GENEVA, Ohio – The Ohio track and field team competed at the SPIRE Collegiate Indoor Games today (Feb. 11).

Freshman sprinter Josie Knierim (McConnelsville, Ohio) picked up another pair of first place finishes in the 60m and 200m dash. Knierim clocked a 7.66 in the 60m final and a 25.10 in the 200m.

Graduate student Larissa Manciaz (Eagle Lake, Texas) also grabbed a first-place finish in the 300m, clocking a 40.24.

Junior Alyssa Christian (Newark, Ohio) took fifth in the 800m with a time of 2:17.21, while freshman Allie Martin (Kingwood, W. Va.) finished ninth in 2:18.98. Christian and Martin also competed in the mile, securing second and fourth. Christian ran a 5:00.45 while Matin followed with a 5:06.80. Sophomore Sarah Liederbach (Petoskey, Mich) and freshman Jenna Razavi (Medina, Ohio) finished in the top-eight as well, running a 5:09.27 and 5:09.49 for sixth and seventh.

In the 3000m, senior Carina Weaver (Lexington, Ohio) placed second, clocking a 10:06.05. Additionally, junior Kenna Loveless (Tallmadge, Ohio), redshirt junior Bailey Roberts (North Kingsville, Ohio), freshman Sara Doughman (South Lebanon, Ohio), freshman Morgan Roth (Brunswick, Ohio) took eighth through eleventh.

The 4x400 team of Manciaz, Knierim, junior Imani Brown (Crown Point, Ind.), redshirt senior Taniah Stephens (Erie, Pa.) saw a second place finish as well with a time of 4:01.07.

In the field events, senior Kassidy Betzing (Pomeroy, Ohio) took ninth in the long jump with a jump of 5.30m, while junior Emily McKenzie (Dillsburg, Pa.) grabbed sixth in the triple jump with a jump of 11.35m. Fifth year Autumn Mohan (Chillicothe, Ohio) and sophomore Michaela Frey (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) neared their PRs with a throw of 15.42 in the weight throw and a vault of 3.30m in the pole vault.

Up next, the Bobcats will head to Blacksburg, Va. To compete in the Virginia Tech Challenge.

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