ST. LOUIS, Mo. – SIUE women's track and field won six events Friday at the Billiken Invitational.

COUGAR HIGHLIGHTS
-- SIUE was second in the team scoring to host Saint Louis 141-123.
-- Aly Goff bested a field of 23 runners (over two heats) in the 1500 with a victory in 4:37.85. That her career best by more than a second.
-- Freshman Dakota Krone won her first collegiate meet with a leap of 5.45 meters in the long jump
-- Krone was the lone competitor in the triple jump (11.27m)
-- Catherine Jakich also was a double winner in the shot put (13.26m) and discus (39.34m)
-- Lejla Hajderovic cleared 1.49m in the high jump for a victory

FROM HEAD COACH MARCUS EVANS
--"I thought the women did really well. It was nice to see PRs come off the board in the first meet."
-- "Aly and Catherine: I'm really proud of our fifth-year seniors. They have had a long period of time between meets. For them to be true leaders was really exciting."
-- "Dakota is a really hard worker. She is one of those competitors who doesn't worry about things around her and is locked into what she needs to do."