Mary Alderson and Robert Sullivan won events to lead a limited squad for the Wayne State track and field teams Wednesday at the Mount Marty Twilight Meet, held at the Yankton High School Track in Yankton, S.D.
Alderson led the Wildcat women’s team with a first-place finish in the 400-meter dash at 1:00.59, followed by Melissa Kroll in third at 1:02.97.
Other top Wildcat women’s finishers were Shelby Roth taking third in the high jump (4-9), Riana Noelle placed third in the triple jump (32-7 3/4), and Shelby Poell was sixth in the long jump at 15-6. The Wildcat women’s 1,600-meter relay team of Alderson, Kroll, Poell and Josephine Peitz came in second with a time of 4:21.74.
Robert Sullivan led the Wayne State men’s team, crossing the tape first in the 110-meter high hurdles in 15.17 seconds. Habib Jallow posted a second-place finish in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles (58.25), followed by Cody Kralicek in seventh (59.53) and Allen Arauz in ninth at 1:01.98.
Several members of the Wayne State track and field team will compete Friday and Saturday at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.
