HIGH POINT, N.C. – The Queens University of Charlotte men's and women's outdoor track and field teams stayed consistent in the events to finish out of the VertKlasse Meet at High Point University.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Beth Cook placed sixth in the Women 5000 M with a time of 17:42.88.
• Katharina Krosta finished 12^th in the Women's 5000 M with a time of 18:04.67.
• Sarah Watts finished 13^th in the Women's 5000M with a time of 18:14.68.
• Emilija Kusic finished seventh in the Women's Javelin with a 39.35m best throw. Kusic also finished eighth in the 100M Hurdles with a time of 14.97.
• Cerys Lee finished 11^th in the 100M Hurdles with a time of 15.13.
• Heloise Louiset won Group B of the Women's High Jump with a best jump of 1.60m.
• Christina Palmer placed 16^th in the shot put with a personal best 12.64m throw.
• Lucy Walliker won Group A of the High Jump with a best of 1.74m.
• Evie Wild finished 11^th in the 800M Finals with a time of 2:18.26
• Jake Baughter placed 19^th in the 5000M with a time of 15.14.31
• Martin Knauer placed fifth in the shot put with a best throw of 16.98m.
• Zak Freeland placed 16^th in the 1500M with a time of 3:56.94.
• Mark Schittenhelm placed fifth in the 400m final with a time of 53.14.

 
FROM COACH KROLICK
"This was a good step forward for a young group of distance runners on our men's side. We saw a lot of 1500m PRs and those who did not were coming off some setbacks during the indoor season and showed they are quickly returning to their expected form. Specifically, Zak Freeland and David Fort. Excited to see what Sam Balboa and Ethan Davis do next week at Lee in the 5k after their efforts this week. On the ladies' side, we saw some big results and PRs for Emilija Kusic in the Javelin and 100h. She is primed for a strong Heptathlon at David Noble Relays next week with Mel Welsing and Cerys Lee. Lucy Walliker returned to competition for the first time since early February and we are glad to see her healthy. Lastly, we saw some confidence-building runs from Evie Wild and Kathi Krosta that show they are both on track to run at their very best soon. Overall, we took a step forward as a program as we head into April."

UP NEXT
The Royals will head to Cleveland, Tennessee at Lee University for their next meet on April 6^th through April 9^th.

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