AKRON, Ohio -- The Western Michigan track and field team continued competition at the MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday at the University of Akron. The Broncos concluded the day with a variety of strong results, headlined by Maggie Raab earning a spot in the 800-meter run finals. 

Raab took second place in her heat of the 800-meter run and finished fifth overall with a time of 2:13.25. That earned her an automatic qualifying spot in tomorrow afternoon's finals. 

Lily Kucharek and Anichka Malachi were also impressive in their respective events, with both making the finals and earning personal best marks. To open the day, Kucharek competed in the hammer throw, where she finished ninth with a throw of 49.74 meters. Later in the day, Malachi advanced to the finals of the long jump, using a personal best jump of 5.79 meters to finish ninth. 

In the shot put, Kennedy Hagens and Lane Hagens were able to show improvement, finishing 14th and 18th, respectively. Kennedy Hagens earned a personal best mark of 12.36 meters, while Lane Hagens posted a throw of 11.57 meters. 

Katelyn Spooner and Grace Johnson were the other two Broncos competing on the day. Spooner grabbed ninth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:06.68, while Johnson placed 11th in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.99. 

Tomorrow will be the last day of the MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and the Broncos will have athletes competing in the 800-meter run, 5,000-meter run and discus.