USI Track & Field posts 4th place finishes at So. Illinois

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) – Junior Audrey Comastri (Indianapolis, Indiana) raced to a first-place end within the 800 meters Saturday as College of Southern Indiana Girls’s Monitor & Discipline went 1-4 within the occasion en path to a fourth-place end on the Invoice Cornell Spring Basic. 

Comastri completed the race with an outside personal-best time of two minutes, 15.56 seconds as 4 Screaming Eagles etched their names on USI’s all-time out of doors 800-meter listing. 

Whereas Comastri’s time is third all-time at USI, senior Kara Martin (Herrin, Illinois) was on her heals in a second-place end. Martin crossed the end line in 2:15.97, which ranks fourth all-time at USI. 

Freshman Emily Rempe (Owensboro, Kentucky) ran the fifth-fastest out of doors 800-meter time in class historical past as she was third with a time of two:17.31, whereas junior McKenna Cavanaugh’s (New Albany, Indiana) fourth-place time of two:18.98 ranks eleventh all-time. 

Along with the 800 meters, Comastri, Martin and Rempe teamed with senior Emma Brown (Evansville, Indiana) for a second-place end within the 4×400-meter relay, whereas senior Carmen Rodriguez (Olney, Illinois) was second within the 3,000-meter steeplechase. 

Sophomore Katie Winkler (Santa Claus, Indiana) was third within the 1,500 meters to guide of a quartet of Eagles that positioned 3-6 within the occasion. 

As a group, the Eagles racked up 52 factors en path to their fourth-place end. 

USI returns to motion April 13-15 when it competes on the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California.

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Senior thrower Josh Kaminski (Lafayette, Indiana) posted a pair of third-place finishes this weekend to guide College of Southern Indiana Males’s Monitor & Discipline to a fourth-place end on the Invoice Cornell Spring Basic. 

Kaminski posted a mark of 46 ft, 6.25 inches within the shot put en route to at least one third-place displaying, whereas his throw of 146 ft within the javelin led to his second third-place displaying of the weekend. 

Freshmen Tyler Zimmerman (Evansville, Indiana) and Cole Hess (Cannelton, Indiana) had been second and third, respectively, within the 1,500 meters to guide the Screaming Eagles on the observe, whereas junior Will Sims (Camby, Indiana) was fourth within the 3,000-meter steeplechase. 

As a group, the Eagles end with 49 factors en path to their fourth-place end. Hess helped USI’s 4×400-meter relay group to a fifth-place end, whereas senior Kyle Crone (Maryville, Illinois) was fifth in each the excessive soar and the 5,000 meters to assist USI’s efforts. 

USI returns to motion April 13-15 when it competes on the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California.

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