TicketsFeb. 4, 2006
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Ashley Wilhelm and Brittany Klima each posted top-five finishes as the University of Cincinnati indoor track and field team wrapped up competition at the Hoosier Relays Saturday (Feb. 4) at Indiana University's Gladstein Fieldhouse. Team scores were not tabulated.
Wilhelm finished fifth in the long jump with an 18' 8" leap after qualifying for the finals with a 19' 3/4" jump. She also posted a personal-best 8.84 in the prelims for the 60 meter hurdles.
Klima, the Bearcat record holder in the pole vault finished in a fifth-place tie behind four unattached athletes. She cleared 11' 7-3/4" at the Hoosier Relays after winning the event at each of the first two meets of the season.
Other top-10 finishes were produced by Erin Leeper, Jocelyn Gibson, Megan Knapp and Lisa Klotz. Leeper ran a career-best 57.27 in the 400 meter prelims. She followed that with a 57.29 in the finals to finish sixth. Gibson, who ran a season-best 2:16.71 in the prelims of the 800 meters, finished sixth with a 2:17.65 in the finals. Knapp finished seventh in the 3,000 meters with a 10:14.18 and Klotz set a personal record with a 45' 3" shot put while placing ninth.
The Bearcats will head to Finday, Ohio for the competitive All-Ohio Championships on Saturday, Feb. 11.