Timms posts big steeplechase effort

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa — Sadie Timms posted one of the top times in school history in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the Simpson women's track and field team placed 6th of 10 teams at the Cornell Invitational on Saturday.

Timms and classmate Courtney Neuendorf finished two-three in the steeplechase, the first time either have run the event collegiately. Timms finished in 12:04.25, the fourth-fastest time in school history the and No. 4 time in the Iowa Conference. Neuendorf ran the seventh-fastest time in school history, finishing in 12:43.45.

Alex Niemier added a pair of top-10 efforts in the throwing events, taking fourth in the shot put (38-2) and sixth in the hammer throw (119). 

Audrey LoVan took fourth in the pole vault, clearing a season-best 9-6 1/4. She was also the Storm's top finisher in the 100 (12th, 13.72) and helped the 4x100 relay to a sixth-place finish. 

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Simpson will compete at Drake's Jim Duncan Invitational on Friday and Saturday, April 14-15.

MEET REPORT
100 — 12. Audrey LoVan, 13.72
200 — 10. Elizabeth Burgus, 28.32
400 — 8. Bre Waugh, 1:03.74
800 — 7. Jessica Lamb, 2:31.84
1500 — 11. Shelby Hunemiller, 5:21.26
3000 steeple — 2. Sadie Timms, 12:04.25 (#4 IIAC, #4 Simpson); 3. Courtney Neuendorf, 12:43.45
100 hurdles — 7. Rebecca Jensen, 17.17
400 hurdles — 8. Jaycie Owens, 1:11.62
4x100 — 6. Audrey LoVan, Rebecca Jensen, Katie Clark, Jaycie Owens, 52.73
4x400 — 8. Jaycie Owens, Bre Waugh, Katie Clark, Keeghan Corcoran, 4:24.52
Pole vault — 4. Audrey LoVan, 9-06.25
Long jump — 15. Sarah Sandage, 14-04.00
Discus — 9. Jackie Cullinan, 103-09
Hammer throw – 6. Alex Niemier, 119-00
Javelin — 7. Jackie Cullinan, 89-02
Shot put — 4. Alex Niemier, 38-02.00