CLEVELAND, Ohio – UAA CHAMPIONS! The No. 3 Washington University in St. Louis women's track and field team won their ninth-straight UAA Outdoor Championship on Sunday, scoring 221 points. WashU scored in 19 of the 21 events over the two days.
The Bears saw eight individual and relay champions on day two – 4x100m Relay, 1500m, 100m, 200m, 800m, 5000m, 4x400m, and High Jump
Top Finishers
- 4x100m Relay
- 1500m
- Sophomore Lucinda Laughlin won the UAA title with her time of 4:28.91
- Not far behind her was senior Katie Rector in third place in a time of 4:36.24
- 400m
- Senior Kyle Spytek was runner-up with a time of 54.96 to begin four-straight Bears in the event
- Weir finished third with her time of 55.33
- Sophomore Quinn Bird was fourth (55.90) while junior Cate Christopher was fifth (56.97)
- 100m
- Wright claimed her UAA title with a time of 11.77.
- Coric also finished in the top four with her time of 12.21
- 800m
- First-year Kate Delia claimed the UAA title with a time of 2:08.57, more than two seconds ahead of the runner-up from Emory
- Senior Cate Stevens (2:14.64) and junior Caroline Echols (2:14.98) finished in third and fourth places, respectively
- 400m Hurdles
- 200m
- Wright claimed her second individual UAA title in the 200m with a time of 24.69
- Weir and Spytek completed the Bears contingent in the event
- Weir (24.76) and Spytek (24.89) finished in second and third place, respectively
- 5000m
- Laughlin won her second individual UAA title of the championships with a time of 16:54.61
- 4x400m Relay
- The team of Bird, Christopher, Coric, and Spytek claimed the UAA title with their time of 3:47.92, over five seconds ahead of the runner-up
- Javelin
- First-year Harper Karr finished in eighth place with a throw of 31.30m
- Triple Jump
- Discus
- Senior Jenae Bothe finished fifth with her throw of 39.81m
- High Jump
- Junior Olivia Theisen claimed her UAA title with a successful clear of 1.65m, doing so on her second attempt
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