INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Women’s Track & Field saw two runners take the top spot in their respective events Saturday at the UIndy Collegiate Invitational, hosted by the University of Indianapolis.
Sophomore Kate Henrickson (Boonville, Indiana) earned a victory for the second-consecutive week, this time in the 1,000-meter run. Her time of 3 minutes, 10.81 seconds was good enough to top teammate and runner-up, sophomore Allison Rollins (Evansville, Indiana) by nine-and-a-half seconds.
The Screaming Eagles also took the top two spot in the 3,000-meters. Junior Kate Duty (Owensboro, Kentucky) earned her third career victory, and first outside of the steeplechase event, with her time of 10:45.61. Finishing second, sophomore Micalah Booher (Pendleton, Indiana) finished with a time of 11:04.80. Rounding out the USI participants was freshman Ashley Lawhorn (Frankfort, Kentucky) in 14th.
In the field events, sophomore Hilary Paxson (Liberty Center, Indiana) recorded another top-10 performance in the weight throw. Paxson’s toss of 48 feet, 3.25 inches was good enough for seventh. The distance is enough to move the sophomore into second all-time at USI, just .25″ short of the school record.
USI returns to Indianapolis next weekend, January 27-28 for the Tom Hathaway Distance Classic.
