TOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo women's track and field team is set to travel to Akron, Ohio for the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships this Friday and Saturday.Â
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Last Time Out
The Rockets closed out the regular season with Michigan's Silverston Invitational in Ann Arbor, Mich. on Friday. Senior
Petronela Simiuc continued her record-breaking streak, this time shattering Toledo's indoor 800-meter record, posting a time of 2:08.23 to place second. The previous record of 2:09.20 was set by
Janelle Noe. Toledo chalked up six top-10 finishes and junior
Michelle Hostettler won the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:09.22.Â
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Last Time at the MAC Indoor Championships
The Rockets garnered a fourth-place team finish with 69 points at last season's MAC Indoor Championships, hosted by Kent State in Kent, Ohio.
Atalia Lima became the first Rocket to win the pentathlon, scoring 3542 points, while
Shanice Williams defended her 60 meters title with a time of 7.37 and
Athena Welsh won the 5,000 meters with a time of 16:33.55. All three garnered First Team All-MAC honors for their performances. Toledo tallied a total of 17 top-10 finishes on the weekend.
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2020 MAC Indoor Tracck & Field Championships
Akron, Ohio | Friday - Saturday, Feb. 28-29
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Ways to Watch
Friday, Feb. 28
ESPN3 | Available at 3:00 p.m.
Digital Zips Network | Available Friday MorningÂ
Digital Zips Network | Field Events Only | Available from 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
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*During the ESPN Broadcast window of 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., field events shown on the Digital Zips Network will only be available to viewers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and New York.Â
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Saturday, Feb. 29
ESPN3 | Available at 1:00 p.m.Â
Digital Zips Network | Available Saturday MorningÂ
Digital Zips Network | Field Events Only | Available from 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.Â
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*During the ESPN Broadcast window of 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., field events shown on the Digital Zips Network will only be available to viewers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and New York.Â
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Toledo Schedule of Events
Friday, Feb. 28
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Field Events
11:20 a.m. -Â PentathlonÂ
11:20 a.m. - 60m Hurdles
12:00 p.m. - High Jump
1:30 p.m. - Shot Put
2:30 p.m. - Long Jump
3:30 p.m. - 800mÂ
Atalia Lima,
Holly Nation
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4:30 p.m. -Â Long Jump | Trials & Final
Raynesha Lewis,
Yana Khabina
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Track Events
4:35 p.m. -Â 800m | Prelims
Petronela Simiuc
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5:45 p.m. -Â 5,000m | Final
Maya Hannagan,
Stephanie Sherman,
Claire Steigerwald
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6:35 p.m. - Distance Medley Relay | Final
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Saturday, Feb. 29
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Field Events
1:00 p.m. -Â High Jump | Final
Atalia Lima
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2:00 p.m. -Â Triple Jump | Final
Janell Rowe,
Raynesha Lewis
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2:30 p.m. -Â Shot Put | Trials & Final
Chloee Kleespies
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Track Events
1:25 p.m. -Â Mile | Final
Petronela Simiuc,
Meltem Yasar,
Emily Vining
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3:10 p.m. - 800m | Final
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3:50 p.m. -Â 3,000m | Final
Semra Karaslan,
Meltem Yasar,
Stephanie Sherman
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4:30 p.m. -Â 4x400m Relay | Final
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5:00 p.m. - Awards Ceremony
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