Ohio Women's Track & Field Concludes Akron Invitational

Friday, February 20

Akron, OH

4 p.m.

Akron Invitational

Ohio Women's Track & Field Concludes Akron Invitational

2/21/2026 12:05:00 AM | Women's Track and Field

AKRON, Ohio -- The Ohio women's trakc & field team concluded competition at the Akron Invitational on Friday, Feb. 20.

Ohio kicked off the meet with the 60m preliminaries. Junior Arissa Leo (Washington, D.C.) qualified for the the finals with a sixth-place time of 7.85. In the final, Leo ran a PR of 7.77 and placed fourth overall. Freshman Zoey Caldwell took home eighth place in the women's 60m hurdle preliminaries with a time of 9.03.

Ohio had four athletes place in the top 10 of the women's mile. Freshman Ava Beeks (Perrysburg, Ohio) led the way with a second-place and personal-best time of 5:05.02. Freshman Savana Miller followed behind in third place with a time of 5:08.01. Freshmen Adelyn Tager (Morgantown, W. Va.) and Samantha Shreve (Buckhannon, W. Va.) placed sixth (5:25.91) and eighth (5:30.25), respectively.

Junior Jada Irwin (Fairfield, Ohio) led Ohio in the women's 400m with a second-place time of 56.42. Senior Ashley Long (HIlliard, Ohio) took home fifth place with a PR of. 57.94 and junior Elinor Shuttleworth (Beavercreek, Ohio) came in eighth place (58.13). Long also finished seventh in the women's 200m with a PR of 25.41.

Senior Sophie Besett (Twinsburg, Ohio) ran a PR of of 2:13.33 in the women's 800m, placing second in the event. Sophomore Jaclyn Garvey (Grand Blanc, Mich.) followed behind in third place (2:13.61) while junior Abby Wells (Westerville, Ohio) finished in sixth place (2:19.14).

Senior Alyssa Mason (Dublin, Ohio) won the women's 3,000 meters with a time of 9:57.02. Sophomore Sophie Lane (Hilliard, Ohio) took home third place with a time of 10:36.15.

In the field events, freshman Kewogo Bendick won the women's long jump (5.48m/17-11.75, PR). Graduate student Jasmine Correa (Holland, Mich.) finished sixth in the women's shot put with a PR of 13.08 meters (42-11).

The Bobcats will be back in action at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday, Feb. 27 in Mount Pleasant, Mich.

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