Reading, PA (February 24, 2024) - The DeSales University women's track & field team finished 11th at the MAC Indoor Championships over the weekend at Alvernia University.

First-year Angelina Klein earned team points placing eighth in the mile with a time of 5:43.20.  Juniors Haley Estus and Shae Zeitler placed sixth and seventh in the 3,000-meters with times of 10:52.17 and 10:55.99.

First-year Catherine Crampton was sxith in the triple jump with a jump of 34-1.50 feet, ranking fifth all-time, and first-year Olivia Dallmer was ninth in the pentathlon finishing with 2,128 points.

Day One of MAC Indoor Championships
Junior Emma Mele took home fourth place in the pole vault leading the DeSales University women's track & field team on day one of the MAC Indoor Championships.

Mele was fourth in the pole vault with a top vault of 3.25m, besting her ninth place ranking entering the weekend, moving into second place on the all-time indoor PV list, and qualifying for the AARTFC Championships next weekend. Sophomore Olivia Dallmer was eighth in the long jump with a jump of 4.96m, the sixth best jump in team history.

The DMR relay also earned points placing sixth with a time of 13:04.39, qualifying the relay for the AARTFC Championships at Nazareth College next week.  Members of the relay team were junior Shae Zeitler, first-year Avery Peluszak, senior Caitlyn Saccary, and junior Haley Estus.