SPOKANE, Wash. – Returning to competition in the Pacific Northwest, the USF Dons indoor track and field team had a strong weekend competing at the MPSF Championships finishing in eighth place as a team.
Leading the way for the Dons this weekend was another stellar race from
Ruby Smee, as she finished first in the mile run with three of her teammates:
Abby Pradere,
Baneet Bains and
Grace Copeland all finishing in the top 10 as well.
Competing in four events this weekend,
Olivia Alexandre had a busy weekend in Spokane as she competed in the 4x400 meter relay and helped the Dons finish seventh as a team.
Lorie Cashdollar also had an impressive outing for USF as she exceled in both of her legs in the relay races.
RESULTS:
Friday:
60 Meter Dash:
24.
Sophia Priester-Veasley 8.07
25.
Tatumn LaChapelle 8.09
26.
Evelyn How 8.15
27.
Rayne Anwar 8.16
200 Meter Dash:
30.
Olivia Alexandre 25.98
32.
Tatumn LaChapelle 26.08
37.
Imani Wyatt 27.75
Distance Medley Relay:
2. San Francisco-
Abby Pradere,
Lorie Cashdollar,
Julia Morales and
Ruby Smee 11:29.35
Saturday:
400 Meter Dash:
10.
Olivia Alexandre 56.75
800 Meter Dash:
7.
Julia Morales 2:13.73
11.
Kamilla Vanadzina 2:15.45
1 Mile Run:
1.
Ruby Smee 4:47.28
4.
Abby Pradere 4:55.08
9.
Baneet Bains 5:00.09
10.
Grace Copeland 5:00.25
28.
Kaylee Noda 5:48.76
300 Meter Run:
19.
Ebony Webb 10:45
4x400 Meter Run:
7. San Francisco-
Olivia Alexandre,
Lorie Cashdollar,
Kamilla Vanadzina,
Imani Wyatt 3:58.40
CATCHING UP WITH COACH RILEY:
"This weekend was all about competing against something other than the clock and I felt we did a good job of that. Standout performances started with the distance medley relay Friday night finishing a close second to Portland. Today,
Ruby Smee,
Abby Pradere,
Baneet Bains and
Grace Copeland got things off on the right foot in the mile going 1-5 and 9-10. On the sprints side, Olivia had a solid weekend racing three 400 meter races.
Lorie Cashdollar was our athlete of the meet, racing two great 400 meter legs on our relays."
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SPONSOR THE DONS:
The University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge and thank our sponsor - Nor Cal Toyota - for their continued support of USF Athletics. Interested in sponsoring the Dons? Please contact
Frank Allocco, the Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations, at fallocco@usfca.edu or at
(415) 422-4561.
