MEDFORD, Mass.
– The Colby-Sawyer women's track and field team competed at the Tufts Snowflake Classic on Saturday hosted by Tufts University.
Rapid Recap:
- Junior Ashley Keleher (Mashpee, Mass.) earned two first-place finishes at the meet in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.62 as well as the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.20. Keleher sets a new 200-meter dash outdoor school record improving from her previous best at last week's Bridgewater State Invitational by 0.04 seconds.
- In the women's 10,000-meter run, first year Adriana Nadeau (Londonderry, N.H.) finished in eighth place with a time of 45:43.06.
- First year Katie Cochran (North Sutton, N.H.) placed nineth overall in the 100-meter hurdles prelims after clocking in at 17.08.
- Senior Shannon O'Connell (Peabody, Mass.) led Colby-Sawyer in the 1,500-meter run with a 30th place finish. Following closely behind her was sophomore Tessa Millette (Barrington, N.H.) clocking in at 5:27.95 for 34th place and sophomore Samantha Carus (Brownfield, Maine) in 5:45.90 for 39th place. Millette also competed in the 800-meter run finishing in 35th place with a time of 2:43.28.
- In the field events, sophomore Courtney Brewster (Castleton, Vt.) secured 12th place in the high jump event with a mark of 1.42-meters. Senior Emily Parent (Oakland, Maine) placed 28th overall in the long jump with a mark of 3.92-meters. In the triple jump event, junior Anna Bieszczad (Grantham, N.H.) took 14th place after jumping 9.58-meters. Junior Faith Mazzapica (Tewksbury, Mass.) competed in both the discus throw finishing in 15th place as well as the hammer throw placing ninth overall.
- For the 4x100-meter relay event, the Chargers secured sixth place with a time of 54.59 featuring Cochran, Brewster, Keleher, and Bieszczad.
Results
Athlete Spotlight:
"Today, everyone had strong performances," said first year
Adriana Nadeau (Londonderry, N.H.) "Even though the weather wasn't ideal we pushed through and ran hard."
Up Next:
The Colby-Sawyer outdoor track and field team will travel to Springfield, Massachusetts on Saturday, April 8
th for their next meet hosted by Springfield College.
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