CONWAY, SOUTH CAROLINA – Nine student-athletes placed in the top-10 at the Coastal Carolina University Snowbird Invitational Meet today (Saturday, March 9, 2013).
In addition to competing at Coastal Carolina, BW will train all next week in Jacksonville and then travel to Charlotte, North Carolina to compete at the annual University of North Carolina Charlotte Invitational on March 15-16.
The Yellow Jacket women were led by the quartet of seniors Kaylan Lemon (Canton/ Perry) and Lauren Nanni (Parma/ Padua Franciscan) and freshmen Ashley Wakut (Seven Hills) and Melanie Winters (Stow), who finished seventh in the 4x100-meter relay in a time of 50.97 seconds.
The women's 4x400 meter relay team Wakut, freshman Samantha Lang (Akron/ Green) and juniors Nicole Smith (Geneva) and Brooke Hradisky (Aurora) placed ninth in 4:02.76.
In addition, junior Blair Vrcan (Mentor) clocked a 12:26.69 in the 3000-meter steeplechase to come in seventh, and freshman Kim Gallavan (Aurburn Township) was ninth in the shot put with a throw of 37-feet and 9-inches and 10th in the discus with a toss of 120'6".
On the first day of the trip, the women were led by senior women's 10,000-meter runners Shaina Kovatch (Parma/ Valley Forge) and Dusica Vasic (Broadview Heights/ Brecksville-Broadview Hts.), and 5,000-meter student-athlete Kali Fittro (Tiffin/ Columbian).
Kovatch was fifth in the 10,000 with a time of 38:24.45 and Vasic was eighth at 40:55.22. Fittro placed 10th in the 5,000 in 19:32.01.
Following its southern spring break trip, the Yellow Jackets compete in their first northern meet on Saturday, March 30 at the Ohio Athletic Conference East Split Squad Meet at Marietta College.
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