DEKALB, Ill. – The Toledo women's track & field team started the evening with a second-place finish from Nora Hark in the javelin and capped it with a gold medal for Mercy Kinyanjui in the 10,000m in an impressive day-one performance at the Mid-American Conference Track & Field Championships at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex on Thursday.
Toledo ranks third overall after Thursday's events with 20 points, with 12 coming from the 10,000m and the other eight from the javelin. Eastern Michigan leads the competition with 22 points.
Kinyanjui's 10,000m victory came after running the final lap in 1:06.