ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Macalester College women's track and field team hosted the Hamster Invitational Friday night at Clement Track in the Leonard Center. The Scots placed fifth in the team scoring with 76 points.

Macalester's 4x200-meter relay team of first years Sara Gregor (Bloomington, Minn./The Blake School) and Journey Amundson (Iron River, Wis./Northwestern), junior Jasmine Loving (Normal, Ill./Normal Community West) and senior Lily Schlieman (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou) took first with a time of 1:51.00. Individually, Schlieman was fourth in the 200 with a personal-best time of 26.63, which is seventh all-time at Macalester. Loving finished sixth in the 60-meter hurdles in 10.14 seconds.

The Scots turned in several strong performances in the middle distance and distance races. Senior Emma Maxtutis (Arlington, Mass./Arlington) placed fourth in the mile among collegiate runners with a time of 5:28.36, followed closely by fellow senior Lydia Simpson (Seattle, Wash./Nathan Hale) in fifth (5:31.09). Sophomore Brennan Drake (Des Moines, Iowa/Roosevelt) took fifth in the 800 meters in 2:30.63, while first year Madeline Rodriguez (Petaluma, Calif./Marin Academy) finished eighth in the 1000 meters with a time of 3:19.80. Senior Anjali Mani (Austin, Texas/Ann Richards) and junior Lily Jensen (Madison, Wis./Madison East) were seventh and eighth, respectively in the 600 meters.

Sophomore Danielle Freshwaters (Tacoma, Wash./Stadium) placed third among collegiate runners in the 3000 meters with a time of 11:16.84, with senior Anya Wolterman (Madison, Wis./Monona Grove) taking sixth in 11:23.09.

In the field events, first year Mikayla Ennever (Wayzata, Minn./Breck School) took second in the triple jump with a leap of 34-10.25 (10.62), which ranks sixth on Macalester's all-time indoor performance list. First year Journey Amundson (Iron River, Wis./Northwestern) was close behind in third with a jump of 34-5.75 (10.51), eighth all-time at Macalester. Loving also took second in the high jump, clearing 4-9 (1.45).

In the pole vault, sophomore Hannah Grosse (Minneapolis, Minn./Coon Rapids) registered a personal best for the second meet in a row, clearing 10-0 (3.05). The mark is second on the Scots' indoor list. Senior Caitlyn Burmester (Columbia, Md./Atholton) continued her solid season with a fifth-place finish in the shot put with a toss of 37-3 (11.35).

Macalester competes at the Meet of Hearts, hosted by Carleton, on Saturday, Feb. 15.

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