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Young Vaults Her Way to First Individual Podium

5/2/2025 10:48:00 PM

Romeoville, Ill. – The SBU women's track and field continued the GLVC championships on day two capturing another podium finish. They currently sit in 6th place with 17 points.
 
Junior Emily Young vaulted her way into her first individual podium finish taking 3rd place in the pole vault. In prior Championships, she has been a member of a couple of relay podium finishes. Now she earns her own by hitting a mark of 3.63-meters in the pole vault.
 
Numerous Bearcats had strong places in semi-final heats of the track events throughout the day. 3-time GLVC track athlete of the year, Collinique Farrington, started her Championship out strong taking 1st in the 200 and 400-meter semifinals. Freshman Jaynae Pinder qualified for her first outdoor finals in the 100-meter hurdles currently in 5th place. Later in the day she qualified for the finals in the 400-meter hurdles finishing in 7th place
 
Other members to qualify for the finals include Laura Dixon who finished in 7th in the 100-meter dash. Later she joined her teammate in the 200-meter dash finals taking 6th in the semifinals. Fellow sophomore Brianna Lord took 7th in the 400-meter dash to advance with Farrington. Freshman Kadence Wallace took to the mid-distance, qualifying for the finals in the 800-meter run, sitting in 4th place.
 
The team will finish the GLVC Championships on Saturday with events beginning at 9:00am.
 
 
Other Results:
Heptathlon: 100-meter hurdles: 400-meter dash: 800-meter: 200-meter: 3k Steeplechase: Shot put:
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