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Bowling Green, which only fields a women's team, opened the season on Friday, Sept. 29 with a 214.5-77.5 victory over St. Francis University, taking the top spot in 14 of 16 events.
Toledo's women's track and field team finished in fifth place at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships in Bowling Green today. The Rockets earned 55 points through two days of competition. 'We faced a lot of adversity this weekend and I'm very proud of the way the women responded today,' head coach Linh Nguyen said following the meet.
'Shanice, Atalia, and Karoline really got the momentum going for us, and the rest of the team fed off that energy—especially the three newcomers. 'The meet was extremely tight and the last two events secured a top-five finish for us.
I thought coming in we could be third with a strong meet but the MAC is so tough right now that if you are off a little, you pay for it,' Nguyen added. 'Overall, I'm very happy with the toughness and resilience we showed. We're really becoming a complete program and I'm proud of that fact.' Junior Shanice Williams had Toledo's best finish, earning first in the 60-meter dash with a personal-best time of 7.41. Freshman Karoline Steppin was recognized with the Freshman Field Performer of the Year award as well after setting a new season-best length of 12.66-meters in the triple jump. Traktor scratch pro 2 download. UT's other top performers were sophomores Atalia Da Silva and Athena Welsh. Da Silva placed second in the high jump with a height of 1.72-meters, earning All-MAC honors.
Welsh also finished near the top for Toledo, taking third in the 3,000-meter with a time of 9:34.28. Her time broke the previous Perry Field House record. Toledo's next highest finisher was senior Janelle Noe who finished fourth in the mile with a time of 4:56.06. Junior Petronela Simiuc finished sixth in the mile with a time of 5:00.43.
Welsh and junior Jennifer Lichter cracked the top eight in the 5,000 meters. Welsh earned fifth with a time of 16:50.55 while Lichter was seventh with a time of 16:59.44. Lichter's time was a new season best. Next was Simiuc in the 800-meter where she finished sixth with a time of 2:14.92 to earn a second podium finish on the day.
Toledo earned sixth in the 4x400 medley relay with a time of 3:50.45 thanks to the team of junior Nautica Hill, sophomore Yana Khabina, junior Christina Johnson and Da Silva. UT's final podium finishers were freshman Michelle Hostettler, Da Silva, junior Olivia Chinn and Barlow. The squad took eighth in the distance medley, finishing in 12:09.43. 2018 MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships Feb. 23-24 Final Team Scores 1. Eastern Michigan 154 2.
Bowling Green 68 4. Kent State 64 5. Central Michigan 52 7. Northern Illinois 45 8. Western Michigan 42 9. Buffalo 36 10.
Miami (Ohio) 33 11. Ball State 25 12. Ohio 13 Toledo Results - Day Two 60m Dash 1. Shanice Williams - 7.41 800m Run 6. Petronela Simiuc - 2:14.92 One Mile 4.
Janelle Noe - 4.56.06 6. Petronela Simiuc - 5:00.43 9. Olivia Chinn - 5:01.29 3,000m Run 3. Athens Welsh - 9:34.28 7. Stephanie Barlow 9:46.68 16. Janelle Noe - 10:10.17 5,000m Run 5. Athens Welsh - 16:50.55 7.
Jennifer Lichter - 16:59.44 17. Stephanie Sherman - 17: Meter 5.
Athena Welsh, Toledo - 16:50.55 7. Jennifer Lichter, Toledo - 16:59.44 17. Stephanie Sherman, Toledo - 17:36.41 4x400 meter relay 6: Nautica Hill, Yana Khabina, Christina Johnson, Dandadeua Silva - 3:50.45 Distance Medley 8. Michelle Hostettler, Dandadeua Da Silva, Olivia Chinn, Stephanie Barlow - 12:09.43.
Story Links Feb. 22, 2006 Seeking to improve on its seventh-place finish at last season's conference meet, the Miami University women's indoor track and field team travels to Bowling Green, Ohio for this weekend's Mid-American Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. With three NCAA provisional qualifiers on this season's squad, Miami heads to the conference meet with a 23-2 record in team-scored meets and head-to-head wins over MAC foes Bowling Green, Ohio, Toledo and Western Michigan. POLE VAULT DEJA VU: In what had become a common occurrence for, the sophomore pole vaulter reset the Miami pole vault record for the fourth straight meet and the seventh time in her career by vaulting 13-5 at last weekend's Ball State Triangular. Landau began the season as the indoor record holder with a vault of 12-11 1/2 and has upped the height 5 1/2 inches this year, beginning with her vault of 12-11 3/4 at the Kentucky Invitational (Jan. In the next two meets, Landau upped the pole vault record to 13-0 at the Cedarville Open (Feb.
3) and 13-3 3/4 at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb. Landau then ripped off a vault of 13-5 at Ball State, narrowly missing out at a height of 13-7. According to trackshark.com, Landau's vault ranks 11th nationally as of Feb.
PUTTING THEIR MARK IN THE RECORD BOOK: Heading into the conference meet, Miami has set three school records this season, with junior and sophomore combining to reset the 60 meter-dash, long jump and pole vault standards. Davis has reset the Miami long jump record twice this year, first with a leap of 20-1 /4 at the Bowling Green Invitational (Jan. 14) and again with a jump of 20-4 1/4 at the Eastern Illinois Invitational (Jan. Davis then set her second school record of the season in the 60 meters, turning in a time of 7.44 at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb.
Landau, meanwhile, has reset the pole vault record at each of the last four meets, moving the school record height 5 1/2 inches from 12-11 1/2 to 13-5. Davis and Landau also are the outdoor record holders in the long jump and pole vault, respectively. PROVISIONAL PERFORMANCES: Prior to the conference meet, three Miami athletes - sophomore, junior and senior Taryn Nye - have registered NCAA provisional qualifying performances in four different events. Davis is the most recent athlete to provisionally qualify with her time of 7.44 in the 60 meters at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb.
Davis also provisionally qualified in the long jump, initially leaping 20-1/4 at the Bowling Green Invitational (Jan. 14) before improving with a school-record jump of 20-4 1/4 at the Eastern Illinois Invitational (Jan.
Nye followed with a provisional qualifying performance in the pentathlon, tallying 3,730 points in the Findlay Pentathlon (Jan. Landau, meanwhile, has met the pole vault provisional standard on four occasions, vaulting 12-11 3/4 at the Rod McCravy Invitational (Jan. 27), 13-0 at the Cedarville Open, 13-3 3 /4 at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb.
11) and 13-5 at the Ball State Triangular (Feb. Landau has the best shot at earning a bid to the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., as her pole vault height currently ranks 11th nationally. Normally, the top 15 athletes get bids to participate at the national meet.
NATIONALLY RANKED REDHAWKS: According to trackshark.com, Miami's has three athletes - junior, sophomore and senior Taryn Nye - whose provisional qualifying performances are nationally ranked in their respective events. Both Landau and Davis rank among the top 20 nationally in the pole vault and long jump, respectively, as Landau's vault of 13-5 ranks 11th and Davis' long jump of 20-4 1/4 ranks 19th. Nye's pentathlon score of 3,730 stands as the 27th-best nationally, while Davis' 60-meter dash time of 7.44 ranks 43rd. All ranking are accurate as of Feb.
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AWARD WINNING HAWKS: With the sophomore pole vaulter back-to-back conference athlete of the week awards (Feb. 7 and 14), Miami has now won three weekly conference honors during the indoor track and field season. Landau was named the Mid-American Conference's Field Athlete of the Week (Feb.
14) after resetting the school pole vault record for the sixth time in her career at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 11), and she also was named the field athlete of the week the previous week (Feb. 7) after becoming only the fifth athlete in MAC history to vault 13-0 or above at the Cedarville Open. Senior Taryn Nye (Jan. 9) was the other Miami athlete to be named the MAC Track Athlete of the Week after posting a score of 3,620 at the Dartmouth Relays, a mark she later bested with a provisional qualifying score of 3,730. THE BEST LIST: On the latest Mid-American Conference best list, sophomore is the lone Miami athlete to own one of the MAC's top performances. Landau's pole vault of 13-5 at the Ball State Triangular ranks as the top height in the conference and 5 1/2 inches better than the second-best vault.
Miami also has four athletes whose performances rank among the top five in the conference. Junior ranks second in both the long jump (20-4 1/4) and 60 meters (7.44), while senior Taryn Nye stands second in the pentathlon (3,730) and fourth in the high jump (5-8). In addition, sophomore Sara Henize ranks third in the mile run (4:55.00) and junior ranks third in the triple jump (39-11 1/2). LAST TIME OUT - BALL STATE TRIANGULAR (Feb. 17): At Ball State, sophomore reset the school pole vault record for the fourth consecutive week and the RedHawks tallied 10 top-three finishes as Miami finished in third place. Miami's 87 points placed behind first-place Western Michigan (106) and second-place Ball State (105).
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Landau reset the Miami pole vault standard for the seventh time in her career, vaulting 13-5 and moving into the top 15 nationally. Landau was one of two RedHawks to post individual wins as sophomore also notched a first-place finish in the high jump (5-6).