Badgers sweep 5000 meters at Aztec Invitational

Friday, March 25

San Diego, Calif.

TBA

Wisconsin Badgers

Aztec Invitational

Badgers sweep 5000 meters at Aztec Invitational

March 26, 2016 | Women's Track & Field

UW nabs top-six spots in 5000 meters to highlight action in San Diego

SAN DIEGO – The Wisconsin women's track and field team enjoyed a stellar showing in the distance events at the Aztec Invitational on Friday, placing the top six runners in the 5000 meters.

Leading the charge in the 5000 meters was senior Gabi Anzalone, who won the race in 16 minutes, 37.98 seconds. Redshirt freshman Shaelyn Sorensen was second in 16:39.50, sophomore Jamie Shannon was third in 16:48.91 while junior Michele Lee was fourth in 16:53.13. Freshman Amy Davis was fifth in 17:04.91 while sophomore Sarah Heinemann was sixth in 17:17.83.

In the invitational section of the hammer throw, fifth-year senior Kelsey Card was third with a toss of 189 feet, 6 inches, which ranks third in program history. Freshman Haley Showalter, in her debut for Wisconsin, was fourth with a throw of 186-5. Showalter's mark ranks fourth in UW annals.

Redshirt freshman Kennedy Blahnik was 10th in the invitational section of the hammer throw with a toss of 156-8.

In the pole vault, sophomore Taylor Amann tied for sixth with a clearance of 13-0 1/4.

Junior Brenna Detra won the open 800 meters in 2 minutes, 14.11 seconds, which was a personal-best time.

Freshman Emma Haugen tied for second in the high jump with a clearance of 5 feet, 3 inches.

Sophomore Casie Pawlik finished fifth in the heptathlon with a score of 4,184 points. Pawlik started the second day of the heptathlon with a mark of 16-2 ½ in the long jump, which ranked third, before throwing the javelin 86-5.

Pawlik ran a time of 2:36.45 in the 800 meters to wrap up the seven-discipline event.

The final day of the Aztec Invitational starts up on Saturday at noon CT with the women's discus.