From Washington University Athletics
The Washington University in St. Louis women's track & field team won eight events and posted 16 top-four finishes to win the team title at the Rose-Hulman Twilight Invitational Friday evening.
The WashU women scored 166 team points to run away with the team title over host Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, who finished second with 99 points.
The women's 400 relay team of junior Emily Warner and sophomores Kelli Hancock, Rebecca Ridderhoff and Daisy Ogede just missed a school record, posting the second-fastest time in WashU history with a winning time of 48.43. Ogede added a pair of first-place finishes in the 100 (12.29) and 100 hurdles (15.03).
Warner won the 400 by more than a second, clocking the fifth-fastest time in NCAA Division III this season to win in 56.55. Ridderhoff, Ogede and Warner also teamed with sophomore Ashley Knudson to place third in the 1,600 relay in 4:07.22. Freshman Annalise Wagner won the 800 by nearly six seconds, clocking a time of 2:13.64, which ranks 18th in Division III this season. Junior Nicole Migotsky finished third in a career-best time of 2:20.06.
The WashU women added three of the top-four finishers in the 1,500, led by freshman Alison Lindsay who won with a time of 4:45.47. Freshmen Audrey Western (4:49.73) and Mattie Gottbrath (4:52.13) both ran season-best times to place second and fourth, respectively. Sophomore Annie Marggraff ran a career-best time of 10:28.96 to win the 3,000, while freshman Anna Maurer was fourth in 10:42.08. Senior Claire Simons accounted for the eighth event title of the meet for the WashU women, taking first in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.60 meters.
Senior Melissa Gilkey added a runner-up finish in the javelin for the WashU women, recording a toss of 35.99m. Junior Lane Porter ran a season-best time of 1:08.16 to place third in the 400 hurdles, and sophomore Betsy Wiener placed fourth in the women's discus with a throw of 32.42m.