BOSTON, Mass. – Saint Joseph's women's track and field team delivered a strong two-day performance, highlighted by multiple event wins, personal bests, and podium finishes across the track on the way to a fifth-place finish out of 19 teams at the ECAC Indoor Championships.
TRACK RESULTS (SATURDAY)
• The Hawks opened the meet in the sprints, with
Tamasen Allen Bey leading the group with a 7.74 finish, followed closely by
Olivia Binns in 7.78 and
Mariam Koita in 7.82.
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Sammy Walz led the Hawks in the 200-meter dash prelims with a 24.82 for 10th place, while
Mariam Koita followed at 24.97.
Kendall Cooper and
Tamasen Allen Bey each recorded personal bests at 25.13 and 25.15.
• The Hawks continued their strong showing in the 400 meters as
Kendall Cooper finished fifth in 56.36, a personal best, while Samantha Walz added another personal-best effort, placing seventh in 56.79.
• The 800-meter run was a major highlight for the Hawks, as
Tess Crossan won the event with a new school-record time of 2:08.02.
Karin Dobiasch followed with a fourth-place finish in 2:09.69, while
Samantha Korck placed sixth in a personal-best 2:10.09 to move into the top four on Saint Joseph's all-time list.
Quinn O'Brien rounded out the group with a 12th-place finish in 2:11.87.
• In the 3000 meters,
Grace Rudder finished seventh overall, running a personal-best 9:50.53 to move into the top six on the program's all-time list.
TRACK RESULTS (SUNDAY)
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Crystal Benito paced the Hawks in the 500-meter dash with a personal-best fifth-place finish in 1:16.34, while
Olivia Beddow followed in 10th at 1:17.30.
• The Hawks claimed another event win in the 1000-meter run, led by
Quinn O'Brien, who won the race in 2:47.90 to break the school record and move into the top spot on Saint Joseph's all-time list.
Majken Lutzen completed the one-two finish, placing second in 2:47.96, also eclipsing the previous school record and moving into second all-time.
• Saint Joseph's relay squads capped off the meet with several strong performances. The 4x400-meter relay team of
Kendall Cooper,
Sammy Walz,
Crystal Benito, and
Olivia Beddow placed fourth with a time of 3:49.59.
• The Hawks recorded a second-place finish in the 4x800-meter relay, as
Samantha Korck,
Majken Lutzen,
Tess Crossan, and
Karin Dobiasch combined for a time of 8:45.37, moving the quartet to No. 1 on Saint Joseph's all-time list.
• The distance medley relay team of
Chloe Care,
Taylor Rosen,
Ali Fink, and
Sabrina Paz closed out the meet with a seventh-place finish, posting a time of 12:04.39.