Eastern Michigan Athletics
Saturday, January 12
Ann Arbor, Mich.
11 a.m.
Eastern Michigan University
at
Wolverine Invitational
Women's Track and Field Quartet Shines at Wolverine Invitational
1/12/2019 7:32:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
Sydney Meyers, Crystal Washington, Michaela Nelms, and Gianna Salzbrunn each earned top-two finishes
Full Results (PDF)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) - The Eastern Michigan University women's track and field team competed in the Wolverine Invitational Saturday, Jan. 12, at the U-M Indoor Track located on the University of Michigan campus. The Eagles saw top-two finishes from four student-athletes, while 11 marked career-best efforts at the event.
"I thought that our results were mixed today", noted Head Coach Sue Parks. "We had some good performances here and there but some areas were disappointing. The early meets tend to be like this, but we know that we need to get better across the board and that will be our goal moving forward."
Senior Sydney Meyers (Zionsville, Ind.-Zionsville Community) earned her podium finish in the 3000m run, where her time of 9:29.40 marked not only her career-best run, but also moved her to sixth-best time in program history. Her previous mark of 9:33.67, ran in 2017, was the eighth-best time in the Eastern record book. Additionally, sophomore Michaela Nelms (Rocky Mount, N.C.-Nash Central) tallied a second-place finish in the 200m, as her time of 24.45 passed the meet's previous record while also recording her career-best effort. Junior Micah Johnston (Toledo, Ohio-Toledo Christian) finished a mere 0.14 seconds behind Nelms, good for third place.
On the field side, sophomore Crystal Washington (Los Angeles, Calif.-Carson) cleared 12.14m in the triple jump, earning the Green and White's lone event title of the day. Her effort at the Wolverine Invitational was just .01 meters shy of her career-best. Fellow field athlete junior Gianna Salzbrunn's (North Aurora, Ill.-Montini Catholic) cleared 5.44 meters in the long jump, securing her career's best performance as well as rounding out the Eagles' top-two finishes. Salzbrunn also notched a sixth-place finish in the 600m with a time of 1:42.53.
Furthermore, eight additional Eagles saw career-best endeavors at the invitational, as EMU collected more than 23 top-10 finishes throughout the afternoon.
The Green and White next compete on Friday, Jan. 18, as the team travels to University Center, Mich. to partake in the Doug Hansen Open.
EMU Individual Results
(Q denotes a finals qualifying mark, * denotes a personal-best, # denotes a program record, !- Meet Record)
60m Prelims
Jessica Harris- 7.60q
Brittni Mason- 7.62q
Kristine Bourg- 7.97
60m Finals
4. Jessica Harris- 7.60
5. Brittni Mason- 7.61
200m
2. Michaela Nelms- 24.45! *
3. Micah Johnston- 24.59
7. Jessica Harris- 24.94
9. Mair Edwards- 25.21*
400m
8. Keypathwa Gibson- 59.82
13. Chevonne Wheeler- 1:01.16
600m
4. Tiffany Cernej-Garcia- 1:39.35
6. Gianna Salzbrunn- 1:42.53
7. Morgan Iverson- 1:44.84*
800m
24. Jocelyn Sharpe- 2:26.99
27. Lexi Seifert- 2:35.32*
1 Mile
25. Kaitlyn St. Bernard- 5:17.22*
28. Olivia Chandler- 5:34.38*
3000m
2. Sydney Meyers- 9:29.40*
8. Emily Smith- 9:48.31*
10. Ashleigh Simonis- 10:08.71
60m Hurdles Prelims
Allyson Goff- 8.57q
Alysse Marie Wade- 8.71q
Angel Gazaway- 8.87
Tifani Byrd#- 8.91
60m Hurdles Finals
4. Allyson Goff- 8.58!
7. Alysse Marie Wade- 8.75
High Jump
T8. Nina Ward- 4-11.00*
T8. Morgan Iverson- 4-11.00*
Pole Vault
7. Rebekah Carr- 11-01.75
Long Jump
2. Gianna Salzbrunn- 5.44M*
3. Brenna Cavanaugh- J5.44M
6. Catherine Mittiga- 5.35M
Triple Jump
1. Crystal Washington- 12.14m
Shot Put
16. Kadian Clarke- 11.23m
Weight Throw
7. Kadian Clarke- 17.54m
Savanah Luthman- FOUL
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) - The Eastern Michigan University women's track and field team competed in the Wolverine Invitational Saturday, Jan. 12, at the U-M Indoor Track located on the University of Michigan campus. The Eagles saw top-two finishes from four student-athletes, while 11 marked career-best efforts at the event.
"I thought that our results were mixed today", noted Head Coach Sue Parks. "We had some good performances here and there but some areas were disappointing. The early meets tend to be like this, but we know that we need to get better across the board and that will be our goal moving forward."
Senior Sydney Meyers (Zionsville, Ind.-Zionsville Community) earned her podium finish in the 3000m run, where her time of 9:29.40 marked not only her career-best run, but also moved her to sixth-best time in program history. Her previous mark of 9:33.67, ran in 2017, was the eighth-best time in the Eastern record book. Additionally, sophomore Michaela Nelms (Rocky Mount, N.C.-Nash Central) tallied a second-place finish in the 200m, as her time of 24.45 passed the meet's previous record while also recording her career-best effort. Junior Micah Johnston (Toledo, Ohio-Toledo Christian) finished a mere 0.14 seconds behind Nelms, good for third place.
On the field side, sophomore Crystal Washington (Los Angeles, Calif.-Carson) cleared 12.14m in the triple jump, earning the Green and White's lone event title of the day. Her effort at the Wolverine Invitational was just .01 meters shy of her career-best. Fellow field athlete junior Gianna Salzbrunn's (North Aurora, Ill.-Montini Catholic) cleared 5.44 meters in the long jump, securing her career's best performance as well as rounding out the Eagles' top-two finishes. Salzbrunn also notched a sixth-place finish in the 600m with a time of 1:42.53.
Furthermore, eight additional Eagles saw career-best endeavors at the invitational, as EMU collected more than 23 top-10 finishes throughout the afternoon.
The Green and White next compete on Friday, Jan. 18, as the team travels to University Center, Mich. to partake in the Doug Hansen Open.
EMU Individual Results
(Q denotes a finals qualifying mark, * denotes a personal-best, # denotes a program record, !- Meet Record)
60m Prelims
Jessica Harris- 7.60q
Brittni Mason- 7.62q
Kristine Bourg- 7.97
60m Finals
4. Jessica Harris- 7.60
5. Brittni Mason- 7.61
200m
2. Michaela Nelms- 24.45! *
3. Micah Johnston- 24.59
7. Jessica Harris- 24.94
9. Mair Edwards- 25.21*
400m
8. Keypathwa Gibson- 59.82
13. Chevonne Wheeler- 1:01.16
600m
4. Tiffany Cernej-Garcia- 1:39.35
6. Gianna Salzbrunn- 1:42.53
7. Morgan Iverson- 1:44.84*
800m
24. Jocelyn Sharpe- 2:26.99
27. Lexi Seifert- 2:35.32*
1 Mile
25. Kaitlyn St. Bernard- 5:17.22*
28. Olivia Chandler- 5:34.38*
3000m
2. Sydney Meyers- 9:29.40*
8. Emily Smith- 9:48.31*
10. Ashleigh Simonis- 10:08.71
60m Hurdles Prelims
Allyson Goff- 8.57q
Alysse Marie Wade- 8.71q
Angel Gazaway- 8.87
Tifani Byrd#- 8.91
60m Hurdles Finals
4. Allyson Goff- 8.58!
7. Alysse Marie Wade- 8.75
High Jump
T8. Nina Ward- 4-11.00*
T8. Morgan Iverson- 4-11.00*
Pole Vault
7. Rebekah Carr- 11-01.75
Long Jump
2. Gianna Salzbrunn- 5.44M*
3. Brenna Cavanaugh- J5.44M
6. Catherine Mittiga- 5.35M
Triple Jump
1. Crystal Washington- 12.14m
Shot Put
16. Kadian Clarke- 11.23m
Weight Throw
7. Kadian Clarke- 17.54m
Savanah Luthman- FOUL
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