When and Where: April 14, 2025 - Ed Daniels Invitational - Hooksett, N.H. (Ouellette Stadium)
Result:  2nd of 15 (139)

Junior Hope Sinclair (Hampton, N.H.) broke the program record for the 100m and helped lead two relay wins, and graduate student Laila Bunnitt (Lewiston, Maine) won a pair of events at the inaugural Ed Daniels Invitational on Monday at Ouellette Stadium.  

HIGHLIGHTS

• Sinclair ran the opening leg of the first race of the day, the 4x100m.  She teamed with freshman Hannah Sippel (Chester, N.H.), sophomore Jordan Wheaton (Hooksett, N.H.), and junior Carly Schofield (Plymouth, Mass.) to win the race in 49.77 seconds.
• Sinclair established a new program record of 12.32 seconds to win her prelim in the 100m, and was second in the finals in 12.39.  That broke Ava Gravell's program mark of 12.41 seconds.
• Hope also finished fourth in the 200m, and ran on the winning 4x400m relay team with sophomore Kay Wheelock (Milford, Mass.), Sippel, and freshman Hope Hanafin (Burlington, Mass.).
• In addition to the relay wins, Sippel also won the 400m in 59.25 seconds.
• Bunnitt just missed a new program record while finishing second in the hammer throw, smashing her previous best with a 49.29m and also won the shot put (13.56m) and discus (40.09m).
• Sophomore Kayla Franks (Derry, N.H.) finished second in the javelin at 40.01m.
• Wheaton added a fourth-place finish in the 100H to her relay win.  
• Hanafin finished third in the 400m race in addition to her relay win.
• Junior Corrina Obernesser (Westminster, Colo.) set a new PR while winning the 3000 Steeplechase (11:08.93) and also finished second with SNHU's "B" 4x4 relay team with freshman Erika Wojcik (No. Andover, Mass.), freshman Paige McInerney (Acton, Mass.), and junior Anne Wiersma (Veldhoven, Netherlands).
• Wojcik also ran second in the 3000 Steeplechase with a new PR of 11:38.55.
• McInerney was second in the 800m with a new personal best of 2:21.25.

NOTES

• This was the inaugural Ed Daniels Invitational.  Last June, we lost a very dear member of our family with the passing of Coach Ed Daniels.  Ed started the cross country program at SNHU, and in 2014, initiated a Women's Track & Field program, served first as a volunteer coach and then formally joining the program as a throws coach.  Ed was a competitive thrower himself, and had a 52- year long track & field career.  The throws area at the Stadium was dedicated to Coach Daniels during homecoming in 2022.
• Schofield, a member of the women's soccer team, competed for track & field for the first time.  
• The Penmen used the meet to honor the program seniors, Tori Allen (Litchfield, N.H.), Morgan Cooledge (Westbrook, Maine), Obernesser, and Wiersma.
• UMass Lowell had the top score (146) on men's side and Saint Anselm College was first (152.5) on the women's side with the Penmen second (139).
   

WHAT'S NEXT

•  SNHU will compete at meets at Merrimack College (Thursday) and UMass-Lowell (Friday and Saturday).
• The Northeast-10 Outdoor Track & Field Championship will be hosted by SNHU at Ouellette Stadium on May 2-3, 2025.

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