Finch, Riley, Walsh Shine at Day Two of South Florida Invite

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Finch, Riley, Walsh Shine at Day Two of South Florida Invite

4/3/2021 6:31:00 PM | Track & Field

Results Saturday Women USF Invite

By: Troy Athletics Communications

TAMPA, Fla. -- Powered by dominant performances by Jasmine Riley, Finch and Macki Walsh, the Troy women's track and field program shined Saturday at the South Florida Invite hosted by the University of South Florida Bulls.

Recording the second individual victory of the event for the Trojans, senior Gemma Finch turned in another career-best performance in the 800m finishing with a time of 2:06.71.

Winning the 5000m for the second consecutive meet, and second time this season, Walsh narrowly missed a personal-best time (17:12.74), set back on March. 5 in the Jaguar Opener).

The top-time marks the second consecutive weekend that the freshman has set a personal best time in the 5000m event. The freshman ran a 17:29.69 5000m two weekends ago at the Tiger Classic hosted by Auburn University.

Other highlights included Maja Kuessner finishing second in the high jump (1.73m), and Booher running a new personal-best in the 5000m (17:19.55) to finish behind Walsh for second place in the 5000m. It's the second straight first/second finish for the duo in as many meets.

Junior Samara Nelson had another strong performance in the shot put turning in a final score of 14.10m to finish third, while sophomore Lauren Locke finished second in the 1500m turning a personal-best time of 4:35.39. The time was nearly seven seconds faster than her previous personal-best of 4:42.75 set back on March 5 at the Jaguar Opener.

Troy's men's and women's track and field program returns to action on Thursday for the opening day of the three-day Crimson Tide Classic, hosted by the University of Alabama. Day one action begins with the men's 100m dash at Noon.