ATHENS, Ohio – Freshman Kristen Jay won the javelin to lead Kent State in action on the first day of competition at the 2025 Mid-American Conference Women's Track and Field Championship.
Jay's first throw of the day was her best and soared 155'-9", which is just three inches off her personal-best.
The Golden Flashes scored in two of the other three scored events on the opening day of action. Kyla Taress recorded a PR of 12'-7.5" for sixth in the pole vault and Noel Frye placed eighth in the hammer throw with a mark of 170'.