SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Yellowjacket women's track and field team held onto their third-place position following the second and final day of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) indoor championship Saturday. Taking the top spot was Crown College, winning back-to-back titles with a league-best 194 points, followed by Martin Luther with 147.
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Meet Notes
- Setting a season-best mark in the shot put was Sidney Bader (Milltown, Wis./Unity), who placed second with a heave of 11.21 meters. Alivia Visger (Superior, Wis./Superior) placed fourth with a personal-best mark of 10.82 meters.
- The Yellowjacket trio of Keira Hesseldahl (International Falls, Minn./Falls) (2.70 meters), Kayela Putnam (Stephenson, Mich./Stephenson) (2.70 meters) and Hannah Hutton (Spooner, Wis./Spooner) (2.55 meters) placed first through third, respectively, in the pole vault.
- Lillianna Jones (Portage, Wis./Portage) set a personal best in the 800-meters, taking eighth in 2:33.38. Taylor DeCook's (Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect) mark of 2:33.61 gave her ninth place and a season best, while Amelia Olson (Sturgeon Lake, Minn./Moose Lake) rounded out the top 10 after crossing the line at 2:34.21.
- The 4x400-meter relay team of Melissa Hoff (Holmen, Wis./Holmen), Scarlett Vanderscheuren (Saginaw, Minn./South Ridge), Olson and DeCook set a new season-best at 4:30.27, placing fourth.
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Select Yellowjackets will set their sights on the Ripon Final Qualifier, scheduled for Friday inside the Willmore Center in Ripon.
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