For the third time in as many tries at the conference level, the Marquette women’s track and field team topped the rest of the field at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships Saturday evening, while the men came up short and finished runners-up.
Marquette finished with six individual champions and plenty of strong performances in suburban Philadelphia, but it was the weather that became the story of the second day, as torrential rain and wind played a key role in the competition. Despite the weather and numerous spills throughout the day among numerous teams, the events continued.
On the women’s side, Maya Marion became the conference’s first three-time champion in the shot put with a distance of 13.