Sias, Richardson, Fowler win respective events at Manchester Invite
MANCHESTER, Ind. - Alma College women's track and field traveled to
Manchester, Ind., to the Manchester Invitational Saturday (Apr. 1)
where Emily Sias took top honors in the 5000 meter with a time of
18:46.0. Joining her with individual victories in respective events
were Andrea Richardson in pole valut (3.15 meters) and Caitlin Fowler
in shot put (10.53 meters).
Sprinters Tara Bjorne and Kristina Fuehring had successful outings.
Bjorne took third in the 100 meter dash with Fuehring placing second in
both the 200 and 400 meter dash.
Richardson was second in the high jump with Kim Sinclair following in
third in the same event. In pole vault action where Richardson was
tops, Stephanie Simon finished in third place.
Bjorne continued success in the triple jump with a second place finish and a distance of 9.71 meters.
Natalie Cordes was second in javelin, hitting a mark of 30.41 meters.
Alma returns to action Apr. 5 when it hosts Tri-State and Olivet in an MIAA Tri-Meet at Bahlke Stadium.
Posted: Sat, April 1st, 2006 at 11:04PM
