Miami Ohio University Athletics
Miami University
Crimson Tide Invitational
Miami Completes Meet at Alabama
4/7/2018 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field, Cross Country
Crimson Tide Final Results (PDF) 
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - After rain and lightning suspended Friday's activities, Miami University track & field completed the Crimson Tide Invitational at Alabama on Saturday. They did this with the exception of the men's and women's 10,000m races, which were canceled due to the inclement weather.
Senior Zac Thompson and sophomore Maegan Murphy, who were both slated to run in those 10K races, ended up running and finishing in the top-10 in the 5K instead. Thompson turned in a personal record of 14:49.61 in the men's race to place seventh. On the women's side, Murphy ran a 17:40.70 to place eighth.
In the men's 5K, Zac Thompson PRs with a 14:49.61 to take seventh! #RiseUpRedHawks
- Miami Track & Field and XC (@MiamiOH_XCTF) April 7, 2018
Maegan Murphy finishes eighth in the 5000m with a 17:40.70!
She's just a second from becoming the fourth RedHawk to rank in the MAC top-10 for the event. #RiseUpRedHawks- Miami Track & Field and XC (@MiamiOH_XCTF) April 7, 2018
For the hurdlers, Aaron Muresan continued his strong start to the spring season after winning the 110m hurdles at last week's Oliver Nikoloff Open at Cincinnati. The junior began his day Saturday by turning in a PR 14.48 in the same event to place fifth. He then went on to take fourth in the 400m hurdles with a 53.80. He now ranks in the top-five in the Mid-American Conference in both events: second in the 110H and third in the 400H.
Muresan shows out again, this time in the 400m hurdles!
With his 53.80, he placed fourth and now ranks third in the conference! He's now top-five in the MAC in both hurdling events. #RiseUpRedHawks- Miami Track & Field and XC (@MiamiOH_XCTF) April 7, 2018
While Muresan was climbing up the MAC leaderboards in the hurdles, sophomore sprinter Olivia Bechtel hit a MAC qualifying mark in the 400m. She ran a 55.28 to earn an automatic bid to the event in which she placed second at last year's MAC Outdoor Championships as a freshman. She ranks third in the conference in the event. Ivan Dye, who ran the men's 400m at last year's conference meet, recorded a 49.31 and now ranks fifth in the MAC.
Olivia Bechtel picks up the women's squad's third MAC qualifying mark of the spring with a 55.28 in the 400m! She placed ninth. #RiseUpRedHawks
- Miami Track & Field and XC (@MiamiOH_XCTF) April 7, 2018
Doubling that distance, sophomore Rachel Kotchman continued the momentum she had built from a stellar indoor season and ran a 2:15.63 in the 800m. She ranks seventh in the MAC. She is one of 14 Miami women who rank in the top-10 in the MAC in an event.
Miami will be in Oxford next week for the first of two home track & field meets this spring. The one-day meet, the Miami Duals, will take place Apr. 14.
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