Moon Township, Pa. – The RMU track & field team continued action at the 2022 Horizon League Outdoor Track & Field Championships Saturday at the Elaine Lehigh Track & Field Complex in Rochester, Mich., on the campus of Oakland University. The Colonials sit fourth after two days of competition with 26 points.
TEAM RANKINGS
Youngstown State leads the pack after two days, having compiled 103 points. Milwaukee (60) is in second, followed by the host Golden Grizzlies, who have scored 31 points. Trailing RMU is Detroit Mercy (23), Purdue Fort Wayne (12), Wright State (10), Northern Kentucky (6) and IUPUI (2).
THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT
Senior
Tara Gologram highlighted the field events for the Colonials Saturday, placing fourth in the long jump thanks to a leap of 5.77 meters (18'11.25"). She posted the leap on her fifth attempt of the event and matched that distance on her sixth and final try. In the same event, Tara's sister,
Zoee Gologram, posted a leap of 4.78 meters (15'8.25").
PUT 'ER THERE
Junior
Alijah Caul scored for RMU in the shot put Saturday, taking home the top mark for the Colonials with a heave of 12.42 meters (40'9") to finish seventh. Fifth-year
Yessie Valencia finished one spot behind Caul in the event at 12.31 meters (40'4.75").
PRELIMS
On the track, junior
Elicia Moore qualified for Sunday's finals in the 400-meter dash, placing sixth with a time of 58.99 seconds. Also in preliminary action Saturday, freshman
Maddie Raymond finished with a time of 12.11 seconds in the 100-meter dash, while fellow rookie
Bethany Naughton clocked in at 15.59 in the 100-meter hurdles. In the 800-meter prelims, sophomore
Rio Strosnider posted RMU's best time at 2:21.28.
HEPTATHLON
Junior
Lauren Chappell concluded the heptathlon Saturday, scoring 3,829 points to finish eighth. She finished at 4.60 meters (15'1.25") in the long jump to score 454 points, unleashed a hurl of 23.82 meters (78'2") in the javelin to add 360 more points to her tally and crossed the finish line with a time of 2:59.23 in the 800-meter to compile 372 points.
UP NEXT
RMU concludes the 2022 #HLTF Outdoor Championships Sunday, May 8. Action begins at 10:00 a.m. with the hammer throw, while at Noon track competition begins with the finals of the 4x100-meter relay. Fifth-year
Keturah Hunter is the No. 1 seed in the hammer for RMU, while the Colonials are the No. 4 seed in the 4x100-meter relay after a time of 46.76 seconds at the Penn Relays last weekend.
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