ATHENS, Ohio – The Ohio women's track & field team had athletes compete at two different meets on Friday, Jan. 31. A group of Bobcats kicked off the first day of the Meyo Invitational and the rest of the team represented Ohio at the Akron Invitational.
Meyo Invitational (Day 1)
Ohio only competed in one event on the first day of the Meyo Invitational. Freshman
Kaitlyn Stewart (Floyd Knobs, Ind.), freshman
Jaclyn Garvey (Grand Blanc, Mich.), junior
Sara Doughman (South Lebanon, Ohio) and sophomore
Ellie Greenwell (Park Hills, Ky.) placed fourth in the women's distance medley relay with a season-best time of 11:37.42.
Akron Invitational
Ohio started off the meet with the 60m and 60m hurdles preliminaries.
In the 60m preliminaries, junior
Rhiea Gordon (Youngstown, Ohio) qualified for the finals with a fifth-place time of 7.87. Gordon went on to place seventh in the finals with a personal-best time of 7.81.
In the 60m hurdles preliminaries, sophomore
Gracie Smith (Grove City, Ohio) qualified for the finals with a sixth-place time of 9.22. Smith went on to place sixth in the finals with a time of 9.28.
Junior
Morgan Roth (Brunswick, Ohio) was Ohio's lone runner in the women's 3,000 meters. Roth placed eighth with a time of 5:15.64.
Ohio has two athletes place in the top three of the women's 800m. Sophomore
Abby Wells (Hilliard, Ohio) placed second (2:19.70) and junior
Sophie Besett (Twinsburg, Ohio) placed third (2:19.78). Freshman
Elyana Weaver finished ninth with a PR of 2:24.07 and freshman
Ava Tominak (Gahanna, Ohio) finished in 13
th place.
A large group of Bobcats competed in the women's 200m with senior
Taja Booker (Simpsonville, S.C.) leading the way in third place (24.76). Sophomore
Jordyn Baxter (Atlanta, Ga.) also placed in the top 15, finishing 13
th with a PR of 25.65.
Ohio kicked off competition in the field events with the women's pole vault. Sophomore
Emilee Baumann (Powell, Ohio) placed fifth in the women's pole vault with a mark of 3.53 meters (11-7).
Three Bobcats competed in the women's jumps events. In the women's long jump, Smith placed fourth with a PR of 5.23 meters (17-2) and freshman
Kami Ayoup (Copley, Ohio) placed sixth with a PR of 5.13 meters (16-10). Freshman
Elisabeth Franczyk (Washington, Pa.) took home second place in the women's triple jump with a PR of 11.00 meters (36-1.25).
Senior
Millie Ryan (Vincent, Ohio) led Ohio in the throws with a fourth-place finish in the women's shot put (12.41m/40-8.75). In the women's weight throw, freshman
Ashley Cornathan (Hilliard, Ohio) was Ohio's top performer with a 15
th place finish (13.40m/43-11.75).
The Bobcats will continue competition at the Meyo Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 1.
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