Track Results | Field Results

The Colorado College women's track and field team continued its 2016 outdoor season at the University of Colorado Invitational Saturday in Boulder, Colo.
 
Competing against Division I and Division II teams, the Tigers posted some impressive results. Sophomore Asmeda Spalding-Aguirre had the team's best finish by placing sixth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:05.97, the second-fastest time in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) so far this season.
 
The Tigers also performed well in the 400-meter dash as sophomore Duranya Freeman ran that distance for the first time this season and finished 11^th in 1:00.88, followed by juniors Ellie Swanson (13th in 1:01.66) and Stefani Messick (14th in 1:01.80) and sophomore Ayla Loper (16th in 1:02.27). All four of those times are in the top eight in the SCAC.
 
Sophomore McKenna Schnack placed 19^th (13.53 seconds) in the 100-meter dash, followed by freshman Casey Pollard in 20^th (13.59), while sophomore Corey Luna finished 23^rd in the 800-meter race with a time of 2:29.54. Sophomore Kathryn Walsh led the Tigers by finishing 33^rd in the 1,500-meter race with a personal-best time of 5:19.54, followed by sophomore Patty Atkinson in 34^th place and freshman Leah Veldhuisen in 35^th.
 
"We had some outstanding performances today," head coach Ted Castaneda said. "This gives us good momentum and puts us in the right direction for the next couple of weeks."
 
The Tigers will split the team next weekend, with the distance runners competing at the KT Woodman Classic in Wichita, Kan., on Friday, April 15 and the rest of the team at the Jack Christiansen Invite in Fort Collins, Colo., on Saturday, April 16.