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 Franklin & Marshall's Schnader Field House starting on Saturday morning.
 
 
 
The Bears finished fifth at last season's championships at the Floy Lewis Bakes Center after garnering 37 points.
 
 
 
The Bears earned 54 points to place fourth in the indoor poll for the second-straight season back in November. 11-time defending champion Johns Hopkins received nine of the 10 possible first-place votes to headline the poll in first with 81 total points.
 
 
Ursinus has four different individuals seeded within the top-five in five different events for the championship meet. Seniors Rachel Conhoff and Isabelle Deal both hold the highest seeds for the Bears entering the meet. Conhoff is seeded second in the 800 meters with her time of 2:19.50 while Deal has the second-best shot put mark at 12.95 meters as she seeks to medal again in the event. Conhoff also holds third in the mile with her time of 5:04.79 and Deal sists fifth in the weight throw on her mark of 13.87 meters. Junior Jacqueline Allen enters in the fourth seed for both throwing events behind throws of 14.0 meters in the weight and 11.64 meters in the shot put.
 
 
Freshman Juniper Barouth-Sherman will compete in the pentathlon for the Bears, and she recorded the fifth-most points for the event in the Centennial this season with 2,255 points. Senior Hannah Bierling holds top-10 seeds for both throwing events as she sits seventh in the shot put at 11.15 meters and ninth in the weight at 12.76 meters. Senior Holly Chambers and junior Brooke Adams hold top-10 seeds in the mid-distance events with Chambers in eighth for the mile (5:17.30) and Adams in ninth for the 800 (2:22.92).
 
 
 
For the relays, the Bears the distance medley relay team is ranked second on a time of 12:32.06 and the 4x400 relay team enters sixth on their time of 4:20.70.
 
 
 
Top 15 Bear Qualifiers for 2023 Centennial Indoor Championships
 
2. Rachel Conhoff – 800 Meters (2:19.50)
 
2. Isabelle Deal – Shot Put (12.95 meters)
 
3. Rachel Conhoff – 1 mile (5:04.79)
 
4. Jacqueline Allen – Weight Throw (14.00 meters)
 
4.  Jacqueline Allen – Shot Put (11.64 meters)
 
5. Isabelle Deal – Weight Throw (13.87 meters)
 
5. Juniper Bauroth-Sherman – Pentathlon (2255 points)
 
7. Hannah Bierling – Shot Put (11.15)
 
8. Holly Chambers – 1 Mile (5:17.30)
 
T-8. Amanda Traska – High Jump (1.50 meters)
 
9. Brooke Adams – 800 meters (2:22.92)
 
9. Hannah Bierling - Weight Throw (12.76 meters)
 
10. Eden Merritt – High Jump (1.47 meters)
 
11. Holly Chambers – 800 meter run (2:23.85)
 
12. Ryann Wauthier – 5000 meter run (19:02.92)
 
13. Eden Merritt – Long Jump (4.94 meters)
 
13. Rhiannon Okuniewski – Triple Jump (9.83 meters)
 
14. Esther Akande – Triple Jump (9.77 meters)
 
15. Samantha Grubb – 3000 meters (10:55.39)
 
 
 
Relays
 
2. Distance Medley Relay Team (12:32.06)
 
6. 4x400 Relay Team (4:20.70)
 
4x200 and 4x800 Relay Teams (NT)
 
 
Championship Links
 
CENTENNIAL CHAMPIONSHIP HOMEPAGE
 
CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM (W/ Schedule of Events)
 
LIVE VIDEO (SATURDAY)
 
LIVE RESULTS