Great Lakes Wire

At the Elaine Leigh Invite in Metro Detroit, the Northern Michigan Track and Field team achieved six victories over a two-day event. The team's successes were highlighted by wins from Ellyse Wolfrath, Baux Truckey, Gianna Hoving, Madi Szymanski, Crystal Walker, and the 4x400m relay team.

The Wildcats also secured three second-place finishes and seven third-place finishes. In total, they collected 26 top-five placements during the competition.

On Saturday, Ellyse Wolfrath won the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.54 seconds. Her preliminary time of 14.04 seconds was good enough for an NCAA provisional mark. Freshman Baux Truckey won the 400m race with a time of 58.53 seconds.

The NMU team also claimed victory in the 4x400m relay as Emme Burrough, Beverly Harper, Natalie Pisoke, and Ciara Ostrenga finished at 4:01.11. In the 800m race, Gianna Hoving placed second with a time of 2:17.86.

Emma Sweeney and Dan VanLente both finished in the top five in the 3000m steeplechase event. Ahna Larson took third place in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:05.57.

Leah Root secured third place in the triple jump with a distance of 10.75 meters while Larson, Pisoke, Sydney Romps, and Burrough finished third in the 4x100m relay with a time of 50.87 seconds.

In field events on Saturday, Natasha Nowakowski and Eva Zonca placed fourth and fifth respectively in high jump while Adelyn Sanders and Teiolla Harvey took fourth and fifth places in shot put.

On Friday's events at Elaine Leigh Invite, Crystal Walker topped long jump standings reaching a distance of 5.71 meters; Gianna Hoving led all competitors to win her race clocking at just over four minutes forty-one seconds for fifteen hundred meters; Madi Szymanski completed five thousand meters fastest among contenders recording seventeen minutes eleven point eighty-three seconds earning another win for NMU track squad members collectively showing strength across various disciplines throughout this athletic meeting held downstate recently concluded successfully overall results showing depth within rostered talent present performing notably well indeed demonstrating capability resilience determination amid challenging conditions faced ensuring positive outcome ultimately attained satisfactorily accomplished goal set prior entering into competition initially planned achieved thereby showcasing promising potential upcoming future endeavors forthcoming likewise anticipated expected 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