HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – The Ohio women's track & field team concluded a success final day of competition at the Marshall Jewel City Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 7.
The highlight of the meet was Ohio's record breaking performance in the women's 4x400m relay. Junior
Jada Irwin (Fairfield, Ohio), freshman
Sydney Huckstep, sophomore
Ava Kincaid (Perrysburg, Ohio) and freshman
Alyvia Mentlow won the event with a new indoor school record of 3:49.29.
Irwin also recorded the fifth-fastest indoor time in program history in the women's 400m. The junior placed fifth with a season-best time of 57.60. Huckstep also placed in the women's 400m, running an eighth-place time of 57.98.
Senior
Sara Doughman (South Lebanon, Ohio) also recorded a top indoor program time in the women's 800m. Doughman won the event with a season-best time of 2:11.58. The senior's mark is a new meet record and ranks fifth in program history.
The Bobcats kicked off the day with the 60m hurdles preliminaries. Junior
Gracie Smith (Grove City, Ohio) qualified for the finals with a time of 9.36. Smith ran the same time in the finals and placed eighth overall. Freshman
Savannah Hunter also competed in the preliminaries, placing ninth with a PR of 9.37.
Four Bobcats competed in the women's 60m preliminaries. Mentlow led Ohio in 10
th place with a time of 7.82. Junior
Arissa Leo (Washington, D.C.) finished in 12
th place (7.84, PR), freshman
Alexys Sterling finished in 14
th place (7.89) and freshman
Zoey Caldwell finished in 19
th place (8.04, PR). Leo also finished 13
th in the women's 200m with a time of 25.98.
Sophomores
Lauren Mader (Green Bay, Wis.) and
Ashley Cornathan (Hilliard, Ohio) placed in the top 10 of the women's collegiate weight throw. Mader placed fourth (13.90m/45-7.25, PR) and Cornathan placed seventh (13.51m/44-4).
In the women's elite weight throw, freshman
Aubree Beery (Lancaster, Ohio) placed fourth with a mark of 16.63 meters (54-6.75).
Senior
Alyssa Mason (Dublin, Ohio) and
Morgan Roth (Brunswick, Ohio) led Ohio in the women's 3,000 meters. Mason took home second place (9:49.64) and Roth placed third with a PR of 9:57.93.
The Bobcats will be back in action at the GVSU Big Meet and Heartland Invitational on Friday, Feb. 13.
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