IU Relays Preview

Kristen Mathews, a senior high jumper for the RedHawks, offers a preview of this weekend's Indiana Relays...


Miami’s Women’s Track and Field Team cannot wait for the MAC Championships...This year, we are going to MAC's to "Create The Order”...We want rings, and we are going after them.

On the way to MAC's...we have things to do. This week, we're off to the Indiana Relays, where we'll show the progress that we have made in our training.


In the sprints, we have the super-fast Lindsey Forconi, Diona Graves and Margarita Pogorelov entered in the 60m and 200m Dashes. “We're getting into competitions now, so, practice has changed...we're trying to sustain our fitness- not build on it" says sophomore Lindsey "Linda" Forconi. "I like it, because it makes me feel fresher...like I'm more able to run fast. I'm excited, because so far the training feels successful and I want to see how well everyone does this weekend!"


In the other sprints/hurdles events, MU will have Rachael Clay, Maria Holztrager, Tasha Profit, and Ruthie Rasch banking around the rest of the field in the 400m Dash, while freshman Layne Baggett and junior Alex DeWitz will be hurdling over the competition in the 60m Hurdles. The RedHawks will also look to keep their 4x400m Relay unbeaten streak intact, as they face their toughest competition to date.


In the jumps, Adrienne Cristofoli, Nicki Mitchell, and Magda Wikar will be long jumping, while Hope Alexander and Krista Stillson will be triple jumping. All will be jumping far. Across the infield, Alyssa Janezic, Kristen Mathews and Nicki Mitchell will be jumping high. "Our jumpers are making progress every week," says Kristen Mathews. "Every time we miss it’s just something little, so when it all comes together, like it is starting to, we are going to have some very nice looking jumps over some very high bars.”


And, last but not least, Vaulters Brittney Bernardoni, Sarah Kinnaman, Amanda Rhoades, and Hannah Tabler will be vaulting so high they could stop and change the lightbulbs in IU’s oddly lit facility. "Everyone is making huge improvements in practice and it will show in the meets when it matters most,” said senior Brittney Bernardoni.


CTO: 28 days.

Kristen