Toledo Competes in Two-Day Thundering Herd Invite This Weekend

Friday, January 27

HUNTINGTON, WV

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University of Toledo

Thundering Herd Invitational

Toledo Competes in Two-Day Thundering Herd Invite This Weekend

1/26/2017 9:36:00 AM | Women's Track and Field

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HEAT SHEETS

TOLEDO, OH - The women's track and field program travels to the Mountain State of West Virginia for the two-day Thundering Herd Invitational at Marshall University on Friday, Jan. 27 and Saturday, Jan. 28 in Huntington, WV.

"The meet has been pretty good in the past couple of years," said Toledo head coach Linh Nguyen. "We decided to change it up a little bit and give our athletes something fresh, new and somewhere they have never been before."

The Rockets have not competed in the Thundering Herd Invitational in the meet's two-year existence. There will be 22 women's teams competing this season, including Bowling Green and Ohio from the Mid-American Conference.

"There will be better and deeper competition and a bigger atmosphere," said Nguyen. "Our short sprinter will be able to have a prelims and a finals, which helps in development and putting down faster times."

In its last competition, the Tom Wright Classic, Toledo was led by Madeline Pacella who recorded an indoor personal record of 1.76m to win the event.

"Madeline jumped from a shorter approach and took more jumps at an earlier height to get into a rhythm," continued Nguyen. "She's second in the MAC and that's the same height that got her into the NCAAs during the outdoor season."

Pacella is one of four Rockets to post a MAC Championship automatic qualifying mark. Joan Jepkirui qualified for the 3000m with a 9:43.31, Agata Forkasiewicz qualified for the 60m with a time of 7.43 and Madison Pierce has qualified in the long jump with a distance of 5.87 meters.

After this weekend, the Rockets will compete in Notre Dame's Meyo Invitational in South Bend, IN on Friday, Feb. 3 and Saturday, Feb. 4.

Thundering Herd Invitational
60-meter dash - Eight Heats
Heat 1 - Agata Forkasiewicz
Heat 8 - Christina Johnson

200-meter dash - Nine Heats
Heat 1 - Agata Forkasiewicz
Heat 3 - Tori Thompson
Heat 8 - Christina Johnson

400-meter dash - 10 Heats
Heat 4 - Yana Khabina
Heat 5 - Kristiana Collins, Nautica Hill
Heat 7 - Dandadeua da Silva

800-meter run - Five Heats
Heat 3 - Julia Mendiola, Emily Wyrick
Heat 5 - Petronela Simiuc, Maja Pacaric

Mile - Four Heats
Heat 2 - Theresa Warsecke
Heat 4 - Athena Welsh, Caroline Lambert, Olivia Chinn, Joan Jepkirui, Jennifer Lichter

3000-meter run - Three Heats
Heat 3 - Stephanie Barlow, Stephanie Sherman, Amanda Bakley, Janelle Noe, Nina Bendixen

5000-meter run - Two Heats
Heat 1 - Natalie Camardo

60-meter hurdles - Six Heats
Heat 3 - Madison Pierce

4x400-meter relay - Seven Heats
Heat 3 - da Silva, Hill, Khabina, Thompson

High Jump - One Flight
Madeline Pacella

Pole Vault - One Flight
Alissa Jenkins, Maddie Jarrett, Alexa Jarrett

Long Jump - Three Flights
Flight 3 - Madison Pierce

Triple Jump - Three Flights
Flight 1 - Deja Martin
Flight 3 - Ty'Shai Freeman

Shot Put - Three Flights
Flight 1 - Kallie Strauss
Flight 2 - Sally Frank
Flight 3 - Katie Dewey

Weight Throw - Three Flights
Flight 1 - Gabbi Jett, Anna Bellman
Flight 2 - Katie Dewey