Penmen Finish Third at UNH Jim Boulanger Invitational

4/4/2026 8:23:00 PM

Sippel wins 400 meters; Track & Field add multiple top-three finishes

When and Where: April 4, 2026 – Jim Boulanger Invitational (University of New Hampshire – Durham, N.H.)
Results: 3rd of 7

The SNHU women's track & field team continued its outdoor season on Saturday at the Jim Boulanger Invitational, competing against a strong Division I-heavy field at the University of New Hampshire.

TRACK

Senior Hope Sinclair (Hampton, N.H.) led the way for the Penmen in the sprints, placing third in the 100 meters with a time of 12.74 seconds. Freshman Jordyn Wall-Carty (Woodridge, N.Y.) followed in fourth (13.20) in her first try at the distance.
Freshman Kaylin Findley (Wallingford, Conn.) came in 6th place in the 100m (13.73).
Sophomore Hannah Sippel (Chester, N.H.) turned in a strong day, finishing third in the 200 meters (27.06) and winning the 400 meters in 1:00.41. That's the fastest time recorded by a Northeast 10 athlete this season.
Junior Hope Hanafin (Burlington, Mass.) added a seventh-place finish in the 400 meters (1:03.23).
In the middle-distance events, graduate student Corrina Obernesser (Westminster, Colo.) placed 11th in the 1,500 meters (5:02.71).
In the hurdles, junior Kay Wheelock (Milford, Mass.) placed second in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:07.49, while Obernesser added a sixth-place finish and freshman Erin Kelley (Braintree, Mass.) was seventh.
SNHU's 4x100-meter relay team of Sinclair, Sippel, Lily Bower (Billerica, Mass.), and Wall-Carty placed second overall in 49.59. The 4x400 relay team of Wheelock, Wall-Carty, Madison Lyons (Mansfield, Conn.), and Kelley finished third in 4:22.43.

FIELD

Jordyn Wall-Carty led the jumpers with a fourth-place finish in the long jump (4.87m), while Lily Bower placed seventh and Madison Lyons was eighth.
In the triple jump, freshman Ciara Pina (Taunton, Mass.) placed third with a mark of 8.79 meters.
Freshman Elizabeth Descheneaux (Methuen, Mass.) led SNHU in the high jump, clearing 1.37 meters to finish seventh, while Pina also competed.
Senior Brooke Bibbo (Burlington, Mass.) paced the throwers with a sixth-place finish in the shot put (11.49m) and added an eighth-place finish in the discus. Freshman Autumn O'Connor (Hooksett, N.H.) also competed in both events.
Junior Kayla Franks (Derry, N.H.) recorded a second-place finish in the javelin with a throw of 38.53 meters.