Miami University
All-Ohio Championships
Miami Women Earn Runner-Up at All-Ohio Championships
4/22/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
April 21, 2012
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OXFORD, Ohio - Four RedHawks picked up individual victories Saturday to lead the Miami University women's track and field team to a second-place finish on day two at the All-Ohio Championships, held at the RedHawks' own George Rider Track, while a school-record relay was also clocked. The meet was the second of three home meets on the year for Miami.
The RedHawks totaled 151.5 points while Cincinnati won the championship with 191 points. Mid-American Conference foe Akron took third with 79.5 points while Dayton was fourth with 69 points. Ohio State was fifth (58.5), followed by MAC rival Ohio (52) and Xavier (48).
Redshirt sophomore Ashley Zaper (Whitehouse, Ohio) captured the heptathlon, her first time competing in the seven-event competition, as she totaled 4,876 points, which ranks her sixth in school history. After winning two events Friday, she was first in the javelin with a throw of 32.54m/106-9 Saturday. Sophomore Erica Mudd (Cincinnati, Ohio) claimed third in her first heptathlon with 4,694 points, which ranks her eighth in school history. She tied Zaper for the top high jump Friday and posted the best long jump Saturday with an outdoor personal-best leap of 5.75m/18-10.5.
Senior Rachael Clay (Rossford, Ohio) won the 400m dash in 54.60 to grab 10 points while winning the race by nearly two seconds in a field of 30. Her time is the seventh-fastest in school history after posting the fourth-fastest last week. Classmate Diona Graves (Fenton, Mo.) also earned first in the 100m dash in 12.02 for another 10 points.
Clay, Graves, freshman Charlotte Myers (Bexley, Ohio) and sophomore Leah Coleman (Westerville, Ohio) combined to earn runner-up in the 4x400m relay, smashing the school record by nearly two seconds with a time of 3:40.90 as the record was 3:42.72, on which Graves and Clay also ran. Clay closed with a late charge on the anchor leg but couldn't quite catch Cincinnati, who won in 3:40.74.
Freshman Jess Hoover (Hilliard, Ohio) just edged out junior Monica Fischer (Cincinnati, Ohio) at the finish for the top two spots in the 1500m in personal bests of 4:35.66 and 4:35.67, respectively. Senior Maggie Bingham (Carmel, Ind.) was fourth in 4:37.27 as the trio combined for 23 points in the event. Hoover's time qualifies her for the U.S. Junior National meet.
In the 3000m steeplechase, freshman Elisa Frazier (Williamsville, N.Y.) was the runner-up in a personal-best 10:47.42, which moves her up to fourth in school history. Classmate Alex Chitwood (Carmel, Ind.) was sixth in a personal-best 10:55.13 while sophomore Erica Howes (Fairfax, Va.) was right behind in seventh in 10:57.54, also a personal best that puts her seventh in school history.
Junior Layne Baggett (Pittsburgh, Pa.) nabbed third in the 200m dash in a personal-best 24.73, which ranks her eighth in school history and earned six points. Coleman took ninth in a personal-best 25.55. In the 100m hurdles, sophomore Xerina Hughey (Galloway, Ohio) crossed in seventh in 14.83.
In the shot put, senior Alexandra Roberts (Hilliard, Ohio) was the runner-up with a heave of 15.56m/51-0.75, which is the second-best throw in school history behind her own school record of 51-5.75 set earlier this year. She also earned fourth in the discus with a season-best heave of 47.64m/156-3, which is the eighth-best throw in school history, while combining to earn 13 points.
Freshman Jasmine Watts (Carmel, Ind.) placed third in the long jump with a personal-best leap of 5.63m/18-5.75. Senior Krista Stillson (Naperville, Ill.) took third in the triple jump with a season-best leap of 11.31m/37-1.25. In the pole vault, senior Hannah Tabler (Wapakoneta, Ohio) grabbed fifth by clearing a season-best 3.69m/12-1.25.
In the 800m run, senior Kelley Miller (Dublin, Ohio) took fifth in 2:12.05 while freshman Taylor Wickware (Geneva, Ill.) was seventh in a personal-best 2:12.96, as the duo combined for six points.
Most of the RedHawks remain at home next weekend as Miami hosts the RedHawk Invitational Saturday, April 28 at George Rider Track in the third and final home meet of the year, while select RedHawks will head to Des Moines, Iowa for the prestigious Drake Relays from Thursday to Saturday.
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