NOTRE DAME, Indiana - The Western Mustangs track and field team competed in the Meyo Invitational meet this weekend at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. This is the 25th year for the Meyo event and is considered on of the most competitive and prestigious meets in the NCAA division. Dozens of universities from the United States, including the top Midwest schools such as Louisville, Missouri State, Notre Dame, Purdue and Indiana, compete in deep fields where the competition level is extremely high.

Our own Western Mustang, second-year Caroline Ehrhardt won the triple jump event out of twenty eight competitors in the final round. She was the only Canadian in the field and showed incredible poise and competitve spirit through the preliminary and final rounds.

Ehrhardt was sitting in 1st place after qualifing for the final three rounds with a 12.66m second round jump. Western's Alicia Smith also qualified for the triple jump final and sat in 6th place with a 12.29m jump.  Prior to the 6th and final round of competition Ehrhardt had been bumped to 2nd place by Michigan States Tori Franklin who jumped 12.85m in the 5th round.  Smith took her 6th jump recording a lifetime best and Western record of 12.76m to move into 2nd place. 

Up next was Kelcey McKinney from Ohio State.  McKinney jumped 12.82m to move both Smith and Ehrhardt to 3rd and 4th place respectively.  Up last was Ehrhardt and showing her experience and competitiveness recorded a leap of 12.94m, her lifetime best and taking back her Western record.  Ehrhardt and Smith are now 1 and 2 in the CIS rankings.