2023 Women's Track and Field News
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Estrada and Sharp sweep SLIAC athlete of the year awardsJune 21, 2023Gianni Estrada and Cayden Sharp have been selected as the 2022-23 SLIAC Athletes of the Year. The award is presented to one male and one female athlete from conference-sponsored sports regardless of academic standing and voted on by league Sports Information Directors.
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Sharp earns NCAA Division III All-American status with seventh in heptathlon, GU takes 66th place at NCAA nationalsMay 26, 2023Cayden Sharp of the women's track and field team is an NCAA All-American in the heptathlon. Competing in the final three events on Friday, Sharp finished with 4923 points and was only three points away from sixth place. Sharp's two points allowed Greenville to finish 66th in the nation.
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Sharp places ninth in long jump, holds fifth place after first day of heptathlonMay 25, 2023Cayden Sharp of the women's track and field team completed day one of the NCAA national championships by competing in the long jump and four of the seven events in the heptathlon.
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Women's track and field participates in Augustana qualifier, Sharp qualifies for NCAA D-III nationalsMay 18, 2023The women's track and field team competed in their final qualifying meet at Augustana on Thursday evening. Cayden Sharp will now advance to the NCAA Division III national championships in the long jump and heptathlon in Rochester, N.Y.
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Women's track and field records second place at NCCAA national championshipsMay 12, 2023The women's track and field team finished with 134.5 points for the second place position at the NCCAA national championships in South Carolina. Greenville had four national champions, including the field athlete of the meet, Cayden Sharp.
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Women's track and field establishes SLIAC record in points in third straight outdoor championshipApril 28, 2023The women's track and field team celebrated their third consecutive SLIAC outdoor championship with a new SLIAC championship record of 341 team points. The Panthers broke their own conference record, which they set last year, by three points thanks to 12 individual golds and an additional gold in the 4x400 relay.
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Women's track and field wins meet at Rose-HulmanApril 21, 2023The women's track and field team produced 205 points in their victory over eight other teams at Rose-Hulman on Friday evening. The Panthers secured the winning performance in eight of the meet's 21 contested events.
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Women's track and field collects 149 points in second place performance at Greenville Select MeetApril 15, 2023The women's outdoor track and field team received wins from Emma Brown and Talahiva Talanoa in their second place team performance at the Greenville Select Meet on Saturday. The Panthers took second place with 149 points in the team scoring to No. 1 rated Washington-St. Louis that collected 276.5 points.
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Women's track and field finishes second at Illinois CollegeApril 07, 2023The women's track and field team received four event titles in Greenville's 162 point outing at Illinois College. Elmhurst was the overall winner with 179.50 points, and the Panthers were second.
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Women's track and field earns 85.5 points to place second at Washington-St. LouisApril 01, 2023The women's track and field program collected 85.5 points in their second place finish at Washington-St. Louis on Friday and Saturday. Cayden Sharp led GU with 24 points in the meet with a first, second, and third place finish to her credit.
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Women's track and field takes second at Washington-St. LouisMarch 25, 2023The women's track and field team started the outdoor portion of the schedule with a second place finish at Washington-St. Louis on Saturday. The Panthers collected 108 points in the meet and were led by Tawny Rodriguez with a win in the shot put and second place in the discus.
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Women's track and field receives All-American finish from Sharp at NCAA D-III nationalsMarch 10, 2023The women's track and field team received an All-American finish from Cayden Sharp in the pentathlon at the NCAA Division III indoor national championships on Friday. Sharp placed sixth with 3490 points in the event. After the conclusion of Saturday's events, Greenville finished 42nd of 59 teams who scored points at the championships.
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Sharp qualifies for NCAA Division III indoor national championshipsMarch 09, 2023The women's track and field team will be represented by pentathlete Cayden Sharp in the upcoming NCAA Division III national championships in Birmingham, Ala.
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Women's track and field competes in final tune-up before NCAA Division III nationalsMarch 03, 2023The women's track and field team had four entries at the Carthage Firebird Finale. Cayden Sharp performed best for Greenville with a second place finish in the hurdles.
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Women's indoor track and field makes it three straight SLIAC championshipsFebruary 25, 2023The women's indoor track and field team collected another SLIAC championship on Saturday, cruising to a 233 point landslide win at the conference meet. The Panthers collected 281 points and were led by 10 SLIAC championship performances among the 17 events.
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Women's track and field receives six finishes in top four at Illinois CollegeFebruary 17, 2023The women's track and field team competed at Illinois College on Friday evening. The Panthers received six final placements in the top four in their respective events.
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Women's indoor track and field led by field athlete of the meet Cayden Sharp in third place performanceFebruary 11, 2023The women's track and field team finished as the third place team at the NCCAA indoor national championships on Friday and Saturday with national championships from Cayden Sharp in the 60 meter hurdles and pentathlon.
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Women's track and field earns four runner-up marks at Indiana State and Illinois CollegeFebruary 04, 2023The women's track and field team participated in meets at Illinois College and Indiana State on Saturday. The Panthers earned fourth place at Indiana State and 5th place at Illinois College. Greenville had four second place finishes combined between the two meets.
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Women's track and field posts several winning performances at PrincipiaJanuary 28, 2023The women's track and field team received four school records from Cayden Sharp and wins in the 4x200 meter and 4x800 meter relays during their meet at Principia on Friday and Saturday.
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Women's track and field receives wins from Carie and Sharp at Illinois CollegeJanuary 21, 2023The women's track and field team received a first place run from Gretchen Carie in the mile and a school record time from Cayden Sharp in the 55 meter hurdles as the team competed at Illinois College on Saturday.
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Women's track and field takes fifth in season opening meet at Illinois WesleyanDecember 10, 2022The women's indoor track and field team competed for the first time this season and finished fifth at Illinois Wesleyan. The women saw Laila Graham win the high jump with a height of 5 feet-3 inches