27th Annual Don Wright Team Challenge Full Results 


Senior Brittany Horne (Okemos, MI/Okemos) celebrated her 23rd birthday in style with a victory as the Titans competed in the 27th Annual Don Wright Team Challenge, held at the University of Western Ontario. The Titans finished in second place on the day. 

Horne won the event with a throw of 17.13m, setting a new meet record in the process as she eclipsed the old standard of 16.08m. Horne also took fourth in the shot put with an 11.89m heave. 

The 4x800-meter relay nearly came away with a win as the team of senior Jennifer DeFauw (Harper Woods, MI/Grosse Pointe North), junior Kirstin Mooney (Stirling ON/St. Theresa Catholic) and rookies Tressanique Hampton (Flint, MI/Southwestern Academy) and Katie Weishaar (Plymouth, MI/Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard) were runner-ups in 9:44.83, the eighth best run in Titan history. 

Junior Sequoyia Calhoun (Belleville, MI/Belleville) was third in the 300-meters in 43.00, while senior Megan Miller (Zanesville, OH/Zanesville) placed third in the 600m with a time of 1:39.49, good for sixth on the UDM top 10 list. 

The open 300m saw freshman Melissa Zuteck (Sterling Heights, MI/Sterling Heights) take fourth in 44.93, just ahead of fifth place Olivia Smid (Ann Arbor, MI/Whitmore Lake), who crossed the finish line at 44.97. Smid also made her collegiate debut in the high jump, clearing 1.50m to tie for fourth, while freshmen Whitney Rogers (Flint, MI/Hamady) and Amanda Campbell (Lockport, NY/Lockport) shared seventh with a mark of 1.45m. 

In the 60-meter hurdles, senior Ashley Schinske (Paw Paw, MI/Paw Paw) led three Titans in the top six with a third-place finish in 9.98m. Freshman Sharonda Vesey (Westland, MI/Romulus) was fourth at 10.01 and Campbell took sixth at 10.23. 

Schinske also earned fourth in the long jump with a leap of 4.98m, just in front of sixth-place Susan Kalkstein (New Kensington, PA/Burrell), as the sophomore recorded a 4.92m mark. 

Junior Jasmin Webb (Detroit, MI/Mumford) ran an 8.21 for fourth in the 60m, while freshman Amanda Hollern (Grand Rapids, MI/Catholic Central) was sixth at 8.24. 

The 1500m produced three personal records as freshman Katrina Oberski (Clyde, MI/Port Huron) posted a 5:05.51 for fifth, while rookie Alexandria Vintevoghel (Casco, MI/Marine City) (5:05.89) and sophomore Stephanie Rossman (Caledonia, MI/Caledonia) (5:06.59) were sixth and seventh, respectively. 

The 3000k saw junior Kristie Ferrans (Carleton, MI/Monroe) earn third in a time of 10:55.45. Senior Beata Gorzynska (Ilawa, Poland/Mazurski of Olsztynie) was fourth at 11:02.49, while sophomore Kristina Arko (Euclid, OH/Euclid) set a career mark of 11:25.27 to take sixth. 

Detroit will get right back to work on Friday as the Titans head to Allendale to run in the GVSU Open.