Pittsburgh, Pa. – Duquesne track and field sophomore
Rose Kuchera broke her own program record in the women's triple jump twice over the past week, first recording a mark of 12.57 meters (41-3) at West Virginia before improving to 12.59 meters (41-3.75) at Mount Union. Junior
Mia Pierce also set a new program record in the discus with a throw of 50.60 meters (166-0) at the Widener University Final Qualifier, highlighting action across five last chance meets for the Dukes.
Kuchera competed three times during the stretch and won the triple jump at all three meets. The first school-record leap came on the opening attempt at West Virginia, bettering the mark set during her freshman season by two inches. Kuchera then closed her sophomore campaign by improving the record another three-quarters of an inch at Mount Union. The last chance meets began with a victory at Akron, where Kuchera posted a mark of 12.35 meters (40-6.25).
Junior
Mia Pierce broke her own Duquesne record in first place of the discus throw at Widener, recording a mark of 50.60 meters (166-0) on the final attempt to become the first Duke in program history to surpass the 50-meter mark. Pierce won the discus at all four last chance meets, also taking first at Akron (49.52m / 162-6), West Virginia (47.78m / 156-9) and Mount Union (44.35m / 145-6).
On the men's side,
Spencer Edey won the triple jump at the Akron Last Chance meet with a mark of 14.34 meters (47-0.75), while
Dino Nadarevic competed in the discus.
Ben Shields represented the Dukes at the Harrison Dillard Twilight hosted by Baldwin Wallace, placing fourth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:32.73.
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