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Women's Track & Field: Macalester places 10th at MIAC Outdoor Championships; 4x400 team breaks school record

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Macalester College women's track and field team wrapped up action at the 2015 MIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Macalester Stadium Saturday evening. The Scots finished the meet with 32 team points for a 10th place finish, scoring points in the 200, 400, 800, the steeplechase and the 4x400 relay today (new school record).
 
To view the complete results and team scores, click here (pdf).

The University of St. Thomas was named the women's MIAC Outdoor champions at the meet. The Tommies finished with 148 team points and captured their 11th-straight conference title, which is also the 31st in program history in the 33 years of the event.

The Scots entered Saturday action with four team points, which were earned by Simone Carpenter in the javelin and the Macalester 4x800-meter relay team in Friday action.
 
Sarah Jo DeVore competed in the first running event of the day on Saturday and took sixth place with a time of 11:35.14 to score three team points.
 
The women's 4x100-meter relay made up of Emily Diener, Erin Ortiz, Anik Regan and Hannah Sonsalla posted a third place finish. The relay timed in at 49.23 to score six points for the Scots.
 
Senior Emily Diener ran to a sixth place finish in the 400-meter dash. Diener posted a time of 58.70 to score three points for Macalester.
 
Hannah Sonsalla ran a 26.25, 200-meter dash for a fourth place finish to score five points for the Scots.
 
Irene Gibson competed in the 800-meter run today. Gibson finished in fourth place with a finals time of 2:14.24 – cutting two seconds off of her preliminary time and scoring five points in the event.
 
The Scots finished the meet on a high note, running to a fourth place finish in the 4x400-meter relay. The relay was made up of Emily Diener, Ingrid Greene, Hannah Sonsalla and Irene Gibson. The team finished in a Macalester record-setting time of 3:54.66. The record was broken by nearly two seconds, having been previously set last season (3:56.69).
 
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Players Mentioned

Simone  Carpenter

Simone Carpenter

Hurdles/Jumps/Javelin
Senior
Sarah Jo DeVore

Sarah Jo DeVore

Distance
Sophomore
Emily Diener

Emily Diener

Sprints
Senior
Irene Gibson

Irene Gibson

Endurance Sprints
Senior
Ingrid Greene

Ingrid Greene

Middle Distance
Senior
Erin Ortiz

Erin Ortiz

Sprints
Senior
Anik Regan

Anik Regan

Sprints
Sophomore
Hannah Sonsalla

Hannah Sonsalla

Hurdles/Sprints
First Year

Players Mentioned

Simone  Carpenter

Simone Carpenter

Senior
Hurdles/Jumps/Javelin
Sarah Jo DeVore

Sarah Jo DeVore

Sophomore
Distance
Emily Diener

Emily Diener

Senior
Sprints
Irene Gibson

Irene Gibson

Senior
Endurance Sprints
Ingrid Greene

Ingrid Greene

Senior
Middle Distance
Erin Ortiz

Erin Ortiz

Senior
Sprints
Anik Regan

Anik Regan

Sophomore
Sprints
Hannah Sonsalla

Hannah Sonsalla

First Year
Hurdles/Sprints