Women’s Track and Field finishes second at Muskingum Invitational

Photo Credit: Lauren Hertle

Posted: Apr 07, 2023

The Muskingum women's Track and Field team finished second out of an eight-team field at the Muskingum Invitational on Thursday at Johnson Family Track.

The Basics

Muskingum finished second out of a eight-team field.
The Muskies tallied a total of 134 points.
West Liberty won the event with a team total of 257 points.

On the Track

Freshman Kyra Kiessling captured first in the 1500 meter with a time of 5:34.78, while freshman Alyssa Heinrichs finished fifth (6:05.81), and Jillian Ayres finished sixth (6:24.21).
Freshman Averi Wallace secured first-place in the 400-meter with a time of 1:00.42, while freshman Abigail Derry tallied fifth (1:08.31), and freshman Emily Keylor finished sixth (1:11.92).
Freshman Kilikina Schultz tallied a first-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:12.28, while freshman Izabella Erlenbach finished third (1:19.05).
The 4x100 meter relay team of freshman Liberty Bunting, sophomore Jacquelynn Grinnell, freshman Averi Wallace, and senior Emily Fieseler finished second with a time of 52.22.
In the 100-meter hurdles, Schultz notched a second-place finish with a time of 16.35, while freshman Savannah Strawmyer finished third (18.75), Erlenbach finished fourth (19.36), and sophomore Hailey Stroud finished fifth (20.72).
In the 5,000-meter, Rosemary Stephens notched a second-place finish with a time of 21.15.06.
In the 800-meter, Kiessling finished seventh (2:41.99), while junior Madison Curavo finished eighth (2:53.84).
Wallace also finished sixth in the 200-meter with a time of (27.72).

In the Field

O'Neil notched a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw with a mark of 40.21 meters.
Senior Kiri Williams finished seventh in the pole vault with a mark of 2.70 meters, while freshman Savannah Strawmyer also finished with a mark of 2.70 meters to place eighth.
Sophomore Jacquelynn Grinnell claimed a sixth-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 4.55 meters, followed by freshman Briana Rowe who placed seventh (4.53 meters), and freshman Teasia Jones taking eighth (4.18 meters).
Grinnell also finished second in the triple jump with a mark of 9.43 meters.
Senior Jace Wigal secured a fourth-place finish in the shot put with a toss of 10.23 meters, while O'Neil finished seventh (10.08 meters).
In the discus, freshman Kylie Andres finished seventh (31.11 meters), while Wigal placed eighth (30.91 meters).
In the javelin throw, Williams finished eighth with a mark of 21.48 meters.