Kalsu places first in 800m as Sewanee hosts the Mountain Laurel Open

SEWANEE, Tenn. – Sewanee's track and field teams hosted the annual Mountain Laurel Open on Saturday afternoon.

The women's 4x100-meter relay team of Emory Rhodes, Arianna Shirak, Jocelyn Coveney, and Journey Morrison earned a fourth-place finish with a time of 51.46.
In the hurdles, Rhodes claimed third in the 100-meter hurdles (16.83), while Erin Graffeo followed in seventh (18.07). Coveney also placed third in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:11.31.

The 800 meters saw four Tigers place in the top 15, led by Laney Kalsu's first-place time of 2:22.63. Abbie Armstrong finished third (2:27.35), Cece Cherry was eighth (2:34.15), and Josie Blanton finished 14th (3:05.33). Eleanor Graham placed eighth in the 1500 meters with a time of 5:33.47, and Molly Emmett followed in 17th (6:18.83). Page Wells turned in a ninth-place finish in the 400 meters (1:06.24).

In the field events, Sewanee had a strong showing across multiple disciplines. Cydney Wright placed sixth in the shot put (36-11 / 11.25m) and added a third-place mark in the javelin (95-6 / 29.10m) and sixth in the discus (110-11 / 33.82m). Hannah Cleveland also competed in all three events, placing seventh in the shot put (35-8.75 / 10.89m), 12th in the discus (98-1 / 29.89m), and seventh in the javelin (67-3 / 20.49m). Kamilla Haidaienko finished 13th in the shot put (31-5.5 / 9.59m), eighth in the discus (106-4 / 32.40m), and 14th in the hammer throw (105-5 / 32.13m).

In the jumps, Emory Rhodes cleared 9-8.25 (2.95m) to place sixth in the pole vault. Grace Potter and Jocelyn Coveney competed in the long jump, finishing 13th (14-2 / 4.32m) and 14th (12-6.75 / 3.83m), respectively. Potter also finished seventh in the high jump (4-3.25 / 1.30m), with Lily Waldrep in eighth (4-1.25 / 1.25m).

Sewanee hosts the Southern Athletic Association Conference track and field meet on April 25 and 26.

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