Saturday, January 17, 2009
UNL Holiday Inn Invitational Final Results
The Wayne State College women's indoor track and field team competed for the first time in 2009 this weekend at the University of Nebraska Holiday Inn Invitational held in Lincoln at the Devaney Center Indoor Track. The top performance for the Wildcats was turned in by Newcastle sophomore Paige Pollard, who placed fourth in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:21.36.
Other top finishers included Wahoo junior Sarah Thomsen coming in seventh place in the one mile run (5:28.48) with teammate Melissa McIntosh right behind in eighth place at 5:32.98. Misty Rystrom came in eighth place in the high jump at 5' 3" and the distance medley relay team of Sarah Thomsen, Tatiana DeLosSantos, Molly Gibson and Melissa McIntosh took fourth place with a time of 13:03.17.
The next meet for the Wildcats will be on Friday and Saturday, January 23 and 24, when Wayne State competes in the Iowa State Open at Ames, Iowa.