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Kylie Bridenhagen

UWSP Women Take Second at Nine-Team UW-Whitewater Invite

1/27/2018 8:20:00 PM

WHITEWATER, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point women's track and field team recorded 116 and a second-place finish in the nine-team field at the UW-Whitewater's Warhawk Classic Invitational & Multi-Events. 
 
Results
 
Leah Trempe (Combined Locks, Wis./Kimberly), Brooke Wellhausen (Williams Bay, Wis./Big Foot), Makani Peters (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH) and Hannah Mertens (West Bend, Wis./Hartford Union) won the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 4:00.86. 
 
Adrienne Lewis (Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly) tallied a first-place finish in the long jump.  She jumped a distance of 5.52 meters (18' 1.50"), just 0.01 meters further than the runner-up.  Lewis also earned a second-place finish in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.87. 
 
Makani Peters (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH) tallied a first-place finish in the 800-meter run.  She finished with a time of 2:20.54.  Teammates Michelle Petkovsek (Waupaca, Wis./Waupaca) and Brooke Wellhausen (Williams Bay, Wis./Big Foot) followed in third- and fourth-place respectively with times of 2:21.21 and 2:22.64. 
 
Briana Simonis (Rosholt, Wis./Rosholt) finished in second place in the high jump.  She cleared a height of 1.56 meters (5' 1.25"). 
 
Larkin Hoepner (Eau Claire, Wis./North) threw a distance of 12.76 meters (41' 10.50") in the shot put, good for second place. 
 
Mertens also tallied a second-place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.89.  Teammate Trempe followed with a fourth-place finish at 59.79. 
 
Emily Schlebecker (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein), Bailey Wolf (Oconto Falls, Wis./Oconto Falls) and Kara Hoier (New London, Wis./New London) went second-third-fourth in the one mile run with times of 5:20.03, 5:20.68 and 5:27.32, respectively. 
 
Karen Wethal (Evansville, Wis./Evansville) finished in third place in the weight throw.  She threw a distance of 15.43 meters (50' 7.50"). 
 
The Pointers return home for the Pointer Invite on Saturday (Feb. 3).  The meet is slated to begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Multi-Activity Center. 
 
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