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May 7, 2022 – Putting the finishing touches on its final preparations ahead of the conference meet in less than a week, the No. 2 Loras College women's track and field team excelled at the Dr. Tucker Open on Saturday, led by a school-record performance by Kassie Parker in the 1,500-meter run in addition to multiple event wins and all-time marks.

Kassie Parker checked off another bucket list item for her illustrious career, collecting the final distance school record in the 1,500-meter run. She ran 4:27.65 to set a new facility record and move up to No. 5 in Division III this season. The junior now owns every school record in all distances from a mile and farther in indoor and outdoor track and field and holds every record for all distances in cross country. She currently holds the No. 1 time in Division III in the 10,000-meter run and ranks second in the 5,000-meter run.

The 4-by-100-meter relay of Stevie Lambe, Marion Edwards, Alyssa Pfadenhauer and Elayna Bahl took back their national lead in the event with a time of 46.42, putting their third in program history. Edwards won the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.20 second and Harmony Creasy finished third in the event with a time of 12.63 seconds. Creasy also finished third in the 200-meter dash (26.09) and won the triple jump with a leap of 11.94 meters. Lambe won the 400-meter dash and put herself 11th nationally in the event with a time of 56.38. Bahl improved on her 400-meter hurdles mark to move up to No. 6 in Division III with a time of 1:01.48 and Merryl Green finished third with a time of 1:04.65. Pfadenhauer improved on her 800-meter run time with a second-place finish and time of 2:11.81, keeping her ranked third in Loras program history and moving up to No. 11 in Division III this season.

Sara Hoskins won the high jump, clearing 1.63 meters, ranking eighth all-time for the Duhawks. Kayla Weatherly finished third in the shot put, throwing 12.49 meters and Grace Alley finished third in the javelin, throwing 32.26 meters. The 4-by-400-meter relay of Samantha Heavlin, Merryl Green, Ellie Osterberger and Alley placed third with a time of 3:59.80.

The Duhawks host the 2022 American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) Championship, beginning May 12, and look to defend their title from a year ago. The Duhawks won the indoor title for the first time in program history in February and would like to bring home the outdoor trophy at their home track.