Women's Track & Field | February 11, 2018
GENEVA, Ohio/ALLENDALE, Mich. – The Western Michigan track and field team wrapped up competition at the SPIRE Division I Classic and the GVSU Big Meet on Saturday.
At the SPIRE DI Classic, the Broncos finished in the top eight in five events, highlighted by senior Hanne Christensen's fourth place finish in the 5,000-meter run for the running events and Gabrielle Collins' third place finish in the long jump. Christensen native ran a time of 16:46.61 and was the second collegiate finisher behind Stephanie Ward from Buffalo. Collins finished with a distance of 18' 5.25" (5.62m).
Freshman sprinter Diamond Mitchell continued to build upon her performances. She qualified in the 60-meter dash after running a time of 7.70. She knocked 0.08 seconds off of her time in the finals and finished sixth overall with a time of 7.62 seconds. Her sprinting partner, sophomore Madison Meredith, also finished in sixth place in the 200-meter dash. Meredith ran a season-best time of 24.66 seconds, her first time under 25 seconds this season.
Sarah Anderson was WMU's third sixth-place finisher on the day, earning the spot in the mile run. Anderson finished with a time of 4:52.15. Also running well at the meet was WMU's Maria McDaniel in the 3,000-meter run, finishing with a time of 10:02.08.
Over at the GVSU Big Meet, freshman Aben Atuobi took third in the open shot put with a distance of 46' 1.25" (14.05m), while Savannah Dugan finished behind her in fifth place with a distance of 45' 5" (13.84m). Fellow freshman Tiere Richardson took sixth in the triple jump after reaching a distance of 34' 11.75" (10.66m).
Western Michigan heads to the Ball State Quad meet next Friday for its final meet before the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships on Feb. 23-24.
