CANTON, Mo. – The No. 1 Washington University in St. Louis women's outdoor track and field team had to make a quick adjustment this week as their regularly scheduled meet was canceled due to incoming weather. The Bears were able to enter several athletes into the Wildcat Open, hosted by Culver-Stockton College on Friday.

Top Results:

• Shot Put
  • Junior Jenae Bothe won the event with a throw of 14.45m, more than 1.5m more than second place from Hannibal-Lagrange
  • Seniors Taylor Simpson and Catryn Cattoor finished fourth and fifth, respectively, with throws of 11.54m and 11.37m
• Discus
  • Bothe nearly won two events as she finished runner-up in the discus.
  • Her throw of 38.36m was less than a meter behind the winner.
• Long Jump
  • Graduate Ebun Opata used her final attempt to win the event with a leap of 5.57m
  • Sophomore Maya Davis finished seven with two attempts at exactly 5.00m
• Triple Jump
  • Opata claimed a second win in the triple jump as she finished with a jump of 12.82m. It was .04 from being two meters ahead of the runner-up.
  • Her mark was 6^th best in Div. III history
• Hammer Throw
  • Junior Kally Mack finished second with a throw of 44.15m
• Javelin
  • Senior Molly Morton was seventh with a throw of 30.87m              
• 4x100m
  • It was a 1-2 finish for the Bears as the WashU A team finished in 46.63 and the WashU B finished with a time of 47.93
• 1500m
  • WashU sent 12 runners to the starting line and it came back with the top 12 finishers in the event.
  • The top three were senior Sophie Bekins (4:36.08), senior Virginia Pridgen (4:36.86), and junior Katie Rector (4:37.19)
• 100m Hurdles
  • Senior Lauren Gay took the win with a time of 14.42
• 100m
  • Junior Jasmine Wright won the event with a time of 11.86
• 400m
  • Sophomore Gayle Henderson won the event with a time of 59.31
• 800m
  • WashU had the top sixth spots with the top three being senior Izzy Gorton (2:10.14), sophomore Cate Christopher (2:13.34), and junior Cate Stevens (2:15.75)
• 400m Hurdles
  • Senior Ruby Kaplan was second with a time of 1:04.99
  • Junior Elizabeth Wagner was fourth with her time of 1:08.42
• 200m
  • Junior Kyle Spytek was third with a time of 24.61 while senior Nicole Stewart was fourth with a time of 24.63
• 4x400m
  • The WashU A team won the event with a time of 3:52.63
  • The B team was third with a time of 4:00.74 and the C team was fourth with a time of 4:15.35

 
WashU will next look to defend its UAA Outdoor title a the 2025 UAA Outdoor Championships, Saturday, April 26 through Sunday, April 27 in Ichan Stadium. NYU is serving as the host institution.