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Emerson VanScoy for MSJ recap
Emerson VanScoy hit the National 'A' standard in high jump Saturday, clinching her second national berth of the indoor season.

Women's Indoor Track & Field

VanScoy hits 'A' standard in high jump, wins twice at MSJ

CINCINNATI, Ohio - Having already secured one national berth this indoor season, Emerson VanScoy earned another in even more impressive fashion Saturday.

VanScoy won the high jump and hit the NAIA national qualifying 'A' standard, one of two events she won for the Midway women's indoor track and field team, which took third at the Mount Saint Joseph Alumni Open in Cincinnati.

The Eagles won four events overall on their way to a 78-point finish.

Having already locked up the win and a 'B' standard after clearing 1.66 meters, VanScoy hit the 'A' mark on her second try. She was a national 'B' Standard qualifier in high jump at both Indoor and Outdoor Nationals a season ago, narrowly missing an All-American finish at Outdoor.

This comes after she, alongside teammates Maddi Reed and Makayla Brooks, hit the qualifying 'B' standard in pole vault two weeks earlier.

For good measure, VanScoy also took first in long jump Saturday with a distance of 5.15.

Brooks continued her strong start to the season, tying teammate Cate Coppola for the top mark in pole vault at 3.50, with Brooks earning the win.

On the track side, Midway also got a first-place run of 14:26.46 in the 4,000-meter distance medley from Stevie McSorley, Abby Baldridge, Macy Adams and Ariah Egleston.

In sprints, Emilee Cecil had a pair of third-place finishes, running an 8.30 in the 60 and 28 seconds flat in the 200.

In another relay, Malene Obermayer, Coppola, VanScoy and Reed took fifth in the 4x400 in 4:50.13.

Elsewhere, McSorley (800, 2:36.43), Riley Gillis (3,000, 12:30.54) and Kashlynn Rice (60 hurdles, 10.81) all had sixth-place finishes, with Nadia Meeks (11.05, 60 hurdles) and Lillian Alcorn (11.22) directly behind Meeks in the 60 hurdles.

The Eagles have one more tune-up before the River States Conference Indoor Championships next weekend, traveling to Danville, Ky. for th Center Indoor Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
 
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Players Mentioned

Macy Adams

Macy Adams

Junior
Abby Baldridge

Abby Baldridge

Freshman
Makayla Brooks

Makayla Brooks

Sophomore
Emilee Cecil

Emilee Cecil

Sophomore
Riley Gillis

Riley Gillis

Sophomore
Stevie McSorley

Stevie McSorley

Freshman
Kashlynn Rice

Kashlynn Rice

Freshman
Emerson VanScoy

Emerson VanScoy

Freshman
Ariah Egleston

Ariah Egleston

Sophomore
Nadia Meeks

Nadia Meeks

Senior

Players Mentioned

Macy Adams

Macy Adams

Junior
Abby Baldridge

Abby Baldridge

Freshman
Makayla Brooks

Makayla Brooks

Sophomore
Emilee Cecil

Emilee Cecil

Sophomore
Riley Gillis

Riley Gillis

Sophomore
Stevie McSorley

Stevie McSorley

Freshman
Kashlynn Rice

Kashlynn Rice

Freshman
Emerson VanScoy

Emerson VanScoy

Freshman
Ariah Egleston

Ariah Egleston

Sophomore
Nadia Meeks

Nadia Meeks

Senior