Track & Field wraps up competition at Miami Blizzard Buster

Friday, March 18

Oxford, OH

Wright State University

Miami Blizzard Buster

Track & Field wraps up competition at Miami Blizzard Buster

3/18/2022 5:34:00 PM | Track & Field

The Wright State women's track and field program opened its outdoor season with four top-10 finishes at the Miami Blizzard Buster on Friday in Oxford, Ohio.

Abigail Halsey took seventh out of 37 runners in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:05.96. Two more Raiders finished in the top half of the results, as Emma Shigley finished in 15th (10:19.26) followed by Kaitlyn Miller in 17th (10:33.51).

Bekah Robertson had Raider-best marks in the 100-meter hurdles (15.98), 200-meter dash (28.54), and long jump (5.16m). She also finished 17th in the javelin (17.52m).

Melissa Siler placed fifth in the javelin with a best throw of 33.84 meters, climbing to fifth in the Raider top-10 list with the PR mark. Tatiana Brown was 12th in the javelin at 25.42 meters.

Alycea Ruhlen led WSU in the 400-meter dash by placing 10th overall and third in her heat with a time of 1:04.92. Emma Carr and Kira Ball also took part in the event, finishing with times of 1:09.17 and 1:15.60.

In the high jump, Cierra Lively tied for 12th with a best clearance of 1.45 meters.

Alicia Neumeier ran to a team-best time of 5:03.31 in the 1,500-meter run. Nataly Dunes Diaz (5:23.41), Anna Johnson (5:49.57), and Brooklyn Salyers (5:56.91) rounded out Raiders in the race.

Wright State will continue its outdoor season on Saturday, March 26, at the Yellowjacket Invitational.