Feb. 24, 2008
Boilermaker Invitational Complete Results 
West Lafayette, IN-The IPFW Women's Track and Field team competed in the Boilermaker Invitational hosted by Purdue University yesterday afternoon. The non-team scoring meet precludes the Mastodons' first appearance in The Summit League Indoor Championships which will take place in Sterling, IL on Friday, February 29.
Highlighting the meet were multiple season bests, as well as a record breaking performance by IPFW junior Crystina Martinez.
Martinez placed second in the 3,000m, falling only to former All-American out of Illinois, Cassie Hunt. Her time of 9:59.23 is nearly 18 seconds better than any of Martinez's times in the event this season, and also shatters the school record of 10:08.53 that she previously set in 2006. Sister, and constant competitor of Crystina, Crystal Martinez finished third in the event with at time of 10:03.38.
Also securing season bests were Jessica Palevich in the 800m run with a time of 2:27.07; Nakita Matthews who ran an 8.23 60m dash; and Brooke Newman with a pole vault of 3.22m, .02 meters higher than her previous best set earlier this season.
Coach Fruchey is enthusiastic about next week's league championships and the performance of the Martinez twins stating, "The twins ran fantastic races. I feel they are peaking at the perfect time for the Summit League Championships next week. I think that the entire team is really excited about conference and looking forward to the challenge it presents."
