On Saturday, the Lady Minuteman Track and Field Team traveled to Walsh to compete against a deep field in the Warrior Relays.  When the dust settled from the 17 team meet, the Minutemen found themselves with a runner-up team finish!  

The meet started with strong performances from Aleni Bender, Caroline Wilson, Ella Slaby and Keira Lang in the 4 x 1600 meter relay where their team finished 3rd.  Shortly after, the 4 x 800 relay team of Keira Lang, Allyson Schultz, Ella Slaby and Laura Wagner collected another 3rd place team finish.  The field events were busy at this time with the Shot Put Trio of Tori Parish, Kaylynn Waldon and Maggie Zurn taking 7th place and the high jump relay of Rosa Parsons, Aubrey Freeman and Lauren DiSalvo placing first along with Lauren's first place individual jump! 

Back on the track, Josie Schiesswohl hurdled her way to a 4th place finish and Leah Valentine sped to 3rd in the 100 meter dash.  Next up, the 4 x 200 relay team of Kate Fuller, Lauren DiSalvo, Leah Valentine and Charlotte Keenan stormed to a first place finish!  The next scorers for the Minutemen were Allyson Schultz, Hailey Fashinpaur, Caroline Wilson and Keira Lang who took 2nd in the distance medley.  The shuttle hurdle team of Josie Schiesswohl, Lily Fox, Aubrey McMurray and Alizya Hunter battled their way to 3rd place and the 4 x 100 relay of Kate Fuller, Aubrey Gesing, Leah Valentine and Charlotte Keenan took fifth.  Aleni Bender threw down a new personal best in the 400 to take 4th and Lily Fox hit a huge PR to earn 4th in the 300 hurdles.  Caroline Wilson finished a big day with 8th place in the 800 and Charlotte Keenan ran a strong 200 to place 5th. Laura Wagner tackled a tough field in the 3200 to place 7th and the sprint medley team of Kate Fuller, Aubrey Gesing, Lauren DiSalvo and Leah Valentine placed 3rd.  At a critical point in the meet, the discus relay of Tori Parish, Maggie Zurn and Kaylynn Waldron came through with a 3rd place finish to give the team a chance at 2nd place overall.  In the final event, the 4 x 400 relay of Aleni Bender, Aubrey Gesing, Kate Fuller and Charlotte Keenan toed the line in 3rd place by 2 points.  The team powered to a 5th place finish that gave them the boost needed to finish as the meet runner-up!

Full results can be found on Milesplit here.  

Next up, the team travels to Brecksville on Wednesday and hosts senior night against Copley on Friday!