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RedTail Women's Track and Field Compete at Fighting Bee Invite at St. Ambrose

RedTail Women's Track and Field Compete at Fighting Bee Invite at St. Ambrose
January 30, 2023

The RedTail Women's Track and Field team competed at the Fighting Bee Invite at St. Ambrose on January 27th and 28th, taking seventh overall.

"The Women's team took tremendous strides as a team at the Fighting Bee Invite." said coach Hunter Lavalee. "26 season or personal bests were made over the weekend. Between student-athletes debuting their signature races, trying something new, or attacking their old event each one of these ladies came out ready to roll. Thirteen marks landed on the top ten all time list for the RedTails. As the ladies continue to build on this foundation they have laid, they're looking to be a force to be reckoned with in the upcoming weeks to championship season."

The Sprints and Hurdles crew took solid strides at St. Ambrose this weekend. Freshman Kallie Mincks qualified for the final of the 60m hurdles race with a 0.25 second personal best in the final to secure fourth place with a time of 10.36. The crew followed suit with 60m dash performances from Mattie Janssen (8.37 SB), Melody Kremer (8.40 PR), Maddi Vawter (8.61 PR), Hailey Eitzenhefer (8.83 PR), and Gracie Rathe (8.86). Sophomore Jordan Gallentine saw the crew's performances and ran with it, clocking a 1:01.54 (PR) in the 400m dash to land fourth place. The sprints crew carried the energy into the 200m dash with more impressive finishes. Gallentine clocked a lifetime personal best time of 26.88, followed by Kremer (28.45 PR), Vawter (29.23 PR), and Rathe (29.95).

The Multi's debuted their pentathlon season this weekend in exceptional fashion! Redshirt Sophomore Carlie Hoppe and Freshman Lexi Miller competed in the first pentathlon of the season. Hoppe set a new lifetime personal best in the shot put (11.16m) and long jump (4.83m) to help push her score to a solid 2642. These scores were a lifetime personal best, third best mark in school history, and landed her eighth in the NJCAA so far this season. Miller attacked the event with fire and landed a score of 913.

The Middle Distance women wrapped things up by matching lifetime personal records and setting new ones all across the board. Jules Breakenridge and Maddie Tieskotter competed in the 1,000m run as a pair and both set new personal records. Breckenridge ran six seconds faster prior to her first 1,000m and Tieskotter ran two seconds faster than her first 1,000m. Sydnie Martin debuted her 800 this weekend and matched her lifetime personal record of 2:29.

The Distance crew celebrated Rachel Rusche, who had a significant 3,000m run this weekend. She set a new personal record of 14:10, which is 20 seconds faster than her first 3,000 on the track.

The Throws crew started the meet at the first event of the day. Delaney Kopriva started the event off for the RedTails with a PR throw of 10.18. Abby Bartz finished the event off with a massive PR of 14.37, landing her seventh place. That throw moved the freshman up to third on the Hawkeye record boards. The RedTails kept this momentum going into shot put as Kopriva led the RedTails with a throw of 9.83. Elyse Trunck threw 8.63 and Isabella Hesse followed with 8.03.