Racers Complete Competitions In Florida And Illinois

Saturday, April 6

Tampa, Fla.

Murray State

South Florida Invite

4/6/2024 11:19:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

Murray State saw seven first-place finishes on Saturday.

By: Drew Parsley

The Racers completed their split competitions at the South Florida Invite in Tampa, Florida and the Bill Cornell Invite in Carbondale, Illinois.

Murray State saw 30 top-five finishes between the two meets, seven of which ended in event wins.

"Both in Carbondale and Tampa the kids did a good job of competing," head coach Adam Kiesler said. "You always have to take the opportunity to compete and do something with it, and they did just that."

17 different student-athletes set personal bests across 22 different events.

"We are starting to see some events turn the corner in terms of making adjustments at practice and seeing them in meets," Kiesler added. "I am happy of where we are as a team right now, and the best thing about it is that there is more left out there."

Below are compiled lists of first-place and top-five finishes as well as all personal records set on Saturday.

Event Wins
Chelby Melvin, Lucia Hererro Yanez, Simone Joseph, Kayla Bell – 4x400-meter relay – 3:40.13
Ruth Kimutai – 3000-meter Steeplechase – 11:07.75
Alyssa Moore – 800-meter – 2:18.34
Kaydee Wooldridge – 5000-meter – 18:22.50
Jaylea Hooten – High Jump – 1.61m
Tayla Tootle – Pole Vault – 3.35m
Jarod Willis – 5000-meter – 15:36.71

Top 5 finishes
Faith Bostick – 100 – 11.47 (5th)
Amirr Evans – 800 – 2:10.97 (2nd)
Chelby Melvin – 100-meter hurdles - 13.74 (5th)
Allison Wood – 3000-meter Steeplechase – 11:34.24 (2nd)
Samantha Tucci – 3000-meter Steeplechase – 11:37.87 (3rd)
Alyssa Williams, Jenna Pauly, Lucia Hererro Yanez, Faith Bostick – 4x100-meter relay – 45.41 (3rd)
Jakiya Baker – 100-meter – 12.39 (3rd)
Kinsey Huber – 100-meter – 12.52 (4th)
Ainsley Smith – 800-meter – 2:21.33 (2nd)
Hope Ware – 800-meter – 2:24.87 (4th)
Karrington Edwards – 800-meter – 2:28.43 (5th)
Jocelyn Host – 5000-meter – 18:29.61 (2nd)
Breanna Day – 5000-meter – 18:44.12 (3rd)
Karrington Edwards, Ainsley Smith, Alyssa Moore, Hope Ware – 4x400-meter relay – 4:19.50 (4th)
Laura Seeberger, Abby Yanka, Jaylea Hooten, Tayla Tootle – 4x400-meter relay – 4:24.47 (5th)
Abby Yanka – High Jump – 1.55m (2nd)
Laura Seeberger – High Jump – 1.45m (4th)
Tori McCracken – High Jump – 1.45m (5th)
Emilia Kubik – Pole Vault – 3.35m (2nd)
Morgan Noyes – Pole Vault – 3.35m (3rd)
Jaylea Hooten – Long Jump – 5.16m (2nd)
Abby Yanka – Long Jump – 4.82m (4th)
Ayla Rice – Discus Throw – 36.89m (4th)

Personal Records
Jakiya Baker – 100-meter – 12.39
Breanna Day – 1500-meter – 4:52.08
Karrington Edwards – 800-meter – 2:28.43
Kylie Gormann – Triple Jump – 11.07m
Jaylea Hooten – High Jump – 1.61m, Shot Put – 9.07m
Jocelyn Host – 1500-meter – 4:53.05
Kinsey Huber – 100-meter – 12.52, 200-meter – 26.43
Ruth Kimutai – 3000-meter Steeplechase – 11:07.75
Emilia Kubik – 100-meter – 14.51
Alyssa Moore – 800-meter – 2:18.34
Morgan Noyes – 100-meter – 13.58
Ayla Rice – Discus Throw – 36.89m, Hammer Throw – 39.87m
Laura Seeberger– 100-meter hurdles – 16.41, 400-meter hurdles – 1:10.31
Anna Shaffer – 100-meter – 14.22
Samantha Tucci – 3000-meter Steeplechase – 11:37.87
Hope Ware – 800-meter – 2:24.87
Abby Yanka – High Jump – 1.55m, Shot Put – 9.15m

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