Rio Grande surges to RSC Women's Outdoor Track & Field title
Rio Grande surges to RSC Women's Outdoor Track & Field title
EATON, Ohio (FINAL RESULTS) – A 1-2-3-4 sweep of the discus in the final event of the day boosted the University of Rio Grande to the women's team title at River States Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which wrapped up April 26 at Eaton High School.
River States Conference Field Athlete of the Year Sierra Cress led a RedStorm sweep of the top four places as Rio Grande made up a 22.5-point deficit in the final event to edge runner-up Point Park for the team title.
Women's Top Three
1. Rio Grande – 171.50
2. Point Park – 169
3. Cincinnati Christian University – 106
River States Conference Women's Outdoor Track and Field Awards
Women's Track Athlete of the Year – Anna Shields, Point Park
Women's Field Athlete of the Year – Sierra Cress, Rio Grande
Women's Newcomer of the Year - Chanavier Robinson, Rio Grande
Women's Coach of the Year – Bob Willey, Rio Grande
Field Event Finals – Day 2
Women's Shot Put – Beyonce Bobbitt of Rio Grande set a new RSC record with a throw of 12.62m, which topped the previous record of 12.35m set in 2016.
Women's High Jump – Lisa Ruffin – Cincinnati Christian University – 1.45m
Women's Triple Jump – Lisa Ruffin – Cincinnati Christian University – 10.80m
Women's Discus – Sierra Cress – Rio Grande – 37.53m
Women's Javelin – Mackenzie Mangum – Point Park – 33.53m
Track Event Finals – Day 2
Women's 3000 Steeplechase – Lucy Williams of Rio Grande set a new RSC record with an 11:32.22, which beat her previous record of 12:09.71 back in 2017.
Women's 4x100 Relay – Rio Grande – 49.84
Women's 1500 – Anna Shields of Point Park set a new RSC record with a 4:52.49 mark, which beat the previous mark of 4:57.33 back in 2015.
Women's 100 hurdles – Daneen Hazelwood of Ohio Christian set a new RSC record with a 14.63 mark, which beat the previous mark of 14.85 in 2018.
Women's 400 – Rachel Sargent – Ohio Christian – 58.75
Women's 100 – Chanavier Robinson – Rio Grande – 12.46
Women's 800 – Anna Shields – Point Park – 2:21.60
Women's 400 hurdles – Daneen Hazelwood – Ohio Christian University – 1:08.38
Women's 200 – Kaniyah Rush – IU East – 25.81
Women's 5000 – Anna Shields – Point Park – 18:40.05
Women's 4x400 Relay – IU East – 4:07.42
Women's Champions of Character Award Winners
Alice Lloyd College – Brittany Buttrey
Brescia University – Alicia Salazar
Carlow University – Olivia Miller
Cincinnati Christian University – Deborah Rubin
IU East – Sarah Mallory
IU Kokomo – McKenna Moore
Midway University – Abby Sparks
Ohio Christian University – Rebekah McCarty
Point Park University – Kara Rohlf
University of Rio Grande – Rachael Barber
West Virginia University Institute of Technology – Channa Hoskins
- Article by Josh Mann