Toledo Launches Indoor Season at Wolverine Invitational

Saturday, January 11

Ann Arbor, Mich.

11:00 AM

University of Toledo

Wolverine Invitational

Holly Nation vs. 2019 MAC Indoor Championships

Sophomore Holly Nation and the Rockets are ready to open the indoor track season on Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Photo by: Katherine Jamtgaard

Toledo Launches Indoor Season at Wolverine Invitational

1/9/2020 3:12:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

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TOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo women's track and field team is set to open its indoor season at Michigan's Wolverine Invitational on Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich. Field events are scheduled to kick off at 11:00 a.m. and track events will start at 11:00 a.m with the women's 60m hurdles.

"It's always interesting to compete right after your athletes come off an extended holiday break. It's actually a high-level meet for something this early," said first-year head coach Andrea Grove-McDonough. "I'm excited to get a feel for where our athletes are at and how their training over break went. We got really lucky with the weather this year in terms of our Midwest kids getting the quality runs in that they needed."

The Rockets closed out the indoor portion of the 2018-19 season with a fourth-place team finish at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships. Returning for the Midnight Blue and Gold are a strong slate of seniors including Petronela Simiuc, Athena Welsh, and Stephanie Sherman for distance events, Kallie Strauss for throws, as well as Yana Khabina and Atalia Lima for sprints and jumps.

The jumps category will also see back junior Janell Rowe and welcomes redshirt junior Raynesha Lewis to the lineup. Junior Chloee Kleespies and sophomore Lauren Johnson return for throws, sophomore Rayna Horner is back for the sprints category, and sophomore Holly Nation is set for the multi-events category.

Last Time at the Wolverine Invitational
The Rockets kicked off the 2018-19 season at the Wolverine Invitational and posted six top-five finishes in the high jump, long jump, triple jump, 60 meters and 400 meters. In the field events Rowe landed third in the triple jump (11.88m) and Nation recorded a mark of 1.45m in the high jump. Kleespies notched a mark of 12.24m in the shot put and Kallie Strauss recorded a distance of 12.05m in the weight throw. On the track, Horner took fifth in the 400 meters with a time of 58.70. Kennedey Glover recorded a time of 2:28.84 in the 800 meters. In the 3000 meters, Claire Steigerwald placed ninth with a time of 9:51.41. Rebecca Snyder took 12th (10:20.9) and Michelle Hostettler placed 15th (10:39.33).

Wolverine Invitational
Ann Arbor, Mich. | Saturday, Jan. 11
Field of Competition
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Grand Valley State
Guelph
Miami
Michigan
Michigan State
Toledo
Western Ontario

Toledo Schedule of Events
Field Events
11:00 a.m. - Shot Put
Chloee Kleespies

11:00 a.m. - Long Jump
Yana Khabina, Raynesha Lewis

1:00 p.m. - High Jump
Holly Nation

1:30 p.m. - Weight Throw
Kallie Strauss

2:00 p.m. - Triple Jump
Janell Rowe

Track Events
11:33 a.m. - 60m Dash | Prelims
Ava Moran, Allison Vogl

12:15 p.m. - 60m Dash | Final

12:30 p.m. - Mile
Amanda Bakley, Michelle Hostettler, Claire Steigerwald, Madeline Vining

1:00 p.m. - 400m
Rayna Horner

1:24 p.m. - 600m
Kennedey Glover

2:15 p.m. - 200m
Holly Nation, Allison Vogl

3:05 p.m. - 3000m
Riley Kwiatkowski, Stephanie Sherman, Emily Vining