Track & Field Shines at Great Dane Invitational

Friday, January 28

Staten Island, N.Y.

12 PM

University of Delaware

Great Dane Invitational

1/29/2022 9:19:00 AM | Track & Field

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The University of Delaware track & field team returned to action Friday, Jan. 28, at the Great Dane Invitational hosted by UAlbany inside Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y. The Blue & Gold were familiar with New York's indoor space where the team put together a pair of first-place finishes and had outstanding performances by nine Blue Hens.

"The coaching staff felt good about today's performances across the board," said head coach Ryan Waite. "Nine athletes achieved UD all-time top-10 marks and a few more qualified for the ECAC indoor championships. Probably what we're most proud of though is that the team is showing fight and hunger as we work through the early portions of the season. We're excited for the meets to come!"

In the 3000m run event, Susanna Weir captured first-place with a time of 9:39.91 to sit in second in the school history books. Tina Capparell followed with a time of 9:45.83, good enough for second-place, and to write her name in the third place slot of the record books.

Marie-Frederique Poulin also cross the line first in the 500m dash event in a time of 1:16.33, earning her the seventh spot program history. Halima Scott finished the race in a time of 1:16.95 to take second place and land herself in 10th in the record books.

In the weight throw, Gabrielle Holliday tossed 16.39m (eighth place) and Kosie Nkwonta followed with 16.37m (ninth place), both taking the seventh and eighth place, respectively, in the program record books.

Cierra Crane took third place in the pole vault (3.50m) and Roxanne Ramirez finished in fifth place (4:57.35), where both sits in eighth place in school history in their respective events.

Aja Davis finished the 60m dash in 7.76 to place seventh at the event and ninth in school history.

NOTABLE BLUE HEN PERFORMANCES
Track Events
60 meter dash finals
Trinity Tapper (7.68, third place, qualified for ECAC) and Davis (7.76, seventh place)
60 meter dash preliminaries
Davis (7.77, seventh place), Tapper (7.77, eighth place), Shylehn Ebuenga-Smith (8.02, 19th place) and Kamylin Padgham (8.03, 21st place)
200 meter dash
Tapper (25.47, fifth place), Davis (25.67, 10th place), Ebuenga-Smith (26.21, 23rd place), Padgham (26.22, 24th place), Roshelle Leaks (26.49, 33rd place), Alyssa Armor (26.77, 43rd place), Alicia Lehman (27.18, 60th place), Melady Brown (27.30 62nd place) and Mayson Light (29.12, 74th place)
400 meter dash
Armor (59.76, 17th place) and Carly Schmidt (1:01.26, 31st)
500 meter dash
Poulin (1:16.33, first place), Scott (1:16.95, second place) and Jessica Harding (1:17.61, fourth place)
800 meter run
Ramirez (2:18.57, eighth place) and Katie Hally (2:27.74, 21st place)
1000 meter run
Carolyn Coletti (2:59.67, seventh place) and Nicole Schneider (3:12.03, 19th place)
Mile run
Ramirez (4:57.35, fifth place) and Hally (5:18.21, 14th place)
3000 meter run
Weir (9:39.91, first place), Capparell (9:45.83, second place), Sarah Daniels (10:09.05, fourth place) and Jessica Pidgeon (10:31.17, 13th place)
60 meter hurdles
Makiyah Cannon-Price (9.73, 11th place) and Lehman (9.80, 14th place)
4x400 meter relay
Delaware A - Scott, Poulin, Harding, Armor (3:53.47, second place)
Delaware B - Coletti, Jalynn Sharp, Schmidt, Brown (4:09.48, ninth place)

Field Events
Pole Vault
Cierra Crane (3.50m, third place), Sarah Megivern (3.20m, eighth place) and Meredith Krieger (3.20m, eighth place)
Long Jump
Leaks (5.39m, sixth place) and Light (4.79m, 26th place)
Triple Jump
Ruby Mullen (10.89m, eighth place)
Shot put
Myrissa McFolling-Young (13.21m, sixth place) and Nkwonta (13.02, eighth place)
Weight Throw
Chioma Njoku (17.20m, sixth place), Holliday (16.39m, eighth place), Nkwonta (16.37m, ninth place), Bethany Clement (14.33m, 22nd place) and Mackenzie Stephens (13.33m, 31st place)

WHAT'S NEXT
The Blue Hens will return to action next Saturday, Feb. 5 at the Frank Colden Invitational hosted by Ursinus College inside Floy Lewis Bakes Center in Collegeville, Pa.

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