Track & Field set for the Horizon League Indoor Championship

Saturday, February 25

Fort Wayne, IN

9 AM

Wright State University

Horizon League Indoor Championship

Photo by: Paige Benson

Track & Field set for the Horizon League Indoor Championship

2/23/2023 10:00:00 AM | Track & Field

DAYTON — The Wright State men's and women's track and field program will compete at the Horizon League Indoor Championship from February 25-26 inside the Lutheran Health Fieldhouse in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The two-day conference meet, hosted by Purdue Fort Wayne, will commence on Saturday at 9 a.m. with the pentathlon. Running events will start at 11 a.m. followed by field events at noon.

Action will resume on Sunday at 9 a.m. with heptathlon events. Field events will get going at 9:15 a.m., leading to running events at 1 p.m. The men's 4x400 meter relay will be the final event of the indoor championship.

Both days will air on ESPN+. Live results will also be available for the entirety of the meet. Tickets will be available at the main entrance of the event. Day passes are $10, while Horizon League institution students get in for free.

Championship Central | Watch (Day 1) | Watch (Day 2)

CHAMPIONSHIP REWIND
A season ago, Wright State's women's team placed eighth at conferences with 29 points. WSU defended its conference title in the distance medley relay, as the quartet of Kaitlyn Miller, Alicia Neumeier, Alycea Ruhlen, and Emma Shigley placed first with a school-record time of 12:17.85. Shelby Nolan earned a pair of podium finishes by taking third in the mile (5:03.02) and eighth in the 800-meter run (2:21.33). Abigail Halsey finished fifth out of 34 competitors with a time of 10:09.69 in the 3,000-meter run, while Miller was eighth in the mile with a personal-record time of 5:12.84.

LAST TIME OUT
The Raiders competed at last Saturday's Wittenberg Invitational for their final tune-up ahead of the Horizon League Indoor Championship. Wright State finished with 14 top-10 individual finishes, including six in the top-five.

>> Mia Wyngarden collected the lone victory of the day for Wright State, winning the 500-meter dash with a time of 1:20.90.

>> Cierra Lively earned a pair of top-five marks by taking second in the high jump (1.65m) and third in the triple jump (10.29m). Callista Hess finished sixth in the triple jump (9.89m), while Amelia Harlow was ninth (1.50m) in the high jump.

>> Three Raiders raced in the finals of the 60-meter hurdle finals, led by Kylee Thomas (9.48), Bekah Robertson in fourth (9.74), and Melissa Siler in eighth (10.21).

>> Thomas added an eighth-place mark in the 400-meter dash, crossing the finish line at 1:03.35. Robertson tallied another top-10 finish in the long jump, placing eighth at 4.92 meters.

>> Another three Raiders finished top-10 out of 39 competitors in the mile run. Emma Shigley earned fifth place with a time of 5:05.39, followed by Alicia Neumeier in seventh (5:06.01) and Kaitlyn Miller in eighth (5:06.44).

>> For the Raider men, Max Pettit was ninth out of 47 runners in the 3,000-meter run at 8:40.27. Mohamed Bilal raced to eighth place in the 400-meter run with a time of 51.68.

TOP-10 HL TIMES
Cierra Lively
• 4th - High Jump (1.67 meters)
• 5th - Triple Jump (11.60m)
Miller, Thomas, Johnson, Shigley
• 4th - Distance Medley Relay (12:35.44)
Statzer, Bilal, Neblock, McCarty
• 4th - Distance Medley Relay (10:47.90)
Alicia Neumeier
• 6th - 800-meter run (2:16.20)
Thomas, Wyngarden, Carr, Neumeier
• 9th - 4x400 meter relay (4:15.85)
Max Pettit
• 10th - 5,000-meter run (14:49.47)
Meredith Goecke
• 10th - Pole Vault (3.15 meters)

UP NEXT
The Raiders will commence their outdoor season on Friday, March 17, at the Miami Blizzard Buster in Oxford, Ohio.