Track & Field Set for BIG EAST Championships

MILWAUKEE – The Marquette University men's and women's track & field teams travel to Hartford, Connecticut for the 2022 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships presented by JEEP. The meet will take place at the George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex at the University of Connecticut

Action begins Friday morning at 9 a.m. CT and concludes Saturday afternoon with the awards ceremony. The meet will air on the the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloSports. Friday coverage begins at 1 p.m. CT. Live results of the conference championships can be found here.

The Golden Eagles' men's team claimed fifth and the women's team finished sixth at the 2021 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships. UConn is the defending champions on the men's side and Villanova for the women.

LAST TIME OUT:
MU is coming off their final tune up at the Wisconsin Classic in the Madison.

27 Golden Eagles recorded personal bests in their individual events and four added their names to the top-10 all-time lists.
Senior captain Allie Flando recorded top-10 marks in the shot put and hammer throw. Flando posted a mark of 14.04 meters/46 feet, 0.75 inches in the shot put to claim the No. 9 spot all-time. In the hammer throw, she recorded a distance of 53.12 meters/174 feet, 3 inches to set the No. 10 mark in program history. Flando earned weekly BIG EAST honors for her performance.
Freshman Grace Mager took second in the javelin with a personal best of 39.93 meters/131 feet. Her mark ranks fourth best in school history and fell just shy of the freshmen record.
Freshman Kaylee Hopp took first in the triple jump with a PR of 11.54/37 feet, 10.5 inches. Her mark ranks 10th in MU history.
Freshman Caden George dropped his personal best in the 400-meter hurdles by a full second with a time of 56.66.

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Travel Party / Meet Entries
WOMEN
Daylee Braden – 400m, 4x400 pool
Siani Brown-Carr – 100m, 4x100m pool
Annika Bynum – High Jump
Brielle Buechler – Pole Vault
Lizzy Cagle – Shot Put, Discus, Hammer
Katie Dingle – High Jump
Molly Evans – Triple Jump
Allie Flando – Shot Put, Discus, Hammer
Emily Foley – 1500m, 4x800m pool
Audrey Grimm – 800m, 4x800 pool
Payton Hanselman – 100m, 4x100m pool
Adelaide Havens – 400 Hurdles, 4x400m pool
Carley Hintz – 100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x400 pool
Kaylee Hopp – Triple Jump
Kaitlyn Huebner – Pole Vault
Kate Jochims – Steeplechase
Mia Ketelhohn – Discus, Hammer, Javelin
Mallory Lafever – 5000m, 10,000m
Emma Ludwig – High Jump
Grace Mager – Javelin
Arianna Mansavage – 400m, 4x400 pool
Breanne Marchan – 100m, 4x100m pool
Madison Miller – Long Jump
Lindsey Mirkes – High Jump
Laurel Moneysmith – 5000m
Emily Noone – 1500m, 4x800 pool
Valerie Nzeakor – Long Jump, 4x100m pool
Anna Penzkover – 4x800m pool
Kendall Pfrimmer – 5000m, 10,000m
Mila Puseljic – Heptathlon
Haley Schaffer – Long Jump
Rachel Seraphine – Pole Vault
Marissa Valentini – 800m, 4x800m pool
Veronica Walinski – Discus, Hammer
Megan Wallace – Heptathlon, 4x400 pool
Mikayla Wise – Shot Put, Discus, Hammer

MEN
Harry Baker – High Jump
Trey Baskin – Discus, Hammer
Daniel Bendel – 100m, 4x100m
Casey Carlson – High Jump
Cade Ferron – 4x800m
Caden George – 400 Hurdles, 4x400 pool
Brady Heller – Decathlon, 4x400 pool
Patrick Hetlage – 4x800m
Nathan Hirsch – 4x800m
Jordan Janusiak – 5,000m, 10,000m
Samuel Johnson – Long Jump, 4x100m
Alex Lesperance – Long Jump, 4x100m
Zachariah Murray – 400m, 4x400m pool
Dylan Nola – Pole Vault
Jefferson Osunkwo – Triple Jump, 4x100m alt.
K.T. Thomas – 4x400 pool
Greg Van Hollen – 4x800m
Mitchell Van Vooren – 400 Hurdles, 4x400 pool
Vinnie Voudrie – Discus, Hammer
Dan Weizeorick – Steeplechase, 5,000m
Simon Werven – Decathlon
Julian Wright – 200m, 4x100, 4x400 pool
David Zeller – 5000m