MIAC RELEASE
ARDEN HILLS, MINN.—The Bethel University Royals swept the April 28 MIAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week award.
April 28 MIAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week
Track: 4x400 Meter Relay Team (Madi Pelowski, Ashley Slaybaugh, Hannah Bingham, Shalom Sulungaine) (Bethel)
Field: Anna Speratos (Bethel)
The 4x400 meter relay team of Madi Pelowski, Ashley Slaybaugh, Hannah Bingham, and Shalom Sulungaine took first place at the Drake Relays with a 3:44.97 in the prelims, which ranks fourth in the country and is a new school record. It surpasses the previous school record mark of 3:45.75 achieved by Hannah Sankey, Delia Labatt, Erin Alpers, and AddieKay Johnson in 2018.
They went on to notch a 3:48.77 in the finals, good enough for eighth place.
Anna Speratos registered a 13th-place toss of 53.21m in the hammer throw at the Drake Relays.
The Royals will compete at the MIAC Championship in the Heptathlon on April 30-May 1 at Carleton College, as well as the Hamline Meet of the UnSaintly on Friday, May 1.
