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Two School Records Fall for Women's Track
KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Leah Rygh and Megan Greeley improved their own school records in the 1,500-meter run and javelin this weekend at the 78th annual Central Collegiate Conference Championships at Western Michigan.
Rygh bettered her own record with a winning time of 4:32.58 in the 1,500-meter run. She set the record earlier this season with a time of 4:33.75 at the Lee Calhoun Invitational on April 12.
Greeley set a new school mark in the javelin with a distance of 45.73 meters. In 2001, the senior set the school record with a measurement of 44.91 meters.
Susan Stoffel won the discus throw competition while Dee Moore earned a pair of top three finishes. Stoffel posted a winning distance of 39.94 meters while Moore was second in the 100 and third in the 200-meter dash. She notched a season-best time of 12.25 in the 100 and 25.59 in the 200.
Jeana LeRoy, Diana Runnels and Katie Sullivan all set season-best marks in their respective events. Runnels third-place finish just missed her own school record with a time of 55.64. Sullivan placed third in the high jump with a season-best height of 1.62 meters while LeRoy match her season-best distance in the shot put with a third-place finish at 11.75 meters.
Other top finishers for the Blue Demons included a second-place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase by Erin Moffett and a second by the 4x100-meter relay team. Moffett ran her event in 10:42.58 while the relay team posted a season-best time of 48.13.
There was no team scoring for the Central Collegiate Conference Championships. For complete individual results, click here.
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