Friday, February 24
YPSILANTI,MI
TBA
University of Toledo
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MAC Championships
Joan Jepkirui (far left) and Caroline Lambert (far right) on the 3000m podium
Toledo Finishes 11th in MAC Championships
2/24/2017 8:47:00 PM | Women's Track and Field
YPSILANTI, Mich. - Joan Jepkirui and Caroline Lambert finished with 10 and six points, respectively, to lead Toledo to an 11th place in the MAC Indoor Championships. The Rockets scored 36 points in total.
"This was a very up and down meet for us," said Toledo Head Coach Linh Nguyen. "We missed big opportunities to score points and when you finish eight points from fourth place that really comes back to bite you."
Jepkirui placed second in the 5000-meter run on Friday, with a time of 16:52.52, just three seconds behind the conference champion, Alsu Bogdanova of Eastern Michigan. Lambert came across the finish line in 17:04.99 to take fourth. Jepkirui earned eight points for the Rockets and Lambert took away five points from the event.
On Saturday, the duo took seventh and eighth place in the 3000m. Jepkirui crossed the line in 9:45.66 to earn two points, while Lambert finished in 9:46.73 to tally another point.
Petronela Simiuc was the other Rockets individual runner earning points with a sixth place finish in the 800-meter run. Simiuc completed the race in 2:12.85.
Toledo's field events collected 12 points, six coming from Madeline Pacella in the high jump and six coming from Ty'Shai Freeman in the triple jump. Pacella took home third place with a jump of 1.73 meters. Freeman took the bronze as well, leaping 12.41 meters.
The Rockets' 4x400m relay team of Nautica Hill, Yana Khabina, Kristiana Collins and Dandadeua da Silva clocked in at 3:48.29 to finish sixth and earn three points towards UT's total.
The Rockets other two points came from Friday's distance medley relay team of Olivia Chinn, Dandadeua da Silva, Emily Wyrick and Theresa Warsecke. Toledo's DMR team finished seventh in a time of 12:04.92.
Alexa Jarrett finished 10th in the pole vault with a height of 3.67 meters, missing points by two positions. Madison Pierce was also just outside of the points, finishing 12th in the long jump with a leap of 5.72m.
Christina Johnson qualified for Saturday's finals in the 200m dash with a career-best time of 25.09.
"I'm pretty disappointed with how we placed," continued Nguyen. "But Joan, Caroline, Madeline and Ty'Shai really stepped up and that was great to see."
Akron claimed the conference championship with 145 points.
2017 MAC Indoor Cahmpionships
1. Akron - 145 pts
2. Eastern Michigan - 139 pts
3. Kent State - 60Â pts
4. Bowling Green 44 pts
5. Buffalo - 39 pts
5. Northern Illinois - 39 pts
7. Western Michigan - 38 pts
7. Central Michigan - 38 pts
9. Ball State - 37 pts
9. Miami - 37 pts
11. Toledo - 36 pts
12. Ohio - 10 ptsÂ
"This was a very up and down meet for us," said Toledo Head Coach Linh Nguyen. "We missed big opportunities to score points and when you finish eight points from fourth place that really comes back to bite you."
Jepkirui placed second in the 5000-meter run on Friday, with a time of 16:52.52, just three seconds behind the conference champion, Alsu Bogdanova of Eastern Michigan. Lambert came across the finish line in 17:04.99 to take fourth. Jepkirui earned eight points for the Rockets and Lambert took away five points from the event.
On Saturday, the duo took seventh and eighth place in the 3000m. Jepkirui crossed the line in 9:45.66 to earn two points, while Lambert finished in 9:46.73 to tally another point.
Petronela Simiuc was the other Rockets individual runner earning points with a sixth place finish in the 800-meter run. Simiuc completed the race in 2:12.85.
Toledo's field events collected 12 points, six coming from Madeline Pacella in the high jump and six coming from Ty'Shai Freeman in the triple jump. Pacella took home third place with a jump of 1.73 meters. Freeman took the bronze as well, leaping 12.41 meters.
The Rockets' 4x400m relay team of Nautica Hill, Yana Khabina, Kristiana Collins and Dandadeua da Silva clocked in at 3:48.29 to finish sixth and earn three points towards UT's total.
The Rockets other two points came from Friday's distance medley relay team of Olivia Chinn, Dandadeua da Silva, Emily Wyrick and Theresa Warsecke. Toledo's DMR team finished seventh in a time of 12:04.92.
Alexa Jarrett finished 10th in the pole vault with a height of 3.67 meters, missing points by two positions. Madison Pierce was also just outside of the points, finishing 12th in the long jump with a leap of 5.72m.
Christina Johnson qualified for Saturday's finals in the 200m dash with a career-best time of 25.09.
"I'm pretty disappointed with how we placed," continued Nguyen. "But Joan, Caroline, Madeline and Ty'Shai really stepped up and that was great to see."
Akron claimed the conference championship with 145 points.
2017 MAC Indoor Cahmpionships
1. Akron - 145 pts
2. Eastern Michigan - 139 pts
3. Kent State - 60Â pts
4. Bowling Green 44 pts
5. Buffalo - 39 pts
5. Northern Illinois - 39 pts
7. Western Michigan - 38 pts
7. Central Michigan - 38 pts
9. Ball State - 37 pts
9. Miami - 37 pts
11. Toledo - 36 pts
12. Ohio - 10 ptsÂ
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