RedTail Women’s Track and Field Team Takes on the Mississippi River Rumble

The RedTail track and field teams traveled to Dubuque on Saturday, April 5, to compete at the Mississippi River Rumble, hosted by the University of Dubuque. The results for each race and field event are below:

Competing for the RedTails in the 100m race was Tasha Williams. She finished in 13th place with a time of 13.43.

Mallori Jones crossed the finish line in third place in the women's 800m race, finishing in 1:27.26.

Melody Kremer brought home gold in the 400 hurdles as she finished in 1:07.96, earning first place.

The women's 4x100 team finished in fourth place with a time of 50.62. The relay team included Tasha Williams, Alyssa Wondercheck, Halima Biggs, and Rylee Steffen.

For the field events, Tasha Williams represented the RedTails in the women's high jump. She placed fifth with a best mark of 1.45m.

Alyssa Wondercheck competed in the long jump and came out with a fourth place finish and a best mark of 5.08m.

Breanna Swaby participated in both the shot put, throwing 7.68m and placing 19th, and in the discus, placing 11th and throwing a best mark of 32.11m.

The hammer throw was the next field event for the RedTails and two women competed. Breanna Swaby finished in 14th place with a best throw of 29.63m, and following her in 17th place was Olivia Hammel with a best throw of 22.34m.

Coach Scott Roberts had this to say after the meet: "We had some good performances. Melody Kremer, for the second week in a row, was able to win the 400 hurdles and pulled out a victory in the last five meters of the race. I am really proud of her and the way she competes. She is a great example to the rest of the team on how to not give up and good things will happen.

We want to continue to progress as we get toward the conference meet in the fairly short outdoor season that we have."

The RedTail track and field team will return to the track this weekend in Cedar Rapids where they will compete at the Mustang Dist. Carnival & Open.