The Case Western Reserve University women's track and field team had a pair of conference champions and totaled eight All-University Athletic Association honors during the 2025 outdoor season.
Graduate student Michaela Burkhauser and senior Rachel Ginn both brought home gold for the Spartans at the 2025 UAA Outdoor Championships held at the Icahn Stadium in Manhattan, New York. On the first day of the competition, Ginn won the hammer throw with a toss of 50.61 meters, a personal best mark. Graduate student Ailean Duffie placed second in the event with a heave of 48.86 meters to receive All-UAA honors for the second time in her career. Burkhauser thew the discus at least three meters further than the rest of the competition, taking the UAA title in the event with a toss of 45.06 meters. Earlier in the meet, she placed second in the shot put, giving her two All-UAA honors at both the indoor and outdoor championships. Junior Michelle Lee placed second in the discus throw to earn her third career All-UAA award.
Overall, CWRU placed fourth in the conference for the second consecutive year and third time since the 2022 championship. Sophomore Holly Schreiber was on the conference podium for the first time in her career, placing second in the pole vault by clearing 3.57 meters. Participating in her first career conference championship, first-year Sarah Viveiros received the silver medal in the javelin throw with a toss of 38.46 meters. On the track, junior Ayla Grabenbauer placed third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:00.94, picking up her first career All-UAA honor.
Burkhauser (discus throw), Ginn (hammer throw), Grabenbauer (3,000-meter steeplechase), and Schreiber (pole vault) each received All-Great Lakes Region recognition for their achievements at the conference meet by placing in the top five among schools in the region in their events.
CWRU performed well at the Sparky Adams Invitational hosted by Baldwin Wallace on April 18 and 19. The team placed third out of 12 teams with 111.0 points with season-best times or marks in five events. At the end of the season, junior runner Lauren Iagnemma recorded the third-fastest time in program history and 42nd-fastest time in Division III in the 5,000-meter run (17:03.07) at the Harrison Dillard Twilight, also hosted by BW.
In the classroom, five members of the team were honored by the College Sports Communicators as members of the Academic All-District Team. They included Ginn, Grabenbauer, Iagnemma, Schreiber, and junior Ashley Novak.
Members of the CWRU women's track and field team received the following individual honors during the 2025 outdoor track and field season:
The following were top times/marks by Spartan track and field athletes during the outdoor 2025 season:
100-Meter Dash
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Riley Friedman
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12.80
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Sparky Adams Invite
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200-Meter Dash
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Riley Friedman
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26.19
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UAA Outdoor Championships
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400-Meter Dash
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Melanie Taylor
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59.77
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Wooster Invite
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800-Meter Run
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Arianna Holbrook
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2:14.96
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Sparky Adams Invite
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1,500-Meter Run
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Lauren Iagnemma
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4:38.59
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Mount Union Last Chance Meet
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5,000-Meter Run
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Lauren Iagnemma
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17:03.07
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Harrison Dillard Twilight
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10,000-Meter Run
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Becca Liaw
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39:51.54
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UAA Outdoor Championships
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100-Meter Hurdles
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Gabby Alphonse
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17.09
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UAA Outdoor Championships
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400-Meter Hurdles
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Eyoha Teshome
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1:10.57
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Sparky Adams Invite
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3,000-Meter Steeplechase
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Ayla Grabenbauer
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11:00.94
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UAA Outdoor Championships
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4x100-Meter Relay
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Sarah Ball, Melanie Taylor, Gabby Alphonse, Riley Friedman
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51.15
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Sparky Adams Invite
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4x400-Meter Relay
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Siena Kannenberg, Julia Hluck, Arianna Holbrook, Melanie Taylor
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4:08.92
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Bob Kahn Invite
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4x800-Meter Relay
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Melanie Taylor, Julia Walko, Lauren Iagnemma, Julia Hluck
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9:36.42
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UAA Outdoor Championships
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High Jump
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Jordan Su
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1.49m
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Sparky Adams Invite
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Pole Vault
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Holly Schreiber
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3.57m
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UAA Outdoor Championships
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Long Jump
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Jordan Su
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5.19m
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W&L Track Carnival
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Triple Jump
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Jordan Su
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11.06m
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W&L Track Carnival
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Shot Put
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Michaela Burkhauser
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13.43m
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SPIRE Last Chance Meet
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Discus Throw
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Michaela Burkhauser
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45.06m
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UAA Outdoor Championships
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Hammer Throw
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Rachel Ginn
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50.61m
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UAA Outdoor Championships
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Javelin Throw
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Sarah Viveiros
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38.94m
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Gator Goldberg Invite
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