Track & Field Wraps Up Regular Indoor Season at Michigan; Indoor MAC Championships Next Week

Friday, February 16

Ann Arbor, Mich.

4 p.m.

Central Michigan University

Silverston Invitational

Photo by: Lauren Verellen '26 - @laurenverellen_photography

Track & Field Wraps Up Regular Indoor Season at Michigan; Indoor MAC Championships Next Week

2/16/2024 10:06:00 PM | Track & Field

TF- Silverston Invitational Full Meet Results

Sarah Daniel, Kaitlynn Rush and Annie Bennett made top-5 finishes for the Chippewas in their respective events

By: Katherine Schultz

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Central Michigan Track and Field got one more regular indoor season meet in on Friday, ahead of the impending Mid-American Conference Championships on Feb. 23-24, by competing in Michigan's Silverston Invitational in Ann Arbor.

Top-5 event finishes by Sarah Daniel, Kaitlynn Rush and Annie Bennett in their respective events highlighted the Chippewas' afternoon, as well as a few personal records.

Daniel won the long jump with a mark of 5.57m, besting 14 other competitors.

After finishing 1^stin the preliminaries for the 60m sprint, Rush was good for 2^nd of 8 with a time of 7.86 in the finals.

In the mile, Bennett was 5^th of 24 with a time of 5:10.18.

Alongside Bennett in the event were Emma Janesak (13^th), Mara Szuper (14^th), Ambria Nagel (15^th), Ava Pergitone (17^th & PR), Lauren Hasty (18^th) and Emma Netzel (19^th).

Anna Plum and Sky Austin ran the 200m for CMU. Austin finished 16^th and Plum was 17^th with a personal best.

In the 400m, Emma Francis finished 11^th, with Nicole Olivieri just .12 seconds behind in 12^th.

Grace Jenkins was the sole representee for CMU in the 600m. She finished 7^th.

Libby Munderloh led CMU in the 800m, finishing 8^th. Behind her were Chesney Wilke (10^th), Jaci Rife (15^th), Amelia Gouin (16^th), Jolie Fisher (20^th) and Janesak (21^st).

The relay squad of Francis, Robyn Watts, Olivieri and Plum took 1^st with a time of 4:05.65. Quickly behind were Rife, Jenkins, Gouin and Emma Fountain, finishing in 4:09.90.

Gracie Merrick had two personal-best marks in the shot put in weight throw. She finished 4^th in weight throw with a mark of 15.95m, a record by 1.99m, and 9^th in the shot put with a 12.18m mark.

Also for the Chippewas in the weight throw was Ereka Risner, who placed 11^th.

Emily Yoshino was 7^th in the pole vault with a mark of 3.40m. Riley Nielsen, who was 10^th, made a personal best 3.25m.

As the regular indoor season comes to a close, CMU looks onward to the Indoor MAC Championships, hosted by Eastern Michigan on Friday, Feb. 23 and Saturday, Feb. 24, in Ypsilanti, Mich.

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