APSU Sports: Austin Peay Women’s Track and Field
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University women’s track and field team heads east to Johnson City, TN for the 35th annual Niswonger Invitational, hosted by East Tennessee State. The two-day event begins 10:00am, Friday, on the David E. Walker Track and Gentry Field.
Having built a solid foundation for this season’s squad, head coach Doug Molnar is expecting to see improved performances from this weekend’s meet. Lady Gov athletes already have accrued 16 personal-bests through the season’s first three meets and look to build on that this weekend.
“This is a good meet for us,” Molnar said. “Lots of quality teams will be here. We’re in a little better shape now with a week of practice out of the way, so we’re looking for better marks.”
Senior Chantelle Grey heads into the weekend as the OVC’s women’s track Co-Athlete of the Week. She leads the OVC in the 800m run after her 2:15.37 mark at last week’s Blazer Invite, where she just barely missed winning the entire 47-woman field.
Grey and the relay team of freshmen Breigh Jones and Kymmalett Ross and junior Taelor Slaughter own the second-best 4x400m relay mark in the conference after last week’s 3:54.09 run.
“We expected Ross and Jones to come in and be a big part of the program right away,” Molnar said. “They haven’t disappointed us, and they continue to get better.”
Senior Jasmine Foster remains three feet (45′ 4.5″; 13.83m) behind conference-leading Courtney Gapelu of Southeast Missouri in the shot put. Foster, a Johnson City native who transferred to Austin Peay for her senior season after attending ETSU for three seasons, looks forward to returning home for one final collegiate meet.
