Millville’s Bryanna Craig, a freshman at Purdue, and Winslow’s Tionna Tobias, a junior at Iowa, finished 2nd and 3rd in the pentathlon Friday at the Big Ten Championships with both South Jersey athletes posting lifetime bests in the one-day, five-event challenge.
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Craig took 2nd with 4,046 points, and Tobias was 3rd with 3,997 points. Indiana senior Hope Purcell won the event with 4,109 points.
Craig’s previous PR was 3,968 points at a meet last month in Louisville, and Tobias’s was 3,919 at a meet last month in Fayetteville.
Craig ran 8.79 in the hurdles for 954 points, cleared 5-8 in the high jump for 891 points, threw the shot put a lifetime-best 34- for 560 points, long jumped for 750 points and closed with a 2:15.09 for 891 points. She had the second-best performance in the field in the high jump and third-best in the 800.
Tobias ran 8.49 in the hurdles for 1,019 points, high jumped 5-4 ½ for 783 points, threw the shot 33-8 ¾ for 548 points, long jumped 19-5 ¼ for 825 points and ran an 800 PR of 2:20 for 822 points. She had the top performances in the hurdles and long jump.
Craig’s 4,046 is No. 4 in Purdue history and the highest score by a Boilermaker in 25 years – since Beth Reid scored 4,074 points at the 1997 Big Ten Championships in Iowa City. It’s also No. 26 in NCAA Division 1 and No. 2 among freshmen. Tobias’s score is No. 33 in Division 1.
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Tobias’s 3,997 is No. 3 in Iowa history, behind only Jenny Kimbro (4,269 in 2020) and Tria Simmons (4,200 in 2019).
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 