From Case Western Reserve University Athletics

The Case Western Reserve University women's track and field team competed at the 2017 All-Ohio Indoor Championships at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio on Saturday.

For the women on Saturday, junior Danielle Kulpins crossed the finish line in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 18:28.69 to place second in the event. Freshman Samantha Kelts added a third place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 10.59 meters.

Other Spartan highlights from the All-Ohio meet included CWRU women's distance medley relay team of freshman Vanessa Pasadyn, sophomore Maria DeRenzo, freshman Shahed Eid, and sophomore Jennifer Hoffman, who finished third with a time of 12:56.94. Pasadyn also teamed with junior Marie-Louise Kloster, freshman Bari Love and sophomore Olivia Newman to place fourth in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 4:08.86. Individually, Pasadyn also contribute a third place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:20.95.

Each of the Spartans who earned top-three finishes in their respective events received All-Ohio recognition for their performances.

The Spartans were also in action on Friday, with a group competing at the Mid-February Meet, hosted by Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio. The women finished fifth out of 13 teams with 76 points, while the men placed ninth out of 13 teams with 32 points.

Spartan women recording top-five finishes at the meet included sophomore Maria DeRenzo in the 800-meter run (first, 2:26.40), junior Nimi Gupta in the weight throw (first, 15.02 meters), freshman Madeline Lindemann in the 3,000-meter run (second, 11:27.53), sophomore Shannon Carroll in the shot put (second, 11.87 meters), junior Claire Plunkett in the 3,000-meter run (third, 11:44.27), freshman Melissa Cuellar in the shot put (fourth, 11.38 meters), freshman Brianna Rees in the 400-meter dash (fourth, 1:04.36) and sophomore Sophie Trikeriotis in the 1,000-meter run (fifth, 3:44.37).