ALLENDALE, Mich. – Western Michigan track and field continued its impressive weekend at the Grand Valley State Big Meet, once again having several athletes turn in personal-best performances on Saturday.
 
The biggest improvements came in the weight throw with Makayla Rawls, Audrey Pickering and Emily Meier all recording new personal bests. Pickering threw a distance of 54-2.50 (16.34m), Meier a distance of 50-8.75 (15.46m) and Rawls reached a distance of 44-2.50 (13.47m). Pickering was one of three Broncos to finish in the top 10, taking ninth overall. Taylor Eaton led the team with a distance of 55-5.75 (16.91m), taking sixth overall. Junior Aniya Davis finished in eighth place with a distance of 55-0.25 (16.77m). Meier, Madison Ochs and Pickering also all finished in the top eight of the shot put. Meier took fourth with a distance of 44-0.75 (13.43m), Ochs in seventh at 43-6 (13.26m) and Pickering in eighth at 42-3.50 (12.89m).
 
Senior Erica Sheahan tied for eighth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.83 seconds, while junior Tauja Foreman had a new personal-best after running a time of 7.95 in qualifying. Senior Erin Dowd competed again in the 400-meter dash, running a time of 55.31 seconds to take third overall. Jasmine McLemore took ninth with a time of 58.18 and Alex Bryant finished right behind her in 10th with a time of 58.22. Dowd also went on to take sixth in the 60-meter hurdles after finishing with a time of 8.91 seconds
 
In the 800-meter run freshman Annalise James was WMU's top finisher with a time of 2:18.68, while Kiley Ward had a new personal-best time of 2:19.54. Senior Juliane Sormain took eighth overall in the mile run after finishing with a time of 5:05.39.
 
Sophomore Kaylin Mince took 17 seconds off of her previous personal-best in the 3,000-meter run after setting a new mark of 10:58.02.
 
The Broncos are off next week before heading to Akron for the 2020 Indoor Mid-American Conference Championships on Feb. 28-29.