The Washington University in St. Louis women’s track and field team secured its seventh consecutive University Athletic Association indoor championship on March 2. The Bears amassed 186.5 points, outpacing the University of Chicago’s 129.5. Six first-place finishes highlighted their dominant performance.
Dating back to 2018, the WashU Bears have maintained supremacy in the UAA women’s indoor track and field competition. On March 2, they extended their streak to seven titles with a commanding victory, led by standout relay and individual efforts.
The women’s distance medley relay team, consisting of sophomore Lauren Raley, sophomore Ellie Cain, first-year Kate Delia, and sophomore Lucinda Laughlin, broke the UAA record by three seconds. Additionally, the 4×400-meter relay squad of sophomore Quinn Bird, senior Kylie Spytek, junior Caroline Echols, and junior Cate Christopher claimed first place.
Echols took the 800-meter race, with Delia and senior Cate Stevens completing a podium sweep in second and third. In the 60-meter dash, senior Jasmine Wright, junior Maya Davis, and junior Julia Coric finished first, second, and third, respectively. Coric followed with a victory in the 200-meter event. Laughlin, building on her cross country success, won the 3000-meter race.
Field events also shone for the Bears. Senior Jenae Bothe secured her second consecutive UAA indoor shot put title. Senior Mackenzie Walker set a personal record of 4.00 meters in the pole vault, marking the fourth-best performance in Division III this season.
On the men’s side, No. 11 WashU placed fourth for the third straight year. Their 4×400-meter relay team of senior Dayton Lasack, first-year Logan Fairchild, senior Brandon Brazil, and junior William Frohling recorded a conference-best time of 3:16.46. Lasack won the 400-meter, and Frohling the 800-meter. In pole vault, junior Peter Lichtenberger and senior Tommaso Maiocco both cleared 5.07 meters, shattering the prior UAA record of 4.96 meters set by Lichtenberger in 2025.
The Bears now prepare for NCAA qualifiers at Wartburg University this weekend, ahead of the NCAA indoor championships in Birmingham, Alabama, on March 13 and 14. Last year, the women’s team finished second at nationals.