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Blue Streaks Continue Their Push Towards Success In Another Meet Weekend, Highlighted By Genevieve Arnold’s 100 Meter Dash School Record Effort

4/14/2024 9:15:00 PM | By: Jamie Dailey '22, SID Assistant

Genevieve Arnold Is Currently #7 In Division III In The 100 Meter Dash At 11.98 Seconds

TIFFIN & DELAWARE, Ohio - The women's track & field team had a busy weekend competing on both Friday and Saturday at the Tiffin Track Carnival at Heidelberg University and the All-Ohio Championships hosted by Ohio Wesleyan.

Throws competed on Friday at Tiffin and then traveled to Ohio Wesleyan for the All-Ohio Championships on Saturday. Most of the team competed at Tiffin on Saturday.

The Blue Streaks are making progress in their performances as the outdoor season moves into full swing.

Full Results - Tiffin Track Carnival

Full Results - All-Ohio Championships Day 2

Friday, April 12

The throwers got the weekend started at the Paradiso Athletic Complex at the Tiffin Track Carnival. In the women's hammer throw, Sarah Hart would lead the way for the Blue Streaks placing 23rd overall with a mark of 40.16 meters, followed by Breanna Berwald placing 27th with a throw of 37.92 meters. Rounding up was Cara Jewett placing 32nd with a mark of 36.10 meters.

Saturday, April 13

This same group was back in action the next day at the All-Ohio Championships hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University in the hammer and discus throw.

Breanna Berwald and Cara Jewett represented the Blue Streaks in the hammer throw, placing 13th and 15th respectively. Berwald would throw a mark of 39.01 meters, followed by Jewett throwing 38.36 meters.

Berwald would return in the discus placing fourth overall, earning a personal best of 37.23 meters to end the day on a high note.

Transitioning to the Tiffin Track Carnival hosted by Heidelberg University, the women took advantage of the opportunity.

In the women's 100 meter dash, Genevieve Arnold would continue to make her senior year a tremendous and yet, memorable one as she would break the school record in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.98 seconds to put her seventh in Division III currently. She broke the previous record by .07 seconds and is now a part of five school records at John Carroll. Just last week, she ran the fastest time in the OAC and is still currently #1 in the event.

Junior Mia Scott would excel to a personal best in the 100 meter dash as well placing 14th overall with a time of 12.46 seconds.

In the women's 200 meter dash, Arnold would return and run 25.77 seconds placing 17th, followed by Rosie Murray who ran 26.34 seconds and Kaleigh McNamara finishing with a time of 26.87 seconds.

In the distance events, sophomore Alyssa Vis would run a personal best in the 800 meter race with a time of 2:24.94 placing fifth overall.

For the first time since Spring 2022, junior Emmaline Hannan would return to the track and make an appearance in the 1500 meter race. She would place fourth overall with a time of 5:04.10, followed by sophomore Carlee Blankenship placing fifth, clocking in at 5:04.32. It was an exciting moment for Hannan and the rest of the team as she is finally racing for the Blue Streaks again.

It was a late night of racing for some of the women in the distance events as Sarah Weldon would make her first appearance of the outdoor season in the 10k as she would place fourth overall with a time of 38:16.00, earning a personal best.

In the 3000 meter steeplechase, both Grace McKoon (12:03.64) and Elizabeth Heim (12:56.94) would earn personal bests in the process for the Blue Streaks.

Ellie Kitsmiller would continue her progression in the 800 meter championship race as she would place sixth overall with a time of 2:15.91 in a highly competitive race. This time would put her fourth in the OAC.

The women's 1500 meter run was an exciting one as senior Claire Eberhardt would earn her second straight personal best in the event with a time of 4:36.74 to put her second in the OAC.

In the women's triple jump, Tori Miller would place ninth overall with a mark of 4.55 meters.

Sophomore Leah Fritsch would make an appearance in the women's javelin throw in the gold division and place sixth overall with a mark of 31.80 meters.

The women will be back competing next week in another meet weekend on tap. A small contingent will be competing at the Jesse Owens Classic at Ohio State on Friday and most of the team will be making appearances at the Sparky Adams Invite at Baldwin Wallace on Saturday.

Big things are in store for this group as they strive for improvement and success with bigger meets coming up on the schedule.

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