VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – While most UW-Superior sports teams are wrapping up their spring trips, the Yellowjacket track and field team was just getting started Friday, competing in the first day of events at the Betty S. Rogers Spring Break Invitational, hosted by Virginia Wesleyan University at the Betty S. Rogers Track and Field Center.
A half dozen members of the Yellowjacket women's team were in action Friday, taking part in both track and field events.
On the track the Yellowjackets got a fourth-place finish from
Allison Alessi (Shakopee, Minn./Prior Lake) in the 100-meter dash preliminary. Alessi posted a personal record with a time of 13.58 seconds. Not far behind was
Cora Schmitz (Luck, Wis./Unity), who placed sixth with a time of 13.64 seconds. Both runners qualified for the 100-meter finals, which will run Saturday.
The Yellowjacket 4-x-200-meter relay team, consisting of Alessi,
Summer Hesseldahl (International Falls, Minn./Falls), Schmitz and
Taylor DeCook (Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect) brought home a second place finish with a time 1:55.08.
Shifting to the field events,
Sydney Cox (/) had a strong showing in the hammer throw, placing third with a heave of 31.32 meters.
The long jump saw the largest contingent of competitors from the Yellowjackets, however nobody cracked the top five. Hesseldahl placed seventh with a leap of 4.60 meters.
Myla Volk (Wabeno, Wis./Wabeno) placed ninth Friday, coming in with a mark of 4.46 meters.
Catie McPherson (Ashland, Wis./Ashland) also earned a top-ten finish, finishing with a jump of 4.10 meters.
The Yellowjackets will return to the Betty S. Rogers Track and Field Center Saturday, for day two of Virginia Wesleyan's Spring Break Invitational. Events will begin at 11 a.m.
