Lou Trois Wins 1500m on Final Day of MAC Championships

Saturday, May 14

Kalamazoo, Mich.

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University of Toledo

MAC Outdoor Championships - Day 3

Sophomore Lou Trois ran a personal best time of 4:19.45 to take first place in the 1500m at the MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday.

Photo by: Xavier Gallo

Lou Trois Wins 1500m on Final Day of MAC Championships

5/14/2022 6:00:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

MAC Day 3 Results

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Sophomore Lou Trois won the 1500m on the final day of competition to lead Toledo to a sixth-place finish at the 2022 Mid-American Conference Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Saturday. The Rockets ended the meet with 71 points, just one point behind fifth-place Miami. Akron won the championship with 124 team points.

All three of UT's runners in the 1500m race finished in the top 10, collecting 16 team points and two podium finishes. Trois crossed first with a personal-best time of 4:19.45. It was the third-best time in the 1500m ever for a Rocket, surpassing Brianna Shook (2004, 4:51). Senior Semra Karaslan took third with a time of 4:24.13, which also put her in the all-time top-10. Sophomore Emily Vining rounded the top-10 with a 10th-place finish at 4:36.75.

Freshman Margrett Watt and sophomore Krystal Clark finished on the podium in the 800m. Watt came in second at 2:08.27, which is the second-best time in Toledo history, while Clark finished sixth at 2:13.30 to earn a combined 11 team points for the Rockets.

Sophomore Madeline Vining was the final podium finisher for the Rockets. She finished fourth in the 5000m (17:09.20) to collect five points.

Over three days of competition, Toledo had 12 podium finishes, including two gold, three silver, and two bronze medals.

2022 MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Kalamazoo, Mich. | Kanley Track

Final Team Scores
Akron – 124
Kent State – 110
Eastern Michigan – 108
Northern Illinois – 94
Miami – 72
Toledo – 71
Central Michigan – 67
Bowling Green – 61
Ball State – 54
Buffalo – 27
Western Michigan – 19
Ohio – 12

Toledo Day 3: Results
Field Events
Triple Jump
18. Amara Okpalaoka, 10.95m

Running Events
4x100m Relay
9. Shianne Johnson, Ava Moran, Meyah Haywood, Promise Cross, Alexia Moehling, 47.32 SB

1500m
1. Lou Trois, 4:19.45 PR (10 pts.)
3. Semra Karaslan, 4:24.13 (6 pts.)
10. Emily Vining, 4:36.75

110H
8. Alexia Moehling, 13.84 PR (1 pt.)

800m
2. Margrett Watt, 2:08.27 PR (8 pts.)
6. Krystal Clark, 2:13.30 (3 pts.)

5000m
4. Madeline Vining, 17:09.20 (5 pts.)

4x400 Relay
9. Ava Moran, Sarah-Rose Sullivan, Rayna Horner, Shianne Johnson, Margrett Watt, 3:52.47 PR

*PR personal best, *SB season-best