FINAL RESULTS
HANOVER, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology women's track and field team rode eight top-3 finishes to a third place finish in Saturday's Hanover Invitational.
Rofiat Adeyemi was the top performer for the Fightin' Engineers on Saturday as she brought home two first-place finishes in the Long Jump and Triple Jump events.
Narindwa Semakula won the lone other event for Rose-Hulman on the day in the 100m Hurdles with a time of 15.60.
Three Rose-Hulman throwers also earned their spot in the Rose-Hulman record book on Saturday.
Kylie Rathbun placed 2nd in the Hammer Throw with a mark of 142' 0" which ranks as the 2nd best in school history.
Carolina Snyder-Perez also recorded the 2nd-best mark in school history in the Discus Throw with a mark of 125' 0" en route to a 3rd place finish.
Aaliyah Jones capped off the meet with the third-best mark in school history in the Shot Put with a mark of 37' 0.5".
The Fightin' Engineers will return to action on Saturday, April 6 when they travel to Wabash College for the Huntsman Invitational.
TOP PERFORMERS:
1ST PLACE:
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Rofiat Adeyemi - Long Jump - 5.23m - 17' 2"
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Rofiat Adeyemi - Triple Jump - 11.65m - 38' 2.75"
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Narindwa Semakula - 100m Hurdles - 15.60
2ND PLACE:
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Kylie Rathbun - Hammer Throw - 142' 0" (2nd in school history)
* 4x100m Relay -
Alex Adams,
Rofiat Adeyemi,
Emma Johns,
Narindwa Semakula - 50.57
3RD PLACE:
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Aaliyah Jones - Shot Put - 11.29m - 37' 0.5"
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Carolina Snyder-Perez - Discus Throw - 38.11m - 125' 0" (2nd in school history)
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Rebecca Testa - 5000m Run - 20:45.94
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Amelia Thieman - Pole Vault - 2.55m - 8' 4.25"
FINAL TEAM SCORES:
1) Thomas More - 174
2) Hanover - 155
3) Rose-Hulman - 128
4) Manchester - 59
5) Franklin - 49
6) Mount St. Joseph - 45
6) Oakland City - 38
8) Earlham - 8
9) Anderson - 1