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Kim Strunk was the top performer for Rio with an 11th place finish in the shot put at the Oliver Nikoloff Inv.
Kim Strunk was the top performer for Rio with an 11th place finish in the shot put at the Oliver Nikoloff Inv.
Mon, Apr 4, 2011 - [Women's Outdoor Track & Field]
Cincinnati, Ohio --- It was a tough day for the University of Rio Grande RedStorm men's and women's track and field squads at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational in the Queen City on Saturday. The men finished in a tie for 13th with the University of Dayton, scoring one point. The women did not record a team score in competing against 17 teams.
 
Sophomore thrower Kim Strunk (Milford, OH) was the top performer on the women's side as she tallied an 11th place finish in the shot put. Strunk's top toss measured 39 feet, 10 ¾ inches. 

Kayla Renner (Galloway, OH) ran 18th in the 1,500-meter run, covering the distance in 4:58.50 and junior thrower Tracie Brown (Logan, OH) was 18th in the hammer throw (130 feet, eight inches). Brown was just outside the top 20 in the discus, placing 21st with a best effort of 105 feet, two inches). 

Freshman thrower Mary Beth Schramm (Marietta, OH) was 19th in the discus throw (107 feet, one inch). 

Other RedStorm results on the women's side: junior sprinter Kayla Graves (Chillicothe, OH), 25th in the 100-meter dash (13.48) and 36th in the 200 (27.84); junior thrower Cory Crutcher (Eaton, OH), 26th in the hammer throw (110 feet, five inches) and Schramm, 27th in the hammer (107 feet, two inches). 

Both men's and women's teams will compete at the Don Frail Invitational at Marietta College on Friday.