Greiwe, Roeder pace Eagles in split weekend

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EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Women’s Track & Field competed as a split squad for the second straight weekend, with a select number of competitors running at the Flames Invitational in Cleveland, Tennessee, and the other group of Screaming Eagles competing at the Jim Vargo Invitational in Louisville, Kentucky.
 
Sophomore Lauren Greiwe (West Harrison, Indiana) paced the Eagles at the Flames Invitational Friday night, posting an NCAA Division II provisional qualifying time of 35 minutes, 46.36 seconds with her seventh-place finish in the 10,000 meters.
 
Junior Georgianna Roeder (McKinney, Texas), who set a school record in the javelin a week ago, finished second in the event Saturday at the Jim Vargo Invitational. Roeader, who also helped USI’s 4×100-meter relay team to a seventh-place finish, was just seven inches shy of her javelin record as she recorded a toss of 112 feet, two inches.
 
USI had four runners post top-five finishes Friday evening at the Jim Vargo Invitational. Junior Emma Brown (Evansville, Indiana) and sophomore Adele Schnautz (Evansville, Indiana) had respective third-place finishes in the 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters. Senior Megan Wagler (Loogootee, Indiana) and Aubrey Swart (Noblesville, Indiana) were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 10,000 meters.
 
The Eagles return to action Thursday and Friday when the compete at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, California, as well as the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California.