CLEVELAND, Ohio – The No. 3 Washington University in St. Louis women's track team is in second place with 64 points following the first day of the UAA Outdoor Championships, hosted by Case Western Reserve University.
 
Highlighting the day for the Bears were four UAA Championships – the 4x800 relay, 3,000m steeplechase, pole vault and shot put.
 
Top Finishers

• 4x800 Relay
  • Junior Caroline Echols, senior Cate Stevens, sophomore Lauren Raley and first-year Kate Delia won the title with a time of 9:00.08
     
• 3,000m Steeplechase
  • Senior Riley Clark captured the title with a time of 10:38.19
  • Sophomore Sally Carrington finished sixth in 11:15.59
     
• Pole Vault
  • Senior Mackenzie Walker won the crown with a height of 3.71m
  • First-year Campbell Pallera finished second with a height of 3.61m
  • Junior Meredyth Barr took fourth with a height of 3.46
  • First-year Talia West finished eighth with a height of 3.16
     
• Shot Put
  • Senior Jenae Bothe won the field with a throw of 14.36m
     
• 10,000m
  • Junior Avery Nason finished ninth in 37:17.68
     
• Javelin
  • First-year Harper Karr finished eighth with a throw of 31.30m
     
• Hammer Throw
  • Senior Kally Mack finished fourth with a throw of 46.72
     
• Long Jump
  • Junior Olivia Theisen finished eight with a jump of 5.21m

 
Advanced to Sunday Finals

• 400m
  • Sophomore Hailey Weir posted the top Bears' time, finishing second in the prelims with a time of 56.31
  • Sophomore Quinn Bird had a third-place finish in 56.71
  • Senior Kylie Spytek posted a fourth-place finish in 57.45
  • Junior Cate Christopher finished seventh in 58.30
     
• 100m
  • Senior Jasmine Wright has the top time of 11.97 heading into tomorrow's final
  • Junior Julia Coric will also run in the final after posting a fifth-place finish of 12.37
     
• 400 Hurdles
  • Sophomore Clare Marchant enters the final with the third-place time of 1:06.06
     
• 800m
  • Echols posted the top prelims time of 2:12.14
  • Sophomore Kalena Reimer posted the third-place time of 2:13.07
  • Delia is in fourth with a time of 2:13.32
  • Stevens finished prelims in sixth with a time of 2:14.31
     
• 200m
  • Wright posted the second-place prelims time in 24.87
  • Weir finished in third with a time of 24.93
  • Spytek had the fourth-place time of 25.15
  • Coric is in fifth with a time of 25.26

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