Career-Bests Reached at Spire Midwest Open for Tartan Women

(GENEVA, Ohio) – The Carnegie Mellon University women's track and field team competed in the Spire Midwest Open at the Spire Institute on Saturday, January 25.

Top Performances

• Senior Lauryn McKenna finished ninth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 19:08.49.
• Junior Jackie Liu placed fifth with a time of 2:20.19 in the 800-meter run.
• Freshman Ava Barnes took third place in the intermediate pole vault with a career-best mark of 3.30 meters while Kate Stamper placed seventh with a mark of 3.00 meters.
• Sophomore Hazel Buonopane tied for seventh place in the elite pole vault event with a mark of 3.30 meters.
• Sophomore Ananya Devpura placed sixth in the 3,000-meter run in a career-best 10:11.16 with sophomore Maya Ducker placing seventh in a career-best 10:15.40.
• Junior Iniyaa Mohanraj was fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 10.78 meters.
• Senior Katie Monahan finished eighth in the shot put with a mark of 11.68 meters.
• Freshman Alin Aydogan got a career-best in the long jump with a mark of 5.07 meters to place 11th.

Up Next

The Tartans will head to the Bison Open at Bucknell University on Friday, January 31 and the Wuske Invite at the University of Mount Union on Saturday, February 1.