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AU Women's Track Sets Two School Records at Maryland Invitational
Wharton establishes 800m mark, 4x400m relay sets record

April 5, 2003 | Results

Zaia Wharton set the school record in the 800m at the Maryland Invitational.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Zaia Wharton set her second American University women's track and field school record while Keira Carlstrom won the 1500-meters as AU finished eighth at the Maryland Invitational. Wharton set a new mark in the 800m and the 4x400m relay squad also set a new school record.

Wharton added another school record to her resume, running 2:18.24 to finish as the second collegiate runner in the 800m. Leah Heinecke-Krumhus just missed her personal-best time, running 2:24.97 to finish 11th. Megan Simpson (2:27.79) and Christina Huang (2:32.62) also competed in the 800m for AU.

Carlstrom captured the 1500m in a time of 4:32.54, just missing the ECAC Championships qualfiying time and NCAA Regional mark. However, Carlstrom did improve her personal-best time by six seconds. Samia Akbar was third overall and the second collegiate finisher, running 4:39.98. Katie Lavender improved to 5:27.45 while Ashley Futrell ran 5:33.55.

Jessica Daniel placed eighth in the 5000m, running 19:27.50. In the 200m, Emily Price improved on her personal-best time by running 28.28. Catie Poppe also improved her best time with a mark of 28.64 to move to fifth all-time at AU. Katie Bassler is now sixth all-time after running 29.94. The AU 4x400m relay squad of Carlstrom, Wharton, Heinecke-Krumhus and Price finished fifth in a school-record time of 4:07.22.

AU's season continues next weekend at the Bucknell Invitational on Friday and Saturday.