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Bennie Alula competes in the weight throw at Southern Maine

Alula Sets New Program Record, Penmen Win Four Events at Southern Maine

Penmen Wrap Up Successful Meet Saturday

When and Where: December 11, 2021- Costello Sports Complex, Gorham, Maine (University of Southern Maine - Meet 1)
Results:  No team scoring

(Gorham, Maine) -  Senior Bennie Alula (Hartford, Conn.) established a new program record, winning the weight throw on Saturday in an indoor meet at the University of Southern Maine.  The Penmen won three other events on the day.

TOP PERFORMERS
  • Alula won the weight throw with her second attempt, which measured 15.46m (50' 8.75").  She broke her own program mark of 15.42 set in January of 2020.  Bennie also set a PR in the shot put at 11.61m, finishing in third place.
  • Sophomore Laila Bunnitt (Lewiston, Maine) returned to her home state and set a PR in the shot put at 12.16m, winning the event.  Bunnitt also placed sixth in the weight throw.
  • On the track, the Penmen earned wins in the 600m and the 4x200 relay.
  • Senior Meghan Stroh (New Fairfield, Conn.) won the 600m in 1:46.90.
  • Stroh joined sophomore Sydney Eccleston (Swanzey, N.H.), freshman Tori Allen (Litchfield, N.H.), and sophomore Ava Gravell (Windham, N.H.) to win the 4x200 relay in 1:49.49.
  • Gravell also finished third in both the 55m (new PR of 7.52) and the long jump.
  • Sophomore Emma Hallet (Billerica, Mass.) was the top finisher for SNHU in the 55 hurdles, finishing second.  Hallet's time was a PR (9.02).  Sophomore Theresa Irving (Penacook, N.H.) finished fourth with a PR of 9.35.  Senior Jordan Woodford (Berkley, Mass.) wound up fifth with a new personal best of 9.51.  Allen had a PR of 9.33 in the prelims, and finished seventh in the final.
NOTES
  • Junior Madison McMahon (East Longmeadow, Mass.) finished third in the high jump (1.61m), a new indoor mark for the Penmen program.
  • Eccleston also set a personal best in the high jump at 1.51m
  • SNHU's distance runners had this meet off.
  • There was no team scoring.  
WHAT'S NEXT
  •  The Penmen return to action after the New Year when they are scheduled to head to the Dartmouth Relays in Hanover, N.H. on Saturday, January 8.

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