TIFFIN, Ohio - Milena Wahl broke the Wilmington College women's track & field outdoor record in the 1,500-meter run on day one of the Tiffin Track Carnival on Friday.
Wahl ran a time of 4:52.08 to finish 11th in the event, breaking the mark of 4:53.70 run by Tricia Steffan on April 5, 2014. The junior also competed in the 5,000-meter run, taking 12th by crossing the finish line in 18:22.72. Teammate Kaitlyn Rausch rounded out the distance events with a fourth-place finish in the 10,000-meter run.'
In springs, Kylee Schafer took 29th with a time of 12.76 seconds in the 100-meter dash and was joined by teammate Madison Dietz in the 200-meter dash. The Fightin' Quaker duo placed 22nd (26.17 seconds) and 33rd (26.69 seconds) respectively. In hurdles, fifth-year senior Emma Burke ran a 1:05.25 for a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles as well as crossed the finish line in 15.61 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles, good for 13th place. Wilmington also turned in a third-place time of 4:17.70 in the 4-x-400-meter relay with a team of Burke, Schafer, Haley Cook and Dietz.
Dietz and Cook both competed in jumps for WC with Dietz leaping 5.35 meters in the long jump to place seventh. Cook, who took 18th (4.96 meters) in the long jump, cleared 1.46 meters in the high jump for a 16th-place finish.
Kayli Sullivan represented the Quaker throwers with a pair of top-20 finishes. The fifth-year senior heaved a 17th-place throw of 11.69 meters in the shot put and took 12th with a toss of 48.39 meters in the hammer throw.
Day two of the event is scheduled for Saturday.
