Lou Trois, Emily Vining Highlight Rocket Distance Efforts in Boston

Friday, January 28

Boston, Mass.

All Day

University of Toledo

John Thomas Terrier Classic

Emily Vining, shown here at the Michigan Invitational earlier this month, shaved 18 seconds off her previous best time in the 3000m at the Terrier Classic on Friday.

Photo by: Scott W. Grau

Lou Trois, Emily Vining Highlight Rocket Distance Efforts in Boston

1/28/2022 8:01:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

BOSTON, Mass. – Sophomores Lou Trois and Emily Vining led a group of six distance runners who ran for personal-best times at Boston University's John Thomas Terrier Classic on Friday Jan. 28.

Trois won her heat and placed 12^th overall in the mile with a time of 4:44.44. She beat per previous best time by 17 seconds and now holds the No. 1 time in the MAC by over 10 seconds.

Vining crossed the finish line in 9:28.7 in the 3000m to take 14th. Her time was 18 seconds better than her previous best in that event and currently sits as the No. 1 time in the MAC. Not far behind was sister Madeline Vining, whose time of 9:37.96 beat her previous best by 26 seconds.

Freshman Joy Chirchir ran her first ever 3000m indoor race. Her time of 9:38.82 give Toledo the top four times in the MAC in the 3000m race. Freshmen Olivia Gang (4:58.42) and Madi Eyman (5:00.21) also ran for personal bests in the mile.

"I am very happy with where we sit after tonight as a team," said Head Coach Andrea Grove-McDonough. "Many of the women who raced tonight had not opened their season yet, and we have taken a decidedly low key approach to this indoor. Joy has only been doing workouts for two weeks now, and we have had a lot of stops and starts to training with illness and other things. As a result we knew the focus would not be on any early season races and we would focus mainly on using indoor as preparation for a big outdoor season. The results today were a very pleasant surprise and frankly we just had a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to what's to come from this young group."

John Thomas Terrier Classic
Boston, Mass. | Jan. 29-29
Track and Tennis Center

Toledo Individual Results

Mile
12. Lou Trois, 4:44.44
35. Olivia Gang, 4:58.42
40. Madi Eyman, 5:00.21
50. Morgan Hicks, 5:03.80

3000m Run
14. Emily Vining, 9:28.74
21. Madeline Vining, 9:37.96
24. Joy Chirchir, 9:38.82