Results
GRANVILLE, Ohio -- Beth Muller fell one win short of her second straight sprint trifecta, but still won the 55- and 200-yard dashes, to lead the Allegheny women's indoor track and field team to third place out of eight teams at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships at Denison.
Muller and teammate Lauren Butler racked up a pair of meet awards for the Gators. Muller was named Sprinter/Hurdler of the Year for the second straight season. Butler earned Field Athlete of the Year honors.
Muller repeated as the 55 champ with a time of 7.51 seconds. Whitney Goller of Wittenberg edged Allegheny's Rebecca Lendyak for second place. Both Goller and Lendyak recorded official times of 7.65, but upon further breakdown, Goller's clock-in of 7.646 barely edged Lendyak's 7.647.
Muller then successfully defended her title in the 200. She won the event in :26.37, holding off Ohio Wesleyan's Lainey Kekic (:26.66) and Kenyon's Alexia Derkasch (:26.77) in second and third, respectively. Lendyak placed fifth in :27.15.
As the defending champ in the 400, Muller was beat out by Marissa Clardy of Oberlin. Muller finished the race in 1:00.08 while Clardy came in at :59.39. Lendyak was fifth in 1:00.94.
The Gators' distance squad performed well on Saturday. Samantha Zink placed third in the mile (5:15.41) while Katie Stancik was sixth (5:20.54). Kelly Gallagher added seventh-place points in the 3,000 (10:55.26) and the Distance Medley Relay team of Hannah Serlin, Laura Heltman, Angie Dyer and Stancik took fourth (13:02.78).
Allegheny's long jump duo of Emily Norton and Holly Wilson also gave a strong showing. Norton edged Wilson for third place with a jump of 15 feet, 9 inches. Wilson stretched 15-8 3/4.
Rounding out the Gators' top performances, Emily Norton tied for eighth in the high jump (4-7) and Emily Norton took ninth in the 55 hurdles.
With 164.5 points, Ohio Wesleyan claimed the meet championship -- its fourth straight in NCAC Indoor competition -- and Oberlin was second with 150. Allegheny had 113.5 points and was followed by Wittenberg (75), Denison (51), Kenyon (43), Wooster (39) and Earlham (27).