COLLEGEVILLE, PA – The Ursinus College indoor women's track and field team will start competition in the two-day Centennial Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Floy Lewis Bakes Center starting on Saturday morning.
This will be the Bears' first indoor championship appearance after the 2021 meet was canceled due to COVID and the first time since 2018 they will be hosting the indoor championships.
The Bears earned 56 points to tie for fourth in the preseason vote among the Centennial coaches back in December with Haverford. 10-time defending champion Johns Hopkins earned the top spot in the poll after garnering nine of the 10 possible first-place votes. Ursinus finished fourth at the 2020 Centennial Indoor Championships which was the highest finish for the team since 2013.
Ursinus has three individuals seeded within the top-five for the championship meet. Senior Zenya Yanoff holds the highest overall seed of any Bear by ranking third in the weight throw with her school record mark of 13.55. Yanoff leads a trio with top-10 seeds in the weight throw with junior Isabelle Deal in sixth with a mark of 12.94 and sophomore Jacqueline Allen in 10th with a mark 12.51 meters. Allen paces the Bears in the shot put by seeding fifth on a mark of 11.49 meters. Deal is ranked sixth also coming into the shot put with a mark of 11.43 meters and junior Hannah Bierling is seeded eighth with a mark of 11.19 meters.
Junior Rachel Conhoff ranks fifth in the mile with a time of 5:13.08 while first-year Tehya Harvey ranks eighth coming into the 60-meter dash prelims with a time of 8.24. Senior Tori Bearden holds the eighth seed in the 60-meter hurdle prelims on a time of 10.44 and ranks seventh in the triple jump with a mark of 9.33 meters.
For the relays, the Bears 4x800 team paces the conference with a time of 10:24.99 and the distance medley relay team is ranked second on a time of 13:11.42.
Top 15 Bear Qualifiers for 2022 Centennial Indoor Championships
3. Zenya Yanoff – Weight Throw (13.55)
5. Jacqueline Allen – Shot Put (11.49 meters)
5. Rachel Conhoff – 1 mile (5:13.08)
6. Isabelle Deal – Weight Throw (12.94 meters)
6. Isabelle Deal – Shot Put (11.43 meters)
7. Tori Bearden – Triple Jump (9.33 meters)
8. Hannah Bierling – Shot Put (11.19)
8. Tehya Harvey – 60 Meter Dash Prelims (8.24)
8. Tori Bearden – 60 Meter Hurdles Prelims (10.44)
10. Jacqueline Allen – Weight Throw (12.51 meters)
11. Rosie Cuomo – 60 Meter Hurdles Prelims (10.50)
11. Lauren Ferguson – 5000 meter run (19:50.53)
12. Catie Owens – Shot Put (10.62 meters)
12. Hannah Bierling - Weight Throw (12.07 meters)
12. Kate Hunt – 200 meter dash (27.92)
13. Jenna Lozzi – 800 meter run (2:34.71)
13. Zenya Yanoff - Shot Put (10.58 meters)
14. Tehya Harvey – 200 meter dash (27.99)
14. Catie Owens – Weight Throw (11.79 meters)
14. Ryann Wauthier – 5000 meter run (19:54.13)
15. Julia Pierson – Pole Vault (2.45 meters)
15. Kate Hunt – 60 meter dash prelims (8.40)
Relays
1. 4x800 Relay Team (10:24.99)
2. Distance Medley Relay Team (13:11.42)
6. 4x400 Relay Team (4:23.82)
8. 4x200 Relay Team NT
Championship Links
CENTENNIAL CHAMPIONSHIP HOMEPAGE
CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM (W/ Schedule of Events)