TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The University of Dayton women's track and field team closed out the three-day Gibson Invitational hosted by Indiana State this evening. The Flyers had 23 PRs at the event. The Flyers finished sixth of 16 teams with 71 points. Bowling Green won the Invitational with 130 points.

Saturday Highlights

• Senior Kelly Wilker took second place in the 3000m Steeplechase in a time of 11:07.08. 7. Sophomore Kate Lechowicz took 42 seconds off her previous PR to finish in 12:05.52, good for seventh place in the Steeplechase.
• Freshman Rayana Burns qualified for the finals in the 100m dash with a time of 12.30, competing in her first-ever collegiate 100-meter dash. She finished eighth in the finals.
• Burns went on to take third place in high jump with a PR of 1.65m.
• Junior Emily Sreenan finished fourth in the 1500-meter run in a PR time of 4:32.84.
• Taylor Flight placed fourth in discus with her PR mark of 48.29m which is the fourth-best mark in UD program history.

Friday Highlights

• Sophomore Casey Bogues broke the University of Dayton record for javelin throw at the Gibson Invitational today at the Gibson Track & Field Complex. Her throw of 49.94m broke her own record she set earlier this year.
• Senior Corey Rinella racking up 4702 points in the heptathlon, which is second all-time at Dayton. She took second place in three events (high jump, long jump, and javelin) with PRs in the high jump, shot put and 800m run.
• The Flyers had three place in the Top 5 in the 5000-meter run. Graduate student Lainey Studebaker was runner-up in a time of 16:57.50 which is fifth all-time at UD. Freshman Zoe Chappelle finished fourth and sophomore Melissa Weidner was fifth, both in PR times.
• Burns was Dayton's top finisher in the 200-meter dash in a PR time of 25.29.

Saturday, April 17
100m – Trials
9. Rayana Burns – 12.30q  PR
19. Gabbie Johnson – 12.68
32. Chloe Keating – 13.48

Long Jump
14. Christierra Williams – 5.14m

Triple Jump
5. Christierra Williams – 11.28m

100mH – Trials
12. Taylor Robertson – 15.35

Pole Vault
6. Taylor Robertson – 3.45m
9. Carolyn Bakx – 3.45m  PR
11. Kate Santangelo – 3.15m PR

High Jump
3. Rayana Burns – 1.65m PR
13. Keelin Kelly – 1.50m PR

Shot Put
7. Taylor Flight – 13.94m
22. Grace Homan   –  11.62m PR

Discus
4. Taylor Flight – 48.29m PR  4^TH BEST ALL-TIME AT UD
23. Grace Homan – 36.74m

4x100 relay
5. Dayton 47.38 – Malana Johnson, Rayana Burns, Jahmia Bridges-Butler, Gabbie Johnson

1500m
4. Emily Sreenan – 4:32.84  PR
10. Victoria Angelopoulos – 4:39.26  PR
28. Aileen Hull – 5:00.84  PR
41. Reilly Madsen – 5:12.12

400m
21. Malana Johnson – 1:00.66
24. Julia DiLoreto – 1:02.27  PR
28. Jane Porter – 1:03.73
30. Anne Santangelo – 1:05.22 PR

100m – Finals
8. Rayana Burns – 12.36

800m
17. Abby Carter – 2:22.78  PR
35. Margaret Allen – 2:33.54
37. Palmer Madsen – 2:38.48

3000m Steeplechase
2. Kelly Wilker – 11:07.08
7. Kate Lechowicz – 12:05.52 PR
12. Liz Lechowicz – 12:43.43

4x400 relay
7. Dayton A – 4:01.52 - Malana Johnson, Rayana Burns, Gabbie Johnson, Julia DiLoreto
12. Dayton B – 4:29.81 - Anne Santangelo, Jane Porter, Abby Carter, Margaret Allen

Friday, April 16
3 p.m. - Javelin
1. Casey Bogues – 49.94m  PR SCHOOL RECORD

Hammer Throw
8. Taylor Flight – 50.40m
14. Hannah Lindenman – 46.46m
29. Grace Homan – 38.47m
35. Aden Lumbley – 33.69m

200m
13. Rayana Burns – 25.29 PR
26. Gabbie Johnson – 26.13
33. Malana Johnson – 26.59
39. Jahmia Bridges-Butler – 26.88 PR

5000m
2. Lainey Studebaker – 16:57.50 5^th ALL-TIME AT UD
4. Zoe Chappelle – 17:45.49  PR
5. Melissa Weidner – 17:52.64 PR
27. Ellie Tighe – 19:45.71

Thursday, April 15
Heptathlon
5. Corey Rinella – 4702 pts  PR  2^ND ALL-TIME AT UD
7. 100H – 15.07 (832 pts)
2. High Jump – 1.61m PR (747 pts)
5. Shot Put – 10.96m PR (592 pts)
13. 200m – 27.32 (685 pts)
2. Long Jump – 5.33m (651 pts) event held on Friday, April 16
2. Javelin – 35.97m (590 pts) event held on Friday, April 16
8. 800m – 2:37.22 PR (605 pts) event held on Friday, April 16