ROCHESTER (4/6/2024) -- Senior Kayla Smith tallied a couple of top-five efforts and four other Titans claimed top-10 finishes as the University of Detroit Mercy women's track and field team competed at Oakland's Golden Grizzly Invitational on Saturday.

Smith was second in the hammer with a toss of 50.15-meters and claimed fifth in the discus at 41.71m. 

Sophomore Gracelyn Peebles placed sixth with a time of 1:05.18 in the 400-meter hurdles, while senior Alexa Krauth made the finals of the 100-meter hurdles and was eighth overall in 15.13.

Senior Zoe Madden earned seventh in the triple jump at 9.69m and eighth in the long jump at 5.08m and sophomores Jada Clark and Zoe Morris tied for fourth in the high jump with a leap of 1.50m. 

UDM will have a busy week next weekend as part of the team will be at the Chippewa Challenge on Friday, while others will participate in the Bison Outdoor Classic on Saturday and Sunday. 

100-Meter Hurdles 

• Alexa Krauth - 8th - 15.13

400-Meter Hurdles 

• Gracelyn Peebles - 6th - 1:05.18
• MacKenzie Patterson - 13th - 1:13.53

100-Meters Preliminaries

• Zoe Madden - 32nd - 13.63

200-Meters

• Zoe Madden - 39th - 29.32

400-Meters 

• Ashlee Lewis - 11th - 1:01.69

800-Meters

• McKenzie McNitt - 23rd - 2:26.35

1,500-Meters

• Claire Hunt - 17th - 5:01.61
• Nina Pizzo - 27th - 5:04.64
• Alaina Burns - 33rd - 5:10.41
• Abby Fifield - 41st - 5:20.71
• Avery Saunder - 46th - 5:27.77

5,000-Meters

• Katie Anderla - 14th - 19:11.68
• Taylor Myers - 26th - 21:15.77

Long Jump

• Zoe Madden - 8th - 5.08m

Triple Jump

• Zoe Madden - 7th - 9.69m

High Jump

• Zoe Morris - T4th - 1.50m
• Jada Clark - T4th - 1.50m

Hammer

• Kayla Smith - 2nd - 50.15m
• Grace Steffes - 21st - 28.97m
• Sidny Hessem - 22nd - 28.69m
• Brigita Sumskas - 27th - 23.29m

Shot Put

• Kayla Smith - 13th - 10.81m
• Grace Steffes - 15th - 10.60m

Discus

• Kayla Smith - 5th - 41.71m
• Sidny Hessem - 13th - 35.141m
• Grace Steffes - 20th - 32.34m
• Brigita Sumskas - 25th - 23.22m

Javelin

• Taylor Myers - 12th - 25.10m
• Brigita Sumskas - 14th - 24.00m
• Sidny Hessem - 15th - 23.91m
• Grace Steffes - 22nd - 18.86m

4x100-Meter Relay 

• Kaliyah Favors, Jada Clark, Gracelyn Peebles, Ashlee Lewis - 5th - 50.60

4x400-Meter Relay 

• Jada Clark, Claire Hunt, MacKenzie Patterson, Nina Pizzo - 9th - 4:38.29