April 27, 2008

Hillsdale, MI-IPFW women's track an field competed at the 42nd annual Hillsdale "Gina" Relays over the weekend.  The meet was non-team scoring.

The team was led by Crystina Martinez's eighth place finish in the 5,000m.  Martinez crossed the finish line at 17:21.07.

IPFW senior Valerie Hardesty also had a great meet, placing ninth in the 3,000m Steeplechase (Invite).  Hardesty's time of 11:16.48 moves her up from sixth to third on the 2008 Summit League Top Ten Performances list for the 3,000m Steeplechase.  She comes in just behind teammates Crystina and Crystal Martinez whom hold the top two spots with times of 10:47.29 and 11:13.69 respectively.

The 'Dons will compete in their final regular season meet, the Stan Lyons Twilight Meet, on Saturday, May 3 in Indianapolis.

Event:	Name:	Place:	Time/Distance:
100m	Nikita Matthews	49th	14.07
400m Run	Jill Edmonds	56th	1:08.56
800m Run	Valerie Hardesty	17th	2:24.43
800m Run	Annina Gruber	34th	2:31.08
1,500m Run	Crystal Martinez	15th	4:49.17
1,500m Run	Valerie Hardesty	18th	4:49.56
1,500m Run	Crystina Martinez	26th	4:52.44
1,500m Run	Beth Hoekstra	48th	5:04.05
3,000m Steeplechase (INVITE)	Valerie Hardesty	9th	11:16.48
3,000m Steeplechase (INVITE)	Annina Gruber	17th	11:47.68
3,000m Steeplechase (OPEN)	Jessica Palevich	26th	14:26.65
5,000m Run (INVITE)	Crystina Martinez	8th	17:21.07
5,000m Run (INVITE)	Crystal Martinez	15th	17:30.57
Triple Jump	Jill Edmonds	16th	9.89m
Pole Vault	Brooke Newman	25th	3.10m
Shot Put	Laura Williams	26th	11.28m
Discus	Laura Williams	32nd	30.22m
Discus	Sara Branam	40th	19.08m
Hammer Throw	Sara Branam	35th	38.80m
Javelin Throw	Laura Williams	33rd	25.90m
Javelin Throw	Ashley Porter	15th	11.60m