LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Four Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference women’s track and field teams kicked off their outdoor season last week.
Colorado College competed in the 2015 Mid Masters Track & Field Championships at the Air Force Academy, while the University of Dallas, Texas Lutheran University and Trinity University all competed at the Trinity Open.
Colorado College
The Tigers traveled down the road to the Air Force
Academy last week, competing in the Mid America Masters Track &
Field Championships Sunday. Five members of the squad competed in
the “women’s open” portion of the meet, sponsored
by USA Track & Field. Freshman Ayla Loper posted three
victories, including ins in the 400-meter race (1:06.61), high jump
(4’9”) and she acted as the anchor on the winning 4x268
meter relay, joining Katie Sandfort, Samantha Gilbert and McKenna
Schnack. Sandfort also posted an individual top finish in the 3,000
meter event with a time of 11:54.80, nearly one minute faster than
teammate Allie Crimmins, who placed second. Gilbert finished third
in the 60-meters (8.4 seconds) and Schnack was fourth in the
200-meters (28.18).
University of Dallas
The Crusaders competed at the Trinity Open over the
weekend, earning one top finish in the meet and an array of top-10
finishes. Senior Colleen Slattery won the 3000-meter steeplechase
with a time of 13:16, earning her first event win and the
team’s first top finisher of the season. A trio of runners
finished in the top five on the 5000 meter race, including Clare
Myers (19:33), Ruth Fritz (20:13) and Angela Moore (20:39). In the
1500-meter event, Fritz and Myers claimed eighth and ninth overall,
respectively. Rounding out the top-10 finishers for the Crusaders
were Katie McIntyre with seventh in the 200 meter, Lizzy Depew
finishing eighth in the 100 meter hurdles and Katie Spellmeyer with
seventh in the javelin throw (20.34 meters).
Texas Lutheran University
The Bulldogs traveled to San Antonio this weekend to
compete at the Trinity Open, with four athletes earning individual
event wins. Haley Lasseter won the javelin throw, Brielle Brown won
the discus throw, Haley Cortez won the 400-meter hurdles and
Nativita Kamisnki took the 100-meter hurdles. Sarah Randall
finished second in the 800-meter run, while K’Alicia
Henderson joined Kaminski with a good 100-meter hurdles
performance, finishing third. Ranecia Faison also finished second
in the 400-meter hurdles, while Henderson finished third. The team
of Brittany Steubing, Morgan Lacy Randall and Henderson finished
third in the 4x100 relay. Randall, Cortez, Malyssa Barrow and
Henderson finished third in the 4x100 relay. Cori Picazo took
second place in the pole vault, while Marlena Hunt placed second in
the triple jump. Meredith Berger placed second in the shot put and
Lasseter took third in the same event. Lasseter also finished
second in the discus throw, behind Brown.
Trinity University
The Tigers began the 2015 outdoor season at home this
weekend, hosting the Trinity Open. The women’s team turned in
five event wins, while several other team members turned in solid
times and marks. Britney Sullivan scored a win in the triple jump
with a leap of 11.40 meters, just shy of a school record. Erika
Hochstein took third in the triple jump, while Sullivan also
finished third in the long jump. Heather Hayes won the high jump
(1.50 meters), while Sarah Pickett was just behind her in third
place. Taylor Gloor won pole vault, reaching 2.75 meters. With a
time of 25.75 seconds, Nkolika Nweke won the 200 meter dash,
followed closely by teammates Bailey Drury and Elizabeth Peters.
Nweke was second in the 100 meter dash and Peters came in at
fourth. Mariana Sigala nabbed the title in the 800 meter run, while
Natalie Belew led the Tigers in fifth place in the 1,500 meter run.
The women’s 4x100 meter relay came in second, clocking in at
49.05 seconds.
