COLLEGE STATION, Texas – First-year
Layni Kaase got competition underway for the Yale women's track and field team at the 44 Farms Team Invitational Thursday at Texas A&M's E.B. Cushing Stadium. Competing in the heptathlon, Kaase is in 19th place out of 26 athletes after four events. She has 2979 points. Cincinnati's Juliette Laracuente-Huebner, a second team All-American in this event for the past two years, leads with 3617 points.
Competing in her home state – where she earned three bronze medals in the last two years at the Texas outdoor championships while competing for College Station High School – Kaase began the day with a ninth-place finish in the 100m hurdles (14.34). She followed that with a t-10th place finish in the high jump (1.63m), a 25th place finish in the shot put (8.86m) and a 13th place finish in the 200m (25.72).
The heptathlon long jump, javelin and 800m take place Friday.
Friday will also see Yale juniors
Gloria Guerrier (400m hurdles)
Sophie Spokes (200m) competing at Texas A&M, while senior
Linde Fonville and junior
Daniella Henderson compete in the mile at Providence's Friar Invitational.
