BEREA, OH – Sophomore Paige Reeser led a group of eight runners across the finish line in the 1500-meter race with personal best times for the Roberts Wesleyan University Women's Track and Field team late Friday at the season-ending Harrison Dillard Invitational meet hosted by Baldwin Wallace University in Ohio.
Reeser raced to a 10th place finish in the race with a personal best time of 4:44.79. Freshman Michaela Goettel followed in 11th with her time of 4:45.08. Freshman Lydia Demarest clocked a PR with a 4:46.55 and sophomore Zoe Maupin was also under the five-minute mark at 4:59.28. Six additional runners all recorded PR times in the race as sophomore Kennedy Mitchell, freshman Rose Wilson, freshman Solki Martin-Lacayo, freshman Veronica Brewer, sophomore Trista Webster and junior Jessica Montemorano all recorded career-best times.
Martin-Lacayo added a PR in the 800 as she placed 11th with a time of 2:17.50.
Senior Rachel Horner-Richardson was the first Redhawk to cross the line in the 5K as she placed eighth with a time of 17:53.45 followed by sophomore Evelyn Schmit and senior Lydia Roselund with top-20 finishes.
Sophomore Amelia Mickelson, sophomore Mia Lucyshyn and senior Kaitlyn Goodwin all recorded personal bests in the race.
Senior
Gianna Tribotte was sixth in the 3K Steeple Chase with a PR time of 11:55.73 and sophomore
Madelyn Rutledge was sixth in both the Long Jump (5.26 meters/17' 3 ¼") and the Triple Jump (10.88 meters/35' 8 ½").