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Penn Relays
Five things to know: Badgers gear up for busy weekend
April 24, 2024 | Women's Track & Field
Wisconsin travels to Philadelphia and Austin
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin women's track and field team continues its outdoor season this weekend. The team will travel to Philadelphia to participate in the Penn Relays and Austin for the Texas Invitational. Events will begin on Thursday and run through Saturday.
Fans can follow live results on Twitter and Instagram @BadgerTrackXC.
Here are five things to know before this weekend.
1. MIDDLE DISTANCE MAYHEM: A strong field of middle-distance runners will compete at the Penn Relays. Graduate student Victoria Heiligenthal will lead the group in the 1500 meters. Heiligenthal is coming off a 10th-place finish in the 800 meters, running a personal best time of 2:09.27. Freshman Ruby Madden will also make an appearance in the 1500 meters. She competed at the Wake Forest Invitational last weekend with an eighth-place showing, finishing with a personal best time of 4:27.49.
2. DISTANCE WATCH: The Badgers will have a large field of competitors in the 5000 meters on Friday. Samantha Stieve, Vivian Hacker, Shea Ruhly, Carolyn Shult, and Isabella Jacobsen will all compete in the event, Shult is coming off a personal best time in the event, while Stieve will compete in her first meet of the 2024 season.
3. ADDING A SPARK: Sprint star Kiley Robbins will compete in the 100-meter dash and the 200 meters this weekend. She is coming off a win in the 100 meters, crossing in 11.37 seconds at the Cerritos Invitational. Robbins is ranked No.4 in the Big Ten in the 100 meters, with a season-best time of 11.29 seconds. She will be joined by Sydney Robinson.
4. THROWING DOWN WITH THE BADGERS: UW throwers will compete in Austin this weekend. Graduate student Olivia Roberts will compete in the hammer throw this weekend, along with teammates Danni Langseth, Chikere Oduocha, and Abby Peeler. Roberts ranks second all-time at UW with a personal best mark of 209 feet, 9 inches (63.93m).
Redshirt sophomore Danni Langseth will also compete in the discus throw and shot put. Two weekends ago at the Beach Invitational, she picked up a fourth-place finish in the shot put. Langseth threw for a personal best distance of 53-11 ¾ (16.45m), moving her up to sixth on UW's All-Time performance list
5. MARK YOUR CALENDARS: The Badger Challenge will take place on Friday, May 3. Field Events will begin at 1 p.m., and running events at 3 p.m. at McClimon Track/Soccer Complex.
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