INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The Western Michigan track and field team concluded competition at the Butler Invitational this evening, finishing the meet with top-10 records and personal-best marks. 

Bri'Yanna Robinson stole the show, earning a top-five mark in school history with her throw of 14.84 meters in the shot put. She was also excellent in the weight throw, earning a throw of 16.74 meters, which is just outside the top-10 in program history. 

Kennedy Hagens, Lane Hagens and Mariah Sackett all competed in the weight throw, with Kennedy earning a throw of 14.34 meters, Lane getting a mark of 14.06 meters and Sackett recording a throw of 11.45 meters. Kennedy Hagens' mark was a personal best. 

Outside of Robinson in the shot put, Lane Hagens had a PR with a mark of 13.32 meters. Tess Van Dyk was able to register a throw of 11.03 meters. 

Mimi Joseph and Layla Wallace were strong in the long jump, with Joseph grabbing a PR mark of 5.54 meters. Wallace ended the event with a jump of 4.32 meters. 

In the 60-meter dash, Laurie-Ann Desormes was able to grab first place with a time of 7.70, which just missed a top-10 mark in program history. Following that, Grace Johnson and Soniya Jones stole the show in the 200-meter dash, placing first and second, respectively. Johnson had a time of 24.97, while Jones crossed the finish line in a time of 25.14. Johnson's time was a PR. 

Mabinty Kebe was then able to grab first place in the 400-meter dash, notching a time of 56.47, which was a personal-best mark. Maggie Raab, Rebekah Asselin and Claira Gilchrist all competed in the 800-meter run, with Raab earning a time of 2:22.96, Asselin posting a time of 2:23.42 and Gilchrist crossing the line in 2:30.07. Asselin's time was a personal-best mark. 

In her season debut, Annalise James was able to win the mile with a time of 5:02.06. Madison Zarembski, Larissa McGrath and Brooke Soper also ran in the event, earning times of 5:17.41, 5:23.67 and 5:27.77, respectively. All three of those times were PR's. 

Ending the distance events was Danielle Rinn, who won the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:41.94. Kayla Schiera grabbed third in the race with a PR time of 9:45.00 and Lillian Zelasko was fourth with a time of 9:49.15. 

To end the meet, the team of Sandra Ferrari, Joseph, Anichka Malachi and Desormes were able to grab second in the 4x400 relay with a time of 4:02.95. 

UP NEXT
WMU will be back in action in a couple weeks when it heads to the Meyo Invitational on Feb. 2-3. The meet is hosted by Notre Dame.