RICHMOND, Ky.– The University of Dayton track and field team began their 2025 outdoor campaign at the EKU Springtime Invitational and the Blizzard Buster Invitational, hosted by Miami University Saturday. The distance squad traveled to Oxford while the rest of the team ventured south to Richmond, Kentucky.
 
The distance runners put on a strong showing as multiple athletes competed in their first collegiate outdoor meet and the team earned multiple top-five finishes, including junior Marissa Pritchett and sophomore Bryn Hothem winning their events.
 
At Eastern Kentucky, UD recorded 17 top-five finishes including wins from Camryn Thompson, Jameson Pillifant, and Casey Bogues. Even more athletes made their collegiate outdoor debuts, several of which, including Pillifant and Charlotte Deines, earned spots in the top three.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Pritchett started the outdoor season off right for the Flyers as she won the first event of the day at Miami, the 5k, in a time of 18:01.70.
• Hothem earned the second win of the day for the Flyers in the 3k, taking the top spot in an outdoor PR of 10:07.34.
• Thompson finished atop the podium at EKU in the high jump, tying her outdoor PR of 1.55m.
• Pillifant and sophomore Grace Felts took the top two spots in the 400m hurdles, running 1:05.26 and 1:07.74 respectively. The Flyers' duo proved dominant in the race as Felts's runner-up time was 14 seconds ahead of the third-place finisher.
• It was a strong showing in the thrower's circle for the Flyers as Dayton's throwers earned multiple top-five finishes in the hammer throw, shot put, and discus. In the hammer throw, Maggie Hofner, Anna Yater, and Jillian Yates placed third, fourth, and fifth respectively. In the discus, Yates was the runner-up while Hofner, Yater, and Rebekah Conrad rounded out the top five. Yates and Conrad each got another top-five finish when they placed second and third in the shot put.
• Another three Flyers found their way into the top five in the long jump as Deines, Mia Malito, and Sophia Goluba all made their collegiate outdoor debut, finishing third, fourth, and fifth respectively.
• Raegan Ernst earned the runner-up spot in the 100m hurdles in a time of 15.58.
• The Flyers earned second-place finishes in two relays as the 4x100m and 4x400m teams both earned the runner-up spot.
• All six Flyers in the 1500m at Miami set a new PR. The PR parade was led by Hothem and Olivia Kindbom who both finished in the top ten.
• Dayton's two javelin throwers, Bogues and Daniela Peralta, returned to their primary event finishing first and second at EKU.

RESULTS
 
5000m
1) Marissa Pritchett- 18:01.70
3) Justine Smith- 18:20.19
 
1500m
7) Bryn Hothem- 4:46.14 PR
10) Olivia Kindbom- 4:57.09 PR
11) Mia Gill- 4:58.43 PR
12) Anna Newkirk- 4:58.79 PR
16) Sarah Haunn- 5:04.20 PR
22) Kaitlin Skelton- 5:13.21 PR
 
3000m
1) Bryn Hothem- 10:07.34 PR
7) Olivia Kindbom- 10:34.97
 
800m
5) Mia Gill- 2:22.00 PR
12) Sarah Haunn- 2:27.39 PR
 
 
4x100m
2) Jameson Pillifant, Sydney Workman, Tamia Hameed, Mariya Washington- 49.35
 
100m Hurdles
2) Raegan Ernst- 15.58
4) Jameson Pillifant- 16.70 PR
5) Sophia Goluba- 16.84 PR
6) Mia Malito- 17.82 PR
 
400m Hurdles
1) Jameson Pillifant- 1:05.26 PR
2) Grace Felts- 1:07.74
 
200m
9) Mia Malito- 27.13 PR
15) Raegan Ernst- 27.62
18) Sophia Goluba- 28.18 PR
31) Evelyn Albers- 29.45
 
4x400m
2) Mariya Washington, Sydney Workman, Lianna Shakoor, Grace Felts- 4:00.72
 
Hammer Throw
3) Maggie Hofner- 47.72m
4) Anna Yater- 46.26m
5) Jillian Yates- 46.08m
 
Discus Throw
2) Jillian Yates- 39.84m
3) Maggie Hofner- 38.18m
4) Anna Yater- 36.72m
5) Rebekah Conrad- 36.56m
 
Shot Put
2) Jillian Yates- 12.73m
3) Rebekah Conrad- 12.17m
6) Anna Yater- 11.61m
11) Mia Malito- 10.22m PR
12) Raegan Ernst- 10.05m PR
13) Evelyn Albers- 9.98m
14) Sophia Goluba- 9.91m PR
 
Javelin Throw
1) Casey Bogues- 48.78m
2) Daniela Peralta- 40.14m
6) Mia Malito- 29.03m PR
8) Sophia Goluba- 24.80m PR
9) Evelyn Albers- 23.41
11) Raegan Ernst- 21.06m
 
Long Jump
3) Charlotte Deines- 5.29m PR
4) Mia Malito- 5.12m PR
5) Sophia Goluba- 5.02m PR
6) Evelyn Albers- 4.91m
 
High Jump
1) Camryn Thompson- 1.55m PR
3) Riley Yost- 1.50m PR
 
 
 
UP NEXT
Bouges and Peralta will compete on  Thursday and/or Friday (exact schedule TBA) at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas. The rest of the team will travel to Terre Haute, Indiana for the Pacesetters Sports Invitational, hosted by Indiana State University on Saturday, March 29.