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Spec Towns Invitational
Card wins discus at Spec Towns Invitational
April 08, 2016 | Women's Track & Field
Redshirt senior edges out Olympian
ATHENS, Georgia – Although the first day of the Spec Towns Invitational featured only a few Wisconsin women track and field athletes, the Badgers' performances did not disappoint.
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Redshirt senior Kelsey Card collected another win in the discus this season with a huge throw of 189 feet, ten inches to narrowly beat 2012 Olympian Allison Randall of Jamaica by one inch.
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The Plainview, Illinois, native also had quite a performance in the hammer throw as she earned a third-place finish and a new personal record of 192-5, which is only seven inches off of the Wisconsin record set by Taylor Smith in 2013.
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Freshman Haley Showalter also competed in the hammer throw taking fifth place with an impressive throw of 184-4.
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In addition, Showalter and redshirt freshman Kennedy Blahnik also competed alongside Card in the discus with Blahnik recording a distance of 165-1 to take fifth. Showalter collected a new personal best of 148-9 to take eighth.
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Day two of the Spec Towns Invitational continues tomorrow with the men's javelin throw at 10 a.m. CT.
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Redshirt senior Kelsey Card collected another win in the discus this season with a huge throw of 189 feet, ten inches to narrowly beat 2012 Olympian Allison Randall of Jamaica by one inch.
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The Plainview, Illinois, native also had quite a performance in the hammer throw as she earned a third-place finish and a new personal record of 192-5, which is only seven inches off of the Wisconsin record set by Taylor Smith in 2013.
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Freshman Haley Showalter also competed in the hammer throw taking fifth place with an impressive throw of 184-4.
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In addition, Showalter and redshirt freshman Kennedy Blahnik also competed alongside Card in the discus with Blahnik recording a distance of 165-1 to take fifth. Showalter collected a new personal best of 148-9 to take eighth.
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Day two of the Spec Towns Invitational continues tomorrow with the men's javelin throw at 10 a.m. CT.
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