4x400m Relay Team Leads Ohio Women’s Track & Field at We Fly Challenge

Friday, April 10

Muncie, IN

Friday: 10 a.m. / Saturday: 8 a.m.

We Fly Challenge

4x400m Relay Team Leads Ohio Women’s Track & Field at We Fly Challenge

4/11/2026 10:14:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ohio women's track & field team concluded two days of competition at the We Fly Challenge on Saturday, April 11.

The women's 4x400m relay team, comprised of junior Jada Irwin (Fairfield, Ohio), freshman Sydney Huckstep, freshman Alyvia Mentlow (Westerville, Ohio) and sophomore Ava Kincaid (Perrysburg, Ohio), won the event with a season-best time of 3:44.92. The time is the third-fastest outdoor 4x400m relay time in program history.

Friday Recap
Freshman Aubree Beery kicked off the meet with a second-place finish in the women's hammer throw. Beery recorded a mark of 51.25 meters (168-2).

Sophomore Lauren Mader (Green Bay, Wis.) earned second place in the women's discus with a PR of 47.18 meters (154-9).

Saturday Recap
Junior Abby Wells (Westerville, Ohio) led Ohio in the women's 800m, placing sixth overall with a time of 2:20.84.

Freshman Savannah Hunter (Portsmouth, Va.) and sophomore Ava Kincaid (Perrysburg, Ohio) both finished in the top 10 of the women's 100m hurdles. Hunter placed seventh (15.14) and Kincaid took home 10^th place (15.33). Hunter also placed second in the women's triple jump with a mark of 11.36 meters (37-3.25).

Long competed in the women's 400m, recording an eighth-place finish (58.01) for the Bobcats.

Freshman Kewogo Bendick placed third in the women's long jump, recording a PR of 5.70 meters (18-8.5).

Two Bobcats set new PR's in the women's 400m hurdles. Freshman Zoey Caldwell finished ninth with a PR of 1:04.54 and sophomore Elisabeth Francyzk (Washington, Pa.) finished 11^th with a PR of 1:04.73.

Three Bobcats competed in the women's 1500m, all recording new personal best times in the event. Senior Morgan Roth (Brunswick, Ohio) finished ninth (4:38.82, PR), sophomore Sophie Lane (Hilliard, Ohio) finished 14^th (4:46.48, PR) and junior Eliza Streit (Plain City, Ohio) finished in 15^th place (4:48.08, PR).

The Bobcats will be back in action at the Wake Forest Invitational on Thursday, April 16.

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