ELSAH, Ill. – The women's track and field team had quite the outing at the Principia College Relays. Their weekend was highlighted by the Distance Medley Relay team's first-place finish, Emily Bayer's first-place finish in the one-mile run, a first-place finish from Maegan Saleh, and several top-two finishes from Megan McCrary.
 
On Friday, Proleine Pierre kicked things off with an eighth-place finish with a 27.89 second time in the 200m race. She continued her strong weekend with another eighth-place finish in the 60m with an 8.27.
 
The Distance Medley Relay team made up of Erin Tomschin, Kaiah Farid, Ali Perry, and Emily Bayer received a third-place finish with their collective time of 13:14.36.
 
MBU's 4x800 team bested the rest of the field with their time. The team made up of Erin Tomschin, Ansley Little, Ali Perry, and Emily Bayer put together a 10:23.46 to beat William Woods by roughly 15 seconds.
 
Bayer also did some damage individually with a first-place finish in the one mile run with a 5:25.77. This time qualified her for the NAIA B standard (0.97 seconds off the A standard) and ranks her eighth in the NAIA for the event. 
 
Alyssa Jakcsy and Elizabeth Rogers impressed in the 3000m run finishing second and third place, respectively. Jakcsy finished the race in 11:45.06 and Rogers was seven seconds behind at 11:52.20.
 
Maegan Saleh finished in first place once again in the long jump, besting 24 other participants with a leap of 5.46m.

Megan McCrary received gold of her own in the Pentathlon (high jump, long jump, shot put, 60m hurdles, and 800m), a silver in the 60m dash with a 9.31, and another silver in the triple jump with an 11.26m effort. Her overall score in the pentathlon of 3039 puts her 12th in the NAIA.
 
The Spartans are back in Elsah, Illinois next Saturday to take on the AMC Indoor Track & Field Championships. Events will be held throughout the entire day.