University of Southern Indiana Women’s Track & Field had another weekend highlighted by senior Hilary Paxson (Liberty Center, Indiana) breaking her own school-record in the weight throw, while also earning the program’s first NCAA II provisional mark in a throwing event. Two more Screaming Eagles also earned three separate wins at the Depauw Classic Saturday afternoon.
Defeating the rest of the field by nearly four feet, Paxson broke her own school-record in the weight throw earning a mark of 53 feet, 10.25 inches. The distance surpasses Paxson’s previous record by nearly five feet, which she set earlier this season. The toss also earned the sophomore the first NCAA II provisional mark in the history of the USI women’s program for a throwing event.
Paxson also earned a sixth-place showing in the shot put with a distance of 34’08.50″.
Senior Jenna Martin (Evansville, Indiana) picked up her third win of the season in her first 2017 appearance in the 60-meter hurdles. Martin’s time of 9.36 seconds paced the field by over a half-a-second.
Later in the afternoon, Martin picked up her fourth win of the year in the long jump with a mark of 16’11.50″. Junior Quin Shoultz (Columbus, Indiana) made her first appearance of the season, earning a sixth-place finish with a mark of 15’08.75″ in the long jump.
Improving her season best by 25 seconds, sophomore Miranda Coats (Sellersburg, Indiana) picked up her first collegiate victory in the 3,000-meters with a time of 11:32.82.
Junior Christina Kropid (Springfield, Illinois) was runner-up in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 19:30.46, while junior Olivia Kelley (Columbus, Indiana) and sophomore Allyson Watson (East Peoria, Illinois) also recorded top-10 finishes in the event, placing sixth and ninth, respectively.
Sophomore Allison Rollins (Evansville, Indiana) was fourth in the mile with a 5:30.19 finish. Also, freshman Ashley Lawhorn‘s (Frankfort, Kentucky) season-best time of 2:32.08 was good enough for fourth in the 800-meters. Freshman Courtney Parsell (Powell, Ohio) also earned a season-best time in the 200-meters finishing seventh in 29.12 seconds.
As a team, USI came away with 77 points to finish third. Bellarmine University and Depauw University took the first two spots with scores of 91 and 80, respectively. Centre College and Thomas More College rounded out the top-five.
With the conclusion of the indoor regular season, the Eagles now look to the Great Lakes Valley Conference Indoor Championships to be held February 25 & 26 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
