TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—Juniors Emma Brown (Evansville, Indiana) and Kara Martin (Herrin, Illinois) posted top three finishes Saturday afternoon to lead University of Southern Indiana Women’s Track & Field to a fifth-place finish at the Gibson Invitational.
Brown was second in the 800 meters with a time of two minutes, 18.87 seconds, before helping USI’s 4×400-meter relay team to a fifth-place finish.
Martin also helped USI’s 4×400-meter relay team after scoring a third-place finish in the 1,500 meters. USI had four scoring efforts in the 1,500 meters, including a top-five effort by sophomore McKenna Cavanaugh (New Albany, Indiana), while three Screaming Eagles scored in the 800 meters.
USI also got scoring efforts in the 5,000 meters Friday evening, with junior Aubrey Swart (Noblesville, Indiana) laying claim to a fifth-place effort.
Junior Georgianna Roeder (McKinney, Texas) was fourth in the javelin as she broke her own school record with a mark of 113 feet, two inches. Roeder also helped USI’s 4×100-meter relay team to a fourth-place finish and was sixth in the shot put.
In total, the Eagles had 10 top-five finishes. Sophomore Margaret Schulten (Oakland City, Indiana) finished fifth in the high jump, while sophomores Gabrielle McGregor (Louisville, Kentucky) and Daphanie Ehrmann (Gosport, Indiana) were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the discus.
USI returns to action April 29-30 when it competes at the Davenport Invitational in Caledonia, Michigan.
