OWENSBORO, Kentucky – For the 2022 Great Midwest Outdoor Track & Field Championships, it was a wet and rainy week that was completed in Walsh bringing home a sixth place finish as a team.

Behind three G-MAC Champions and 15 top eight finishes, Walsh tallied 89 points as a unit.

Ndidiamaka Anaraodo was the G-MAC Women's Field Athlete of the Meet as she totaled 22 points between the Shot Put, Discus Throw and Hammer Throw events. She was the G-MAC Champion in the Shot Put, where she jumped to second in the country with a 16.25 meter throw.

Alexa Leppelmeier tallied two G-MAC titles in the 1500 Meter Run and the 3000 Meter Steeplechase. In the 3000 Steeplechase, Leppelmeier paced the field by nearly 20 seconds and ran the 2^nd fastest time in G-MAC history and the fastest time at the G-MAC Championships.

1st Place Finishes

• Alexa Leppelmeier
  • 1500 Meters: 4:33.08
  • 3000 Meter Steeplechase: 10:13.21 – NCAA Division II Provisional Mark, 2^nd in Division II, G-MAC Championship Record and 2^nd in G-MAC history
• Ndidiamaka Anaraodo
  • Shot Put: 16.25 meters – NCAA Division II Provisional Mark, 2^nd in Division II and G-MAC history

2nd Place Finishes

• Kelsey Hartsock (Pole Vault): 4.04 meters – NCAA Division II Provisional Mark, 11^th in Division II
• Ndidiamaka Anaraodo (Discus Throw): 46.17 meters – NCAA Division II Provisional Mark

3rd Place Finishes

• 4x100 Relay (Kelsey Hartsock, Claire Martin, Talia McLin, Style Henry): 47.44 seconds
• Reagan Garrett (Discus Throw): 45.59 meters
• Skyler Stewart (Heptathlon): 4,035 points

5th Place Finishes

• Payton Knoch (100 Hurdles): 14.67 seconds
• Ndidiamaka Anaraodo (Hammer Throw): 51.36 meters

6th Place Finishes

• 4x400 Relay (Style Henry, Rebecca Bodo, Lexie Engstrom, Julie White): 4:11.71
• Brooke Lumpkin
  • Shot Put: 13.96 meters
  • Javelin Throw: 32.61 meters
• Samantha Watkins (Discus Throw): 43.58 meters

8th Place Finishes

• Laura Rodgers (800 Meters): 2:35.56