From Case Western Reserve University Athletics
The Case Western Reserve University women's track and field team opened its 2017 outdoor season this weekend, winning two events at the 2017 W&L Carnival, hosted by Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia on Friday and Saturday.
The Spartans women were strong in the hammer throw at the meet, taking three of the top-four spots in the event. Junior Cassandra Laios won the hammer throw with a mark of 47.38 meters (fourth longest in Division III entering the weekend), while junior Nimi Gupta claimed third with a mark of 39.53 meters and sophomore Marina Yu finished fourth with a distance of 37.28 meters. Laios also earned a second-place finish in the discus throw with a toss of 38.19 meters.
Sophomore Shannon Carroll won the shot put with a mark of 11.56 meters. She also placed fourth in javelin with a distance of 33.14 meters.
Junior Claire Plunkett was the team's top performer in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing second with a time of 11:58.49. Sophomore Olivia Newman was the team's top performer in both the 400-meter hurdles (second, 1:07.08) and 100-meter hurdles (fourth, 16.63).
Other top performers for the CWRU women during the meet included freshman Vanessa Pasadyn in the 1,500-meter run (fourth, 4:53.61) and in the 800-meter run (fourth, 2:19.07), junior Rachel Laveson in the 10,000-meter run (third, 39:00.35), junior Marie-Louise Kloster in the 400-meter hurdles (fourth, 1:08.10), senior Abby Casalnova in the 400-meter dash (fifth, 1:02.29), sophomore Maria DeRenzo in the 800-meter run (sixth, 2:25.59) and sophomore Mikhaylan Price in the discus throw (sixth, 30.70 meters).