HIGH POINT, N.C.--- The Queens University of Charlotte track and field team made some strides at the VertKlasse Meeting this weekend as there were multiple top 10 finishes and new school records for the Royals.
Notable Finishes
• Emma Olsen-Keating finished second in the women's 5000m race with a time of 17:54.84.
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Weronika Ptaszynska also finished third in the race with a time of 17:56.10 followed by a sixth and seventh place finish by
Chloe Widmann and Cara Macdonald.
• In the men's 400m participate race,
Trey Leggins finished sixth with a personal best time of 50.49.
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Lucy Walliker finished eighth in the women's 100m hurdles participate race with a time of 15.26.
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Heloise Louiset got a personal best today in the women's 400m hurdles participate race as finished second with a time of 1:08.37.
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Kamile Bickute also finished seventh in the race with a time of 1:14.92.
• Walliker also won women's high jump group event with a best jump of 1.75m
• Jacob Nutzel finished second in the men's discus with a personal best throw of 57.69m.
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Robin Ott finished ninth in the pole vault group final as he got a best 4.26m jump.
From Coach Pesic
"This meet was quite successful despite our team still being in heavy training and not yet at our peak performance. Nevertheless, we achieved several personal and season bests across all events. A standout performance came from
Jakob Nutzel, who broke the school record in discus throwing with an impressive distance of 57.69m. To put this achievement into perspective, it currently ranks #13 on the 2024 NCAA Div. I East Outdoor Qualifying List.
On the women's side, a notable athlete from this meet was
Lucy Walliker. Not only did she win the high jump with a height of 1.75m, but she also set a personal record in the 200m race and had the fastest time in the 100m hurdles among all female competitors from Queens."
What's Next
The Royals will head to Durham, N.C. on Thursday April 11th to kick off the 2024 Duke Invitational.
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