IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Milwaukee women's track and field team opened the 2022 indoor season at the Hawkeye Invitational, tallying many impressive performances including a new school record.
In the 60m hurdles,
Natalie Block posted a new school record with a time of 8.52 seconds. The mark was good enough to place her second in the event. Block also finished fifth in the 200m with a time of 24.93 seconds.
The Panthers continued to showcase strong results in the short sprints as
Dominique Thomas (7.65) and
Maddy Troy (7.67) placed third and fifth, respectively, in the 60m dash.
Cloey Fare also finished eighth in the 60m hurdles with a time of 9:03.
"I think we showed our presence in the women's short sprints and hurdles," head coach
Andrew Basler said. "We're definitely improving in those events which will be important especially in conference when going after a championship."
Milwaukee put together several good times in the distance events as well, including
Aubrey Anderson (2:17.81), who placed third in the 800m.
Riley Hansen (2:19.58) finished fifth in the same event.
Mikayla Fox (10:30.06) placed eighth in the 3000M while
Megan Safranski (5:03.72) was sixth in the one-mile.
In the field events, the Panthers had three finish in the top-five of the long jump, led by a second-place finish from Troy (5.66m).
Nadia Vo (5.46) was third while
Natalie Block (5.31) finished fifth. In the triple jump,
Morgan Pilate and
Olivia Busch both finished top-five at 11.55m and 11.39m, respectively.
"We're very excited with how both teams started off," Basler said. "Much more positive than negative and that's always a great way to start the season, especially at Iowa, a high-level meet."
The Panthers return to action next week when they travel to Indiana State for the John Gartland Invitational. The two-day meet begins Friday at 5:15 p.m. and continues Saturday at 10 AM.
"We're looking forward to Indiana State," Basler said. "It'll be a new venue for us, just like this weekend at Iowa was. Looking to build off the marks that we established today."
