From Case Western Reserve University Athletics
Case Western Reserve University senior runner Melissa Phung-Rojas broke the school record in the outdoor 800-meter run at the two-day Bison Outdoor Classic on the campus of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, while the CWRU women's track and field team won the Division III All-Ohio Outdoor Championship.
Phung-Rojas completed the race in 2:15.30, placing 31st overall and sixth among Division III runners. She bested the previous record of 2:15.78 set by Britta Kumley in 2010. During the 2022-23 indoor track and field season, Phung-Rojas also set the school record in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:18.56. Junior runner Jessica Kwasny also competed in the event, placing 42nd and 11th among Division III runners with a time of 2:16.72. Later in the day, Phung-Rojas placed 35th and eighth among Division III competitors with a time of 59.97 seconds in the 400-meter dash.
The majority of the Spartan men's and women's track and field teams traveled to Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, on Saturday for the All-Ohio Championships.
The CWRU women's team placed first out of 13 teams with 111 points, besting host OWU by two points.
Case Western Reserve earned the top two spots in the javelin throw, with junior thrower Adrienne Wachtman winning the event with a mark of 40.57 meters and sophomore thrower Lauren Roskuszka placing second with a heave of 34.87 meters. Wachtman added a third place finish in the discus throw with a heave of 38.65 meters and a fourth place finish in the shot put with a mark of 11.41 meters.
Junior hurdler/jumper Emily Hopkins won another event for the Spartans, taking first in the triple jump by bounding 11.39 meters. Sophomore hurdler/jumper Sarah Ozeki placed fourth in the event with a mark of 10.87 meters.
A pair of Spartans added runner-up finishes, with senior runner Danielle Sarno finishing second in the 800-meter run in 2:20.27 and first-year runner Lauren Iagnemma taking second place in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:49.62. Senior runner Julia Kocherzat and first-year runner Ayla Grabenbauer also placed in the top five in the 1,500-meter run, with Kocherzat placing third in 4:55.87 and Grabenbauer taking fifth in 5:00.01.
CWRU took third place in both hurdle events, with first-year hurdler/jumper Grace Misiunas placing third in the 100-meter hurdles with a finals time of 15.35 seconds and senior hurdler Mia Kilroy finishing third in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:07.91. First-year runner Melanie Taylor added a third place finish in the 400-meter dash in 1:01.50, and senior jumper Mia Vargo placed fifth in the high jump by clearing 1.58 meters.