LANCASTER, Pa. – The Ursinus Women's Track & Field team earned a pair of medals on the first day of the 2024 Centennial Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday at Franklin & Marshall's Schnader Field House.
 
 
 The Bears sit in fifth overall in the team standings with 29 points while Johns Hopkins sits in first place with a 102 points.
 
 
The 4x200 relay team of senior Rainah Dunham, sophomore Tashyah Sample, sophomore Kaelin Ryan, and first-year Sam Wechsler won the silver medal with a time of 1:48.03. It was the best finish for a Bears 4x200 team since the last gold medal winning team during the 2020 Championships.
 
 
Dunham brought home the Bears other medal of the day with a bronze in the triple jump with a mark of 11.73 meters. Wechsler was behind Dunham in fourth after jumping at 11.09 meters while also qualifying for the 60 meter hurdle finals on a time of 9.26 that placed her fourth.
 
 
Senior Jacqueline Allen finished seventh in the weight throw on a mark of 13.59 meters and sophomore Juniper Bauroth-Sherman placed fifth in the pole vault after clearing the bar at 3.01 meters.
 
 
The second and final day of the 2024 Centennial Conference Indoor Championships starts at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, February 25th.
 
 
Weight Throw: 7. Jacqueline Allen 13.59 meters; 16. Hannah Quinn 10.87 meters; 21. Randi Wood 9.24 meters
 
Pole Vault: 6. Juniper Bauroth-Sherman 3.01 meters
 
Triple Jump: 3. Rainah Dunham 11.73 meters; 4 Sam Wechsler 11.09 meters; 14. Rhiannon Okuniewski 10.12 meters; 18. Lily Nagy 9.50 meters
 
60 meter dash prelims: 26. Aja McBride 8.69
 
60 meter hurdles prelims: 4. Samantha Wechsler 9.26
 
5000 meter run: 9. Ryann Wauthier 18.43.08; 11. Samantha Grubb – 19:04.35; 23. Candace Hudson 20:06.22
 
Distance Medley Relay: 6. Sideris, Ryan, Carroll, Adams – 13:03.28
 
4x200 Relay: 2. Dunham, Wechsler, Sample, Ryan – 1:48.03
 
4x800 Relay: 8. Carroll, Grubb, Martello, Sideris – 10:41.95