Women’s Track & Field Competes In Split Squad Weekend At Wooster & Wilmington

4/6/2025 12:08:00 AM | By: Jamie Dailey '22, SID Assistant

Paige Munchick Records Two Personal Bests For The Blue Streaks In The 100 & 200 Meter Dash Races

WOOSTER & WILMINGTON, Ohio – For most, the women make their return to the track for the first time in nearly a month. This weekend did not disappoint.

The Blue Streaks traveled to the Wooster Invitational hosted by the College of Wooster both Friday and Saturday, while a small group of the throwers competed at Wilmington College for the Jenna Strong Track & Field Invitational #1 for the first split squad weekend of the outdoor season.

The women made the most of the opportunity, given the conditions throughout the day posting many solid performances and new personal bests.

At the Wooster Invitational, the women placed third overall as a team scoring a total of 85 points. Taking home the victory was the University of Mount Union scoring 164 points, while the Cardinals of Otterbein University placed second with 95 points.

Full Results - Wooster Invitational

Full Results - Jenna Strong Track & Field Invitational #1

The day got started with the field events as senior Olivia Stefka would come away with a huge personal best of 10.69 meters in the women's triple jump, placing second overall.

Senior Leah Fritsch placed second overall in the women's pole vault, earning a mark of 3.13 meters for the Blue Streaks.

Another senior would step up for the women's squad as Emmy Bryan would pick up the victory in the women's high jump with a mark of 1.62 meters.

The running events would start soon after as the women's 1500 meter run was well-represented for JCU.

Junior Alyssa Vis would be the first Blue Streak to cross the finish line as she would run to a new personal best of 4:39.65, followed by junior Abby Schroff running 4:41.17. The next runner to cross for the women was senior Annie Higgins as she would also earn a new personal best, placing fourth overall with a time of 4:42.91. Rounding up the top ten was first year Anne Rea (4:45.30) and senior Ellie Kitsmiller (4:52.51) placing fifth and 10th overall.

The next set of runners who also set new personal bests in the 1500 meter run were Cassie Klein (4:55.92), Anastasia Bakuhn (4:57.86), and Sydney Winger (5:03.67).

Junior Paige Munchick would have herself a day for the Blue Streaks as she would win both the 100 and 200 meter dash races, earning personal bests in both events. In the 100, she would run 12.66 seconds, while in the 200, she ran 25.80 seconds.

Munchick currently is ranked seventh in the 100 meter dash and ninth in the 200 meter dash in the Ohio Athletic Conference after today's performances.

In the women's 800 meter run, first year Sam Goodnough would be the first to cross the line for the Blue Streaks as she would place fifth overall with a time of 2:22.23. Sophomore Kelsey Sheridan would earn a new personal best with a time of 2:23.03 and first year Meah Prutzman would round up the top ten, running 2:26.65.

At the Jenna Strong Track & Field Invitational hosted by Wilmington College, first year Molly Drenik placed sixth overall in the women's shot put with a mark of 10.72 meters.

It was an impressive weekend for the blue & gold as they will now gear up for another split squad next weekend. They will be traveling to Alliance, Ohio for the John Homon Invite hosted by the University of Mount Union and the Bison Outdoor Classic hosted by Bucknell University. Both meets will take place on Saturday, April 12th. Meet information will be posted next week.

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