Track and Field Wraps Regular Indoor Slate at Michigan; Paupore, Newcombe to Compete at Notre Dame Saturday

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — One last tune-up for Central Michigan before Mid-American Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.

The Chippewa track and field squad spent their Friday evening at Michigan's SIlverston Invitational in Ann Arbor, capitalizing on one more opportunity to compete ahead of MAC Indoor Championships in Ypsilanti on Feb. 28 and March 1. Official entries into the championships are set to be finalized by the conference and announced in the following week.

Nine CMU student-athletes had personal-best performances, including freshman Dior Newson, who ran personal-bests in the 60m and 200m, and freshmen Alexandra Cinzori and Claire Adams who both tied their career-high marks of 3.40 in the pole vault.

All four Chippewa sprinters qualified for the 60m finals, finishing right in a row in the preliminaries. Kaitlynn Rush finished 2^nd in the finals with a time of 7.59; Sky Austin was 5^th, Newson 6^th and Mireya Benjamin 7^th. The four additionally competed in the 200m, where Rush was 5^th, Austin 8^th, Newson 9^th and Benjamin 12^th.

Freshman Danica Shamion and sophomore Sophia Garland both ran personal bests in the 400m, with Shamion placing 2^nd and Garland 4^th in the event. Robyn Watts, a sophomore, finished in 5^th.

Jada Pride, also a freshman, ran a personal-best 9.38 to place 10^th in the 60-meter hurdles preliminaries.

The Chippewas fielded five entries to the 800m, with Chesney Wilke leading the pack in 6^th place. Lois Creasey, a freshman, finished 10^th in personal-best fashion. Libby Munderloh, Lexi Hurst and Amelia Gouin were 17^th, 21^st and 28^th, respectively.

Olivia East placed 4^th of 16 runners in the mile with a time of 5:05.54.

Freshmen Nikki Carothers, Miranda McNeil and Logan Brazee all ran career marks in the 3000m, with Carothers finishing 5^th, McNeil 6^th, and Brazee 7^th in the race.

Alongside Cinzori and Adams in the field events were Hailey Hill, who placed 12^th in the long jump and Ereka Risner, who finished 7^th in shot put, as well as Kendell Wilcox, who achieved a personal-best mark of 1.58m in the high jump.

CMU seniors Emily Paupore and Natalie Newcombe will look to improve on their top marks one more time prior to next week's MAC Championships; the pair are scheduled to race in the mile on Saturday at Notre Dame's Alex Wilson Invitational. The women's mile is slated for a 2 p.m. start time.

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Track and Field Wraps Regular Indoor Slate at Michigan; Paupore, Newcombe to Compete at Notre Dame Saturday

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Players Mentioned

Claire Adams

Sky Austin

Mireya Benjamin

Logan Brazee

Nikki Carothers

Alexandra Cinzori

Lois Creasey

Olivia East

Sophia Garland

Amelia Gouin

Hailey Hill

Lexi Hurst

Miranda McNeil

Libby Munderloh

Natalie Newcombe

Dior Newson

Emily Paupore

Jada Pride

Ereka Risner

Kaitlynn Rush

Danica Shamion

Robyn Watts

Kendell Wilcox

Chesney Wilke