BOSTON, Mass. – The Colby-Sawyer women's indoor track and field team competed on Sunday in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championships coming in second place with a score of 126. Emmanuel won the championship with a score of 135.5.
Rapid Recap:
- Senior Ashley Keleher (Mashpee, Mass.) had a stellar meet for the Chargers winning the 60 meter dash (7.98), 200 meter dash (25.76), and triple jump events (11.31m). Keleher broke two records in the meet with the 60 and 200 meter dash times.
- Sophomore Adriana Nadeau (Londonderry, Vt.) also had a big meet with first place finishes in the mile run (5:47.14), 3000 meter (11:45.40) and the 5000 meter run (19:45.71).
- Sophomore Kate Cochran (North Sutton, N.H.) came in second place in the 60 meter hurdles at a time of 10.09.
- In the 800 meter junior Heather Hanson (Barnstable, Mass.) came away with gold at a time of 2:34.58.
- The Chargers added a win in distance medley to claim 10 points to round out the scoring.
Post Meet Press:
"I'm so proud of the way our team performed today", said senior
Ashley Keleher (Mashpee, Mass.). "We had so many of our runners putting on performances of a lifetime on both the men's and women's teams. Even though we were just a few points off from winning on the women's side, everyone battled until the end and I'm pleased that we still managed to come away with 2nd overall with our limited scoring in field events."
Up Next:
The Chargers will head back to Boston in the NCAA Division III New England Indoor Track & Field Championships on Feb. 25th.
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