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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (3/1/2015) --  Louisa Coppola won the third conference title of the weekend for the University of Detroit Mercy women's track and field team as the Titans wrapped up competition at the 2015 Horizon League Indoor Championships, hosted by Youngstown State at WATTS on Sunday.
 
Detroit finished in fourth place overall out of seven teams in the Horizon League team standings, earning 62 points. Youngstown State won the team championship by one point over Milwaukee, 131-130.
 
Coppola won the mile for the second-straight year, leading the race from start to finish. She won the race over 18 other runners by more than three seconds with a time of 4:55.42. It was Coppola's second conference title of the meet as she anchored the DMR that captured the conference title on Saturday. Coppola also placed fourth in the 3,000 meter run on Sunday finishing with a time of 10:12.05, just a little more than a hour after winning the mile.
 
Junior Allison Garner equaled her preliminary time in Sunday's finals, running 7.75 in the 60-meter dash to finish as runner-up in the event. Junior Jessica Doherty also competed in the 60m placing eighth in 7.97.
 
Sophomore thrower Ashley Bayles placed second in the shot put, earning eight points for the Titans. She smashed her PR in the event throwing a distance of 13.34 meters (43' 9.25") on her second throw. Senior Lauren Berlin scored in her second throwing event of the meet placing fifth with a toss of 12.31 meters (40' 4.75").
 
Following her pentathlon victory on Saturday, senior Hana Hunt claimed a fifth-place finish in the high jump on Sunday, recording two points for Detroit. She earned a new personal best in the event by clearing 1.59 meters (5' 2.5").
 
Freshman Sydnie Fetherolf placed sixth in the mile for Detroit, crossing in 5:12.93 and senior Sara Taylor was 12th in 5:37.18.
 
Sophomore Samantha Zakalowski earned a PR in the 800-meter run placing sixth with a time of 2:19.08.
 
Six Titans ran in the 3,000m as senior Zeinab Baydoun ran a season-best time of 10:38.56 to place 15th out of 36 runners. Freshman Taylor Smith had a time of 10:40.34, sophomore Devon Sutton ran a time of 11:04.49, freshman Jenny Ponkowski crossed in 11:09.60 and freshman Sydney Shaw rounded out the Detroit competitors with a time of 11:30.43.
 
Junior Alexander Lindig placed 11th in the triple jump, reaching a season-best 10.51 meters (34'5.75"). Freshman Delaney O'Rourke was the third thrower for Detroit in the shot put, placing eighth with a have of 10.92 meters (35'10").
 
Detroit finished fourth in the 4x400-meter relay to end competition. The team of sophomore Jayona Dent, Hunt, freshman Brogan Holmes and freshman Elizabeth Mullen totaled a time of 3:58.22.
 
Detroit won three conference titles for the second straight year on the women's side. The Titans successfully defended two titles in the distance medley relay (DMR) and Coppola's mile victory. The third win came from senior Hana Hunt in the pentathlon on Saturday.