Rio Grande Sports Information
    RIO GRANDE, Ohio - Despite battling rainy conditions throughout the day, the University of Rio Grande women's track and field team captured a second straight Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship on Saturday at the Stockmeister Track & Field Complex.
    The RedStorm compiled 287 points as a team, easily outdistancing runner-up Point Park University (138 pts.) and third-place finisher Indiana University-East (40 pts.).
    Sophomore Tyanna Petty (Somerset, OH) dominated the day individually with top finishes in the 100-meter dash (12.74), 200-meter dash (26.07), 100-meter Hurdles (15.28), High Jump (1.60m) and Long Jump (5.16m). She was also part of Rio's first-place 4x400 Relay team (4:09.18) - which also included sophomores Keri Lawrence (Pomeroy, OH), Maddie Rigsby (Tuppers Plains, OH) and Emili Sannes (Carlisle, OH) - and finished the day with 50-1/2 points for Most Valuable Performer honors.