Badgers drop Border Battle dual with Minnesota

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Badgers drop Border Battle dual with Minnesota

January 23, 2016 | Women's Track & Field

Seniors Card, Anzalone lead Wisconsin in final dual meet of the year

MADISON, Wis. - The No. 9 Wisconsin women's track team fell to Minnesota 66-93 at the Wisconsin-Minnesota Dual at the Minnesota Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon.

The women won only five of fifteen events but were led by seniors Kelsey Card and Gabi Anzalone, who each won a pair of events for the Cardinal and White.

Card swept both of her throwing events with a toss of 65-0 ¾ (19.83m) in the weight throw and a heave of 58-6 ¾ (17.85m) in the shot put which broke her school record by over a foot and a half.

Anzalone ran away with the mile title as she set a new indoor personal record in 4:50.76 which bested her previous record by nearly six seconds.

Anzalone also won the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:34.97 while freshman Amy Davis also scored for the Badgers with a third-place finish in 9:38.15.

All-American Georgia Ellenwood took second in her long jump season debut with a jump of 19-9 (6.02m) which matched her indoor personal record. The jump was only half an inch short of first, which went to fellow All-American Jess Lehman of Minnesota.

Ellenwood also took third in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.78 seconds while teammate Casie Pawlik took fourth in 8.82.

Taylor Amann, Jane McCurry, and Claire Buck went 1-2-3 in the pole vault with Amann clearing 12-11 1/2 (3.95m), McCurry 11-11 3/4 (3.65m), and Buck 11-5 3/4 (3.50m).

In an intense and close race in the 60-meter dash, Ebony McClendon settled for second with a time of 7.63 against Gopher sophomore stand-out Emerald Egwim.

In the 200-meter dash, McClendon once again took second to Egwim after finishing in 25.10.

In the 800 meters, junior Emma Reifel secured second with a run of 2:15.06 and redshirt junior Lauren Holtz came in fifth in 2:19.83.

Although the Gophers won the meet for the second-straight year, UW Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Mick Byrne was impressed with the result.

"Competition like this is great for our sport and makes our sport relevant," Byrne said. "It's a win-win for our student athletes because they are learning how to compete. It's not about just you, it's about the team. That's what's exciting about events like today. It makes the team important and not just the individual."

Two meets into the year, Byrne is also excited to look forward to future competition within the Big Ten.

"That's why we do these dual meets" Byrne stated. "That's why they're important. You need to make the performances relevant because it is relevant in the Big Ten. It's about putting down performances that are going to be competitive at the Big Ten."

The Badgers return to action Jan. 29-30 at the Mark Messersmith Invitational at the University of Northern Iowa.