42.18 and 38.79.
  • Junior Kally Mack was fifth with a throw of 37.18.
• Hammer Throw
  • Senior Taylor Simpson finished on the podium for the event with a throw of 45.97.
• Javelin
  • Senior Molly Morton threw 31.47 on her second and sixth attempts to finish in third place.
• Shot Put
  • Bothe won the event with a throw of 13.88 on her third attempt.
  • All of her attempts would have been the top mark on the day.
• 5000m
  • Sophomore Avery Nason won the event with a time of 18:57.08; it was over a minute better than second place.
• 4x100
  • The WashU A team took the win with a time of 46.46.
• 1500m
  • Senior Izzy Gorton was first with a time of 4:34.69 while sophomore Caroline Echols finished second with a time of 4:41.33.
• 100m Hurdles
  • Senior Lauren Gay won with a time of 14.25.
• 400m
  • Junior Kylie Spytek took first with a time of 55.96.
  • The Bears then finished third through fifth with first-year Quinn Bird (56.76), sophomore Julia Coric (57.63), and senior Nicole Stewart (58.80), respectively.
• 100m
  • Junior Jasmine Wright finished with at time of 11.99 to take first place with Gay taking second in a time of 12.13.
• 800m
  • WashU finished with the top seven spots in the event. The Bears finished in this order: sophomore Cate Christopher (2:12.70), junior Cate Stevens (2:15.74), senior Sophie Bekins (2:16.09), senior Virginia Pridgen (2:16.25), junior Katie Rector (2:17.75), sophomore Isabel Erdmann (2:19.31), and first-year Mackenzie Raue (2:19.83).
• 400m Hurdles
  • Senior Ruby Kaplan was first with a time of 1:04.59
  • Sophomore Holland Kantar was third in the event with a mark of 1:08.91
• 200m
  • Stewart finished runner-up with a time of 24.81.
  • First-year Leah Phelps finished in seventh place with a time of 25.89.
• Steeplechase
  • It was another 1-2-3 finish for the Bears.
  • Senior Abby Patterson finished first with a time of 10:56.11
  • Sister Julia Patterson was second with a time of 11:04.36
  • Junior Riley Clark was third with a time of 11:11.77
• 4x400m
  • The WashU "A" team was first with a time of 3:47.25
  • The WashU "B" team was third with a time of 3:50.97

 
WashU will be back in action next Saturday, April 19 when it travels to Missouri S&T for the Dewey Allgood Invitational.