Lady Bearcats Compete at Centre Twilight

Lady Bearcats Compete at Centre Twilight
April 18, 2018

On Friday April 13th the Women's Track and Field team competed at the Centre College Twilight Invitational. The women finished 12th with 4 points.

800m run: Ashlie Carpenter ran 3:00.54 finishing 36th overall.

1500m: Makenzie Jackson was the leading Bearcat just edging out Ashlie Carpenter. Makenzie Finished 32nd overall in a time of 6:27.10 and Ashlie finished 33rd overall in a time of 6:28.22.

5000m: Madeline Jones finished 6th out of 15 individuals crossing the line in 20:47.35. This is a PR for Madeline and is the fastest 5k time by a Bearcat since Jasmine Pulliam in 2013.

Kassi Gilbert did both the Long Jump and Triple Jump. In Long Jump, she finished 20th overall with a distance of 4.3m. In Triple Jump, she had a distance of 9.38m and finished 15th overall.

Shot Put: Mikayla Chinn was the top thrower with a distance of 10.98m. This was a new PR and school record for her. Mikayla finished 8th out of 30 throwers. Jordan Blemker finished 27th overall with a distance of 8.44m.

Discus: Mikayla Chinn was again the top thrower with a distance of 27.11 finishing 19th. She was followed by Jordan Blemker who finished 25th with a distance of 22.36m.

The Lady Bearcats will compete in their final regular season invitational this weekend at the Rose-Hulman Twilight, before heading to Pittsburgh for the River States Conference Championship April 27th.