*Story by David Wahl III
ALLIANCE, Ohio – The Wilmington College women's track & field team placed fourth at the Marv Frye Invitational scoring 79.5 total points. The team finished behind third place Calvin University while host Ohio Wesleyan University came away with first place.
The scoring was started for the Quakers by a victory in the long jump by Haley Cook with a jump of 16' 5". This is Cook's first collegiate event victory with teammate Madison Dietz finishing close behind in third. Cook later finished fifth in the high jump. Kayli Sullivan closed out the day on the field side with a third-place finish in shot put with a toss of 36' 9.75".
Emma Burke got the track scoring started with a second-place finish in the 400-meter dash in a time of 1:02.22. Kylee Schafer had herself a day with a fourth-place finish in the 100-meter dash in a time of 12.98. Dietz and Schafer finished three-four respectively in the 200-meter dash with Dietz crossing in 26.66 seconds and Schafer in 26.77 seconds, both season bests by the pair. Milena Wahl finished out the individual scoring with a personal best time of 18:29.66 in the 5,000-meter run taking second place.
The Quaker relay squads had a good day as Cook, Dietz, Burke and Schafer made up both relays for the team. The group took first place in the 4-x-100-meter dash with a 50.25-second finish. The 4-x-400-meter saw the group take second place in a time of 4:19.28.
Wilmington heads back to Tiffin next weekend for the two-day Tiffin University Track Carnival.
