Women’s track & field team finishes in sixth-place at MIAA Jamboree

ALMA, Mich. – The Olivet College women's outdoor track and field team finished in sixth-place at the 2014 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Jamboree, hosted by Alma College and inside Bahlke Field in Alma. The teams will return to Alma on May 1-2 for the 2014 MIAA Field Day.

The Comets collected 350.50 points. Calvin College won the team championship with 973.50 points. Junior Cassie Ciaravino (Lapeer/East) won the 100-meter hurdles in a school-record time of 15.24 seconds. Also on the track, senior Jenna Mayle (Ionia) placed sixth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:09.50. Sophomore Danielle Marsh (Battle Creek/Harper Creek) was sixth in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 5:56.57.

Senior Rachael Wagner (Clinton Twp./Fraser) broke the school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 13:18.26. The 4x400-meter relay quartet of sophomore Courtney Reed (Battle Creek/Lakeview), Wagner, Ciaravino and Mayle crossed the finish line fourth with a time of 4:16.93.

In the field events, senior Sara Wegener (Lansing/Lansing Catholic) was second in both the shot put (12.09 meters) and hammer throw (40.07 meters). Olivet had two top-five finishers in the pole vault. Sophomore Danielle Hoffman (Parma/Western) was one of four student-athletes to clear the top mark of 2.75 meters, but she needed more attempts to clear other heights, so the judge's decision gave her fourth-place. Sophomore Lauren Easton (Jackson/Parma Western) tied for fifth-place with five others with a 2.45 meter clearance.

Ciaravino placed third in the long jump with a 4.92 meter leap. Wagner and five others tied for second in the high jump with 1.45 meter clearances before the judge's decision broke the tie, giving fifth-place to Wagner.

Olivet will travel to Allendale next Saturday, April 19, for the Grand Valley State University Invitational.