May 9, 2010

RedStorm perform at Ohio Open

Athens, Ohio --- The University of Rio Grande RedStorm men's and women's track and field squads were back in action on Saturday, competing at the Ohio Open. Rio put together some solid performances in the non-scoring meet.

Junior middle-distance runner Cassie Mattia (West Chester, OH) had the top performance of the day as she won the 800-meter run, covering the distance in 2:27.65. Sophomore sprinter Kayla Graves (Chillicothe, OH) also ran well, finishing 3^rd overall in the 400-meter dash, with a time of 1:02.12. In addition to her effort in the 400, Graves ran 7^th in the 200-meter dash (27.35).

Sophomore Molly Roark (South Webster, OH) registered a fifth place finish in the javelin with a top toss of 30.64 meters. 

Other RedStorm women's results were as follows: freshman Hayley McSurley (Plumwood, OH), 7^th in the 100-meter dash (13.57); sophomore Tracie Brown (Logan, OH), 7^th in the discus (35.72 meters) and 10^th in the hammer throw (36.16m) and freshman Kim Strunk (Milford, OH) was 8^th in both the shot put (11.22 meters) and the discus (35.21m).