Posted: Dec 03, 2022
CLEVELAND - The Baldwin Wallace University women's track and field team opened its 2022-23 indoor season at the 9th Annual Spartan Holiday Classic hosted by Case Western Reserve University in the Veale Center. The meet was unscored.
The Yellow Jackets individual events highlights included:
- Junior All-Ohio Athletic Conference runner Cassie Kolonchuk (Canal Winchester) won the 5000-meter run in a time of 19:53.81
- Junor All-American distance runner Hope Murphy (Mogadore) won the one-mile in a time of 5:13.12 and won the 3000-meter run in a time of 10:27.73
- Junior Kamaria Montgomery (Louisville / Canton GlenOak) placed second in the 500-meter run in a time of 1:29.69
- Freshman Morgan Aloi (Sylvania / Sylvania Northview) won the 400-meter dash in a time of 1:01.74
- Freshman Julia Hurd (Avon Lake) placed second in the 60-meter dash in a time of 8.17 seconds
- Freshman Katie Plecko (Rootstown) finished second in the 1,000-meter run in a time of 3:13.63
- Sophomore Abby Collier (Dublin / Coffman) won the 200-meter dash in a time of 26.58 seconds
Field event highlights:
- Senior All-OAC Abby Rodriguez (Grandview, Wash. / Prosser) finished second in shot put with a distance of 37' 9¼"
- Sophomore Emily Torres (Berea / Berea-Midpark) placed sixth in the weight throw with a mark of 43' 7¼"
- Sophomore Grace Beil (Boardman) finished 10th in the long jump with a distance of 14' 10½"
- Sophomore Abby Lorincz (Avon) placed sixth in the high jump with a mark of 4' 7" and 14th in triple jump with a distance of 29' 7¼"
On the relay side:
- The 4x200 meter relay team Hurd, freshman Olivia Bradley, Aloi and Collier won in a time of 1:48.42
- The 4x400 meter relay team of Collier, Aoli, Plecko and Murphy won in a time of 4:18.23
The Yellow Jackets are back in action Saturday, January 21 when it travels to Westerville for the Otterbein Invitational in the Clements Recreation Center