AKRON, Ohio - With the 2022 Great Midwest Championships happening next week, the #24 ranked Walsh Cavaliers women's track and field team prepared by competing in the Al Campbell Invitational and the Jud Logan Memorial Tune Up this past weekend. 

Alexa Leppelmeier was one of two runners to compete in the Al Campbell Invitational at Akron on Friday (Feb. 18) as she paced the field in the Mile. Leppelmeier ran the 14th best time in D2 and 10th best in the G-MAC record books. She hit a provisional mark with a time of 4:49.63 with her teammate Alex Bauer in third place and another NCAA Division II Provo mark. 

Kelsey Hartsock (3.90 meters) and Ndidiamaka Anaraodo (15.19 meters) both finished second and hit provo marks at the Jud Logan Memorial Tune Up on Saturday (Feb. 19) at Kent State.

Al Campbell Invitational (Akron)

1^st Place Finishes

• Alexa Leppelmeier (Mile): 4:49.63 – NCAA Division II Provisional Mark, 14^th in Division II, 10^th in G-MAC history

3^rd Place Finishes

• Alex Bauer (Mile): 4:53.69 – NCAA Division II Provisional Mark

Jud Logan Memorial Tune Up (Kent State)

2^nd Place Finishes

• Kelsey Hartsock (Pole Vault): 3.90 meters – NCAA Division II Provisional Mark
• Ndidiamaka Anaraodo (Shot Put): 15.19 meters - NCAA Division II Provisional Mark

4^th Place Finishes

• Izzy Rammel (3000 Meters): 10:47.44
• Payton Knoch (60 Hurdles): 8.99 seconds 

5^th Place Finishes

• Kelsey Hartsock (60 Meters): 7.83 seconds

7^th Place Finishes

• 4x400 Relay (Rebecca Bodo, Ariana McMichael, Julie White, Lexie Engstrom): 4:24.42

The Cavaliers will compete in the Great Midwest Championships at Findlay, beginning on Friday (Feb. 25). 

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