Women's Track & Field | March 24, 2019
HOUSTON, Texas – The Western Michigan track and field team wrapped up the 37th annual Victor Lopez Classic on Saturday night.
Senior
Sarah Anderson continued her strong season, finishing in first place in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:09.65. Anderson also finished in fifth place in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.46 seconds.
The Broncos had good performances in the short sprints as well.
Madison Meredith kicked off her outdoor season with a fourth place finish in the 200-meter dash after running a time of 24.59 seconds. She also finished seventh in the 100-meter dash invitational with a time of 12.08 seconds.
Over in the hurdles
Taylor Rucker finished in eighth place in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.98 seconds. In the 400-hurdle invitational
Erin Dowd took third with a time of 1:00.40 and in the 400-hurdle B race Alison Hufnagel took fifth and
Alex Bryant finished in sixth.
WMU's 4x100-meter relay team of
Erica Sheahan, Meredith, Bryant and
Diamond Mitchell combined for a time of 47.15 seconds, taking seventh place. The 4x400-meter relay squad of Anderson, Dowd, Bryant and Rucker took second overall with a time of 3:56.72.
Over in the field events, Sheahan was the top finisher for WMU in the long jump, reaching a distance of 18' 2.25" (5.54m).
Aniya Davis had another solid day. After being the top finisher for the Broncos in the hammer throw on Friday, she turned in the team's best performance in the discus taking seventh place with a distance of 143' 5" (43.71m). Senior
Audrey Oswalt took third in her first javelin throw of the season with a distance of 137' 9" (42.00m).
Western Michigan heads to Eastern Illinois University next weekend for the EIU Big Blue Classic on Friday and Saturday.
