Women’s Track & Field takes 14th at Grand Valley

ALLENDALE, Mich. – The CUW women's track & field team opened up 2019 at the Grand Valley State Bob Eubanks Open. With a field filled with athletes from NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA and Canada, the Falcons finished in 14^th place with four points.

Sophomore Megan Curran (Spring Grove, Ill.) earned all four of the Falcons' points with a fifth-place finish in the weight throw. Curran's best mark of the day came at 15.25 meters.

The 60-meter hurdles saw Freshman Anastasia Hoeg (New Berlin, Wis.) tie the school record at 9.71.

Sophomore Megan Sprinkman (Kohler, Wis.) led the Falcons in the 60-meter dash at 8.59 in 26^th place. Sprinkman was also the fastest Falcon in the 200-meter dash at 28.50 in 47^th place.

Senior Morgan Marnholtz (Merril, Wis.) finished 13^th in the 400-meter dash at 1:04.46.

In the 3000-meter run, sophomore Rileigh Dunning (La Mesa, Calif.) clocked in at 13:27.23 in 35^th place.

A pair of Falcons finished next to each other at the high jump. Junior Nicole Veldhorst (Cedar Grove, Wis.) finished tied for 10^th place at 1.47 meters. Freshman Jordyn Schmidt (Manitowoc, Wis.) was right behind at 1.42 meters.

Junior Kathryn Schultz (Fredonia, Wis.) placed 27^th at the long jump at 4.23 meters.

Morgan Marnholtz took a ninth-place finish at the triple jump at 9.87 meters.

At the shot put pit, Megan Curran led CUW with a toss of 10.90 meters.

The Falcons return to action on Jan. 25 at Carthage.