Reading, PA (February 25, 2022) - The DeSales University women's track & field team finished eighth out of 14 teams at the MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Alvernia University on Friday and Saturday.

Day Two (Saturday)
Top finishers on day two included senior Kiki Darrell who took fourth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.59 seconds.  Junior Amelia Smith was also fourth in the mile with a time of 5:17.49.

Sophomore Megan Brubaker followed up her seventh place finish in the long jump on Friday with a fifth place finish in the triple jump on Saturday (10.78m), a personal best for Brubaker.  Other top finishers were junior Abigail Radcliffe taking seventh in the 400-meters (1:01.90) and junior Tyra Wingle finishing seventh in the high jump (1.56m), tying the school-record.

The 4x800 meter relay rounded out the top finishers with a fourth place finish featureing junior Sara Murphy, first-year Haley Estus, senior LeeAnn Markwalter, and Smith in a time of 10:07.21.

Day One (Friday)
The top performer on day one was first-year Emma Mele who tied for third in the pole vault with a vault of 3.10m, a personal best for Mele.

Sophomore Megan Brubaker and senior Kiki Darrell took home points in the long jump placing seventh (5.27m) and eighth (5.26m), both of which were new school-records.  Darrell also qualified for the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.52, just .15 shy of the school-record.

The 4x200 meter relay featuring senior Olivia Craig, junior Abigail Radcliffe, Darrell, and junior Haley Zimerofsky finished eighth (1:50.92) and the distance medley relay consisting of senior LeeAnn Markwalter and the junior trio of Delaney Klinger, Sara Murphy, and Amelia Smith placed fifth in a time of 13:00.24.