Saturday, February 25, 2023

Anna Gladstone Competes in MIAA Track Championship

The Northwest Missouri State indoor track and field teams got started with day one of the 2023 MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on the campus of Pittsburg State.

The Bearcats had two athletes participating in the women's pentathlon with Worth County track standout Anna Gladstone and Shelby Butterfield getting the MIAA Championships underway.

Shelby Butterfield earned an 11th place finish in the event with 3,398 points and Anna Gladstone earned a 12th place finish with 3,362 points. Butterfield's 3,398 points is a personal record and puts her at No. 9 in school history.

In the 60 meter hurdles, Gladstone finished ninth in 9.08 and Butterfield finished 12th in 9.49.

Butterfield earned third in the high jump with a mark of 5' 4.25" (1.63m), while Gladstone cleared 5' 1.75 (1.57m) to tie for seventh.

Gladstone placed fourth in the shot put with a distance of 35' 10.25" (10.93m). Butterfield placed 14th as she had a distance of 26' 10.5" (8.19m).

Butterfield took sixth in the long jump as she hit a mark of 17' 7" (5.36m), and Gladstone took 12th with a mark of 16' 4.5" (4.99m).

Butterfield ran the 800 meter run in 2:25.93 for an eight place finish, and Gladstone came in with a time of 2:35.94 for a 12th place finish.

(Northwest Missouri State University)

 



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