SEATTLE, Wash. -- Participating in their second meet of the 2022 indoor track season, the USF Dons indoor track team had a great weekend performance at the UW Invitational. The event hosted by the University of Washington began Friday night and carried over into Saturday as some of the best teams in the west converged on Dempsey Indoor.
It was a record breaking weekend for the Dons, as the distance medley relay team of
Abby Pradere,
Julia Morales,
Whitney Hessler and
Ruby Smee set a new USF record with a time of 11:25.33 on Friday night. Smee wasn't done setting records in Seattle as she posted a record setting 9:06.24 time in the 3,000m on Saturday.
RESULTS:
60M:
16.
Rayne Anwar 7.87
29.
Windy Margerum 8.08
200M:
24.
Rayne Anwar 26:43
800M:
8.
Whitney Hessler 2:09.53
15.
Abby Pradere 2:12.88
23.
Julia Morales 2:15.27
Mile:
23.
Anna Tait 4:51.38
31.
Baneet Bains 4:58.06
36.
Maddy Hamilton 5:01.74
53.
Katherine Badham 5:14.17
3,000M:
6. Ruby Smee 9:06.24
19.
Eve Jensen 9:38.97
Distance Medley Relay:
5. USF: Abby Pradere, Julia Morales, Whitney Hessler, Ruby Smee 11:25.33
CATCHING UP WITH COACH RILEY:
"It was a great weekend of executed racing by the Dons! On the sprints/jumps side, Rayne had a much better 60M than her opener in Michigan. Unfortunately, Windy's biggest jump of the day was not marked but she is getting there. On the distance side the excitement started Friday night with our distance medley relay team of Abby, Julia, Whitney and Ruby breaking the indoor school record by three seconds. On Saturday, Eve kicked the day off with a huge 27 second personal best in the 3K. In the mile, Baneet, Maddie, Kat and Anna all executed their race plans brilliantly. In the women's 800m Abby, Julia, and Whitney all came back running on tired legs and made huge progress in competitions from start to finish. And last but not least, Ruby in the 3K, breaking the school record by two seconds. That currently puts her at No. 15 in the NCAA.
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