Michigan
Meyo Invitational
Rynda's Big Win Paces Wolverines on Final Day at Meyo Invitational
2/4/2023 4:51:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
Site: South Bend Ind. (Loftus Sports Center)
Event: Meyo Invitational (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Result: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sat., Feb. 10-11 -- at David Hemery Valentine Invitational (Boston, Mass.), Tiger Paw Invitational (Clemson, S.C.)
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Fifth-year Aurora Rynda ran to a victory in the 800-meter final to highlight the University of Michigan women's track and field team on Saturday (Feb. 4) to close its stay at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational at the Loftus Sports Center.
Rynda finished in 2:02.99, just one-tenth of a second shy of her career-best time (2:02.89). The program leader in the event defeated her closest opponent, unattached Mallory King (2:05.16), by nearly three seconds.
The rest of Michigan's distance crew made an impact in highly competitive races. Sam Tran (4:41.93), Kayla Windemuller (4:43.55) and Samantha Saenz (4:47.97) took eighth, ninth, and 11th in the mile, respectively. Windemuller's time set a new career best.
In the early 800-meter race, Lauren Fulcher (2:09.52) and Alyna Lewis (2:12.02) set new career-bests. Fulcher's effort landed her a second-place finish.
Michigan's sprints crew saw top-five finishes from BreeAna Bates and Nikki Stephens. In the 60 meters, Bates finished fifth in 7.47 seconds. Stephens also finished fifth, running 54.27 in the 400 meters.
As the only field competitor of the day, Mia Manson cleared 4.08 meters (13 feet, 4.5 inches) in the pole vault to take third. She now has placed in the top five at every meet this season.
The Wolverines will be on the road next Friday and Saturday (Feb.10-11), with athletes split between Clemson's Tiger Paw Invitational and Boston University's David Hemery Valentine Invitational.
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