Bowling Green, Ohio - The Toledo track and field team competed in the annual Battle of I-75 meet against Bowling Green today. After 18 neck-and-neck events, the competition was declared a tie with each program earning 96 points. The Rockets earned 10 first-place finishes on the day.
 
"Overall I'm pretty happy with the meet," head coach Linh Nguyen said. "Across the board we had a lot of really good performances. You'd rather win than tie, but we had to scratch a few of our top distance kids because of nagging injuries. Not having [sophomore Athena Welsh] and [junior Jennifer Lichter] made a difference, and [senior Petronela Simiuc] almost didn't run. A tie is better than a loss but it's not as good as a win, so we're leaving satisfied."
 
UT held a five-point lead throughout most of the day until the 200m where the Falcons took the top three spots and moved ahead in the points total.The meet came down to the 4x400m relay: a BG win would make the Falcons the meet champions, a UT win would tie things up. Freshman Kennedey Glover gave Toledo a healthy lead to start, and junior Christina Johnson and graduate student Danda da Silva kept the Rockets ahead. Junior Yana Khabina set up in the anchor leg and was unchallenged, finishing well ahead of BG's Brianna Tidmore.
 
The Rockets return to action on April 13 when the squad travels to Muncie, Ind. for the Ball State Challenge.
 
ROCKET FINISHES
100m
1. Shanice Williams - 11.97
5. Christina Johnson - 12.41
8. Josie Yesmunt - 13.45
 
200m
4. Tori Thompson - 25.36
6. Nautica Hill - 26.35
 
400m
4. Allyson Hill - 1:01.10
5. Josie Yesmunt - 1:09.72
 
800m
1. Petronela Simiuc - 2:16.60
3. Olivia Chinn - 2:19.63
6. Roma Lucarelli - 2:25.41
 
1500m
1. Olivia Chinn - 4:47.89
2. Joan Jepkirui - 4:49.75
5. Maddie Ferner - 5:06.49
6. Kayla Chapman - 5:24.58
 
3k
1. Janelle Noe - 10:03.28
3. Michelle Hostettler - 10:13.74
5. Riley Kwiatkowski - 10:29.48
6. Hannah Sponaugle - 11:03.22
 
100mH
2. Janell Rowe - 16.07
3. Madison Pierce - 21.50
 
400mH
1. Yana Khabina - 1:02.01
3. Danda da Silva - 1:06.67
 
2000m Steeplechase
1. Stephanie Barlow - 7:05.39
2. Amanda Bakley - 7:15.48
 
4x100m relay
2. Shanice Williams, Nautica Hill, Christina Johnson, Tori Thompson - 48.25
 
4x400m relay
1. Kennedey Glover, Christina Johnson, Danda da Silva, Yana Khabina - 3:56.43
 
High jump
1. Atalia da Silva - 1.59m
4. Ashley Herrmann - 1.49m
 
Long jump
1. Karoline Steppin - 5.47m
4. Madison Pierce - 5.18m
5. Deja Martin - 5.05m
 
Triple jump
2. Karoline Steppin - 11.81m
3. Janell Rowe - 11.31m
4. Deja Martin - 10.77m
 
Shot put
3. Katie Dewey - 14.69m
4. Sally Frank - 13.27m
6. Chloee Kleespies - 12.76m
 
Discus
3. Katie Dewey - 47.51m (MAC auto time)
4. Chloee Kleespies - 45.98m
5. Anna Bellman - 43.54m
7. Bridget Keenan - 39.82m
 
Hammer
3. Anna Bellman - 49.35m
5. Bridget Keenan - 44.96m
 
Javelin
1. Karoline Steppin - 39.09m
2. Anna Bellman - 37.09m