University of Delaware Athletics
Delaware Outdoor Track & Field Places Second at Navy Invite; Closes Out Action at Raleigh Relays
3/25/2017 10:57:00 PM | Track & Field
• Raleigh Relays Results
• Navy Invitational Results
NEWARK, Del. -- The University of Delaware women's outdoor track & field squad competed at two different venues Saturday, closing out action at the Raleigh (N.C.) Relays at North Carolina State and placing second in the team standings at the Navy Invitational in Annapolis, Md.
Delaware registered four top 10 finishes at North Carolina State and placed second in the team standings at Navy thanks to three first-place finishes.
“Our ladies had a great weekend at both meet locations,” said Delaware head coach Wendy McFarlane Smith. “We had some big personal-best performances and we have more in the tank. The ladies are beginning to trust the process more and more. We are excited and hunger for more results.”
The Hens had four top 20 finishes at the second day of the Raleigh Relays, one of the top meets in the nation. Sophomore Ashley Bailey led the Hens with a third place finish in the pole vault (12-1.5) and Liz McGroarty posted the second best time in the 800 meters in UD history as she placed third in the event with a time of 2:09.48, just 1.36 off the school record.
Also for the Blue Hens, Jeanette Bendolph was eighth in the 800 meters (2:10.23) and the 4 x 400 meter relay team of Tyra Reid, Nadia Khoury, London Freeland, and Carly Pettipaw was eighth in a time of 3:48.45.
At Navy, Delaware placed third in the team standings with 84 points, second only to host Navy with 422 points. Maryland-Eastern Shore earned 43 points to place third followed by George Washington (39 points) and American (26 points).
Delaware had three first place finishes as Jade Francis won both the shot put (42-11) and hammer (161-7) and Kristina Valko captured the javelin throw with a toss of 126-4. In addition, Nijah Cosme was second in the javelin (111-6), Melissa Zegeer was third in the hammer (148-10), and Alexa Vecchione was third in the javelin (110-10). Delaware's top track finisher was Angie Spadaccini, who was fourth in the 800 meters (2:17.18).
Delaware will return to action this weekend at the Colonial Relays at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
AGATE:
Raleigh Relays at North Carolina State
Delaware Top 20 Finishers:
3rd Place - Ashley Bailey, pole vault (12-1.5); 5th Place - Liz McGroarty, 800m (2:09.48); 8th Place - Jeanette Bendolph, 800m (2:10.23); 4 x 400m Relay (Tyra Reid, Nadia Khoury, London Freeland, Carly Pettipaw), 3:48.45; 15th Place - 4 x 100m Relay (Carolyn Darr, Tyler Jackson, Haley Berkeley, Tyra Reid), 48.17; 4 x 200m Relay (Carolyn Darr, Tyler Jackson, Haley Berkeley, Leslie Ope), 1:41.86.
Navy Invitational
Final Team Standings: 1. Navy - 422; 2. Delaware - 84; 3. UMES - 43; 4. George Washington - 39; 5. American - 26
Top 10 Delaware Finishers:
1st Place - Jade Francis, shot put (42-11), hammer (161-7); Kristina Valko, javelin (126-4); 2nd Place - Nijah Cosme, javelin (111-6); 3rd Place - Melissa Zegeer, hammer (148-10); Alexa Vecchione, javelin (110-10); 4th Place - Angie Spadaccini, 800m (2:17.18); Alexis Lipnicky, javelin (110-5); 5th Place - Tory Engel, 400m hurdles (1:09.91); Jade Francis, discus (127-0); Irene Cedano, hammer (137-4); 6th Place - Michaela Meyer, 800m (2:17.72); 7th Place - Ciara Murphy, 800m (2:19.69); Irene Cedano, shot put (36-1.5); Sarah Ahmed, discus (125-4); 8th Place - Molly Doyle, 3,000m steeplechase (7:54.76); Jennifer Hineman, pole vault (10-8); Kasandra Polakowska, shot put (32-7.75); Irene Cedano, discus (119-5); 10th Place - Sarah Ahmed, shot put (31-6.5)
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