Chippewa Track & Field Competes in Spartan Invitational, Day 1 of Tennessee Invitational

Friday, April 5

East Lansing, Mich.

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Chippewa Track & Field Competes in Spartan Invitational, Day 1 of Tennessee Invitational

4/5/2024 9:55:00 PM | Track & Field

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Personal bests from Anya Turner and Natalie Newcombe in the 1500m in East Lansing

By: Katherine Schultz

EAST LANSING, Mich./KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — An eventful Friday, full of progress, between two states for Central Michigan Track and Field.

The Chippewas took on the one-day Spartan Invitational on Friday while another group competed in the opening day of the Tennessee Invitational, earning lots of personal bests and firsts in competition for both meets.

At Michigan State, 19 Chippewa student-athletes competed in various events.

In the field events, Claire Kavanagh was 9^th in the Open Discus with a mark of 36.45m. Competing in the shot put, Ereka Risner made continually improving shots and finished 14^th with a mark of 11.86m, and Lynette Cipolla competed in the high jump.

On the track, Sky Austin ran the 100m and 200m, placing 9^th and 16^th respectively.

Emma Fountain placed 3^rd in the 400m with a time of 58.87; Nicole Olivieri came in 8^th with a time of 1:00.23.

Anya Turner, Ericka Bigham, Natalie Newcombe, Jelena Prescott and Jaci Rife ran the 800m. Turner finished 3^rd and Bigham placed 7^th overall followed by Newcombe (11^th), Prescott (32^nd) and Rife (35^th).

The Chippewas in East Lansing ran two sections of the 1500m, unseeded and seeded. Ava Pergitone won the unseeded 800m; Lauren Hasty was 3^rd, followed by Amelia Gouin (11^th) and Cambrie Smith (17^th).

Turner and Newcombe both ran personal bests in the seeded 1500m. Turner took 5^th, with a time of 4:31.99, and Newcombe was 10^th (4:37.44). Following the pair were Prescott (17^th), Emma Janesak (28^th), Jessie Gibbins (31^st), Ambria Nagel (34^th) and Jolie Fisher (41^st).

Payton Sabourin made strides for the Chippewas in Knoxville, finishing 2^nd in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:01.96. Behind the senior were Emma Francis (5^th) and Libby Munderloh (11^th).

Peyton Korytkowski and Kaitlynn Rush ran the 200m, finishing 24^th and 39^th, respectively.

In the 1500m, Maija Rettelle placed 23^rd, followed directly by Chesney Wilke in 24^th.

In the field events in Knoxville, Sarah Daniel finished 8^th in the long jump with a mark of 5.68m.

Victoria Merrick (13^th) and Emily McLean (16^th) competed in the hammer throw.

The group will conclude the Tennessee Invitational on Saturday, competing in the 100m, 100m hurdles, 400m, 800m, 5000m, shot put and 4x100 relay, while the rest of the Chippewas will head to the Oakland Golden Grizzles Invite for another one-day competition.

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