MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – For the first time since 2013 the Western Michigan track and field team scored in the weight throw at an Indoor Mid-American Conference Championship with seniors Aniya Davis and Taylor Eaton both finishing in the top eight to highlight the opening day for the Broncos.
 
Davis finished fourth overall after completely crushing her previous personal-best distance, throwing 61' 7" (18.77m) to earn WMU five points. Eaton finished seventh overall after throwing a distance of 59' (17.98m) to earn two more points. Junior Madison Ochs also competed, finishing 12th overall with a distance of 54' 11.25" (16.73m).
 
"I'm super proud of our throws group," said head coach Makiba Batten. "We have been talking about how to execute since the summer. Our number one goal was to get in the finals every meet so that it felt normal by time we approached the championship. Aniya and Taylor have worked tremendously hard to get to this point. It's even sweeter that Aniya hit such a huge PR and they both scored. We haven't scored in this event since 2013. All of these ladies, including Madison, put in the work and it paid off. I can't be more proud of what we accomplished."
 
Freshman Ahvon Mitchell also had a personal-best performance on the day. She competed in the 60-meter hurdles preliminaries, running the third-fastest time on the day of 8.78 seconds to qualify for Saturday's finals.
 
Also qualifying for finals on Saturday was senior Rebecca McNamee. McNamee ran the second-fastest time on the day in the 800-meter run. Her time of 2:13.45 missed the top time by just .06 seconds.
 
Action resumes on Saturday for the Broncos. In addition to the finals in the 60 hurdles and the 800, the WMU will also have competitors in the mile run, the shot put and the 4x400-meter relay.