When and Where: February 16, 2023- Northeast 10 Indoor Track & Field Championship
(Track at New Balance, Boston, Mass.)
Team Scoring: 1
st of 9 (49 points)
(Boston, Mass.) - SNHU Indoor Track & Field is in first place after the first day of the 2023 NE10 Indoor Track & Field Championship.
TOP PERFORMANCES
- The Penmen turned in a 1-2-3 finish in the 5,000m run. Graduate student Ashley Corcoran (East Longmeadow, Mass.) won the race at 18:40.96, with freshman Corrina Obernesser (Westminster, Colo.) coming in second at 18:45.71.
- Junior Kelsey Seamans (Methuen, Mass.) was third at 18:50.76, and senior Sarah Zarakotas (Deerfield, N.H.) wound up in sixth place after a 19:28.58 run.
- Freshman Maggie McInerney (Acton, Mass.) won the pentathlon with a new program record 2,937 points, with junior Emma Hallet (Billerica, Mass.) in second place at 2,761 points and sophomore Tori Allen (Litchfield, N.H.) in fifth at 2,603.
- Hallet set a new PR for the 60H at 9.64, and she has qualified for Friday's finale of the 60H with a qualifying run of 9.75.
- Junior Ava Gravell (Windham, N.H.) has qualified for the finals in the 60m dash with a 7.97 (new PR) and in the 200m dash with a 25.66. She also qualified for the finals in the 400m dash with a new program record and PR of 57.39- the second-best time of the day. Her 5.40m in the long jump was also a new personal mark, finishing fifth.
- Junior Kaitlyn O'Rourke (Braintree, Mass.) and junior Hannah Bradbury (Seekonk, Mass.) both qualified for the 800m final by finishing within the top eight.
- Freshman Amelia Edmonds (Strafford, N.H.) scored in the pole vault at 2.43m, good for eighth place.
- SNHU finished second in the distance medley relay at 12:21.22 with O'Rourke, McInerney, Bradbury, and Corcoran running the legs.
- Graduate student Bennie Alula (Hartford, Conn.) turned in a third-place finish in the weight throw at 14.31m.
NOTES
- SNHU scored 49 points, with Adelphi in second place (33). New Haven and Southern Connecticut are tied for third place (25).
- The Penmen recorded a program best second-place finish at the 2022 NE10 Indoor Track & Field Championship.
WHAT'S NEXT
- Day 2 of the Indoor Track & Field Championships will start at 11 a.m. with the women's shot put.
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