Lady Bearcats Compete at Centre Twilight

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.