HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – Junior
Ellie Greenwell (Park Hills, Ky.) led Ohio women's track & field team at the Marshall Alumni Classic with a record breaking performance in the women's 1000 meters on Saturday, Jan.10.
In Greenwell's first time competing in the 1000 meters, she won the event with a time of 2:49.92. Greenwell's performance is a new school and program record. Two other Bobcats finished in the top three of the 1000 meters alongside Greenwell. Sophomore
Kaitlyn Stewart (Floyd Knobs, Ind.) placed second (2:54.84) and senior
Sara Doughman (Lebanon, Ohio) placed third (2:56.36).
Ohio kicked off the meet with a handful of field events. Junior
Emilee Baumann (Powell, Ohio) won the women's pole vault with a mark of 3.65 meters (11-11.75). Ohio had three throwers place in the top five of the women's shot put. Graduate student
Jasmine Correa (Holland, Mich.) placed second with a PR of 12.73 meters (41-9.25). Sophomore
Lauren Mader (Green Bay, Wis.) placed fourth (11.56m/37-11.25) and sophomore
Kiyah Baker (Troy, Ohio) took home fifth place (11.51m/37-9.25, PR). In the women's weight throw, freshman
Aubree Beery (Lancaster, Ohio) placed second (16.66m/54-8) in her collegiate debut while sophomore
Ashley Cornathan (Hilliard, Ohio) took home fifth place (14.90m/48-10.75, PR). Freshman
Kewogo Bendick finished eighth in the women's long jump with a mark of 5.20 meters (17-0.75).
Ohio's first track events of the day were the preliminaries of the 60m and 60m hurdles. In the 60m hurdles preliminaries, freshman
Zoey Caldwell (9.18) and junior
Gracie Smith (9.27) (Grove City, Ohio) both qualified for the finals. Caldwell went on to place fifth (9.02) in the finals and Smith took home seventh place (10.01). Freshman
Alexys Sterling qualified for the 60m finals and placed seventh overall (7.97/7.82). Sterling also placed third in the women's 200m (25.68) followed by senior
Ashley Long (Hilliard, Ohio) in fourth place (25.83, PR)
In the women's 300m, freshmen
Sydney Huckstep and
Alyvia Mentlow both recorded stellar performances in their collegiate debuts. Huckstep placed second (40.43) and Mentlow placed third (40.48). Ohio swept the top three of the women's 800m with sophomore
Jaclyn Garvey (Grand Blanc, Mich.) in first (2:14.90), senior
Sophie Besett (Twinsburg, Ohio) in second (2:17.14) and junior
Elinor Shuttleworth (Beavercreek, Ohio) in third place (2:20.25).
Graduate students
Kelsi Harris (Liberty Township, Ohio) and
Theresa Hagey (Akron, Ohio) led a slew of Ohio runners in the women's 3,000 meters. Harris won the event with a time of 9:43.21. Hagey followed behind Harris, placing second with a time of 9:50.11.
The Bobcats concluded the meet with the women's 4x400m relay. Shuttleworth, Garvey, Besett and junior
Abby Wells (Westerville, Ohio) placed second with a time of 3:58.77.
The Bobcats will be back in action at the Indiana Invitational on Friday, Jan. 16.
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