ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Daemen College women's track and field team saw five of its competitors finish in the top 16 of the 800-meter run today while partaking in the ROC City Classic hosted by Nazareth College at Golden Flyer Stadium.

Led by sophomore Hannah Rice (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora) who finished as the 800-meter runner-up (2:19.62), Daemen dominated the event which also saw sophomore Brittany Denton earn a top-10 finish (ninth) with her time of 2:27.88.  Junior Brooke Nolan (Depew, N.Y./Depew) ran a season-best time of 2:30.04 to finish in 11th.  Rounding out the Daemen dominance was Anna Lyons (Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas), who recorded a personal-record time of 2:31.46, and Lindsay Wood (Newfield, N.Y./Newfield) who came in just behind at 2:31.96, finishing 15th and 16th respectively.

Also making waves on the track today was sophomore long-distance runner Mackenzie Donahue (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora) who earned a runner-up finish in the 1500-meter run.  Donahue raced the event in 4:56.86 today.  

In sprints, freshman Kailyn Szymanski (Lockport, N.Y./Lockport) was the 15th-place finisher in the 400-meter dash (1:04.27).  She was joined in the top 20 by sophomore Leah May (Palmyra, N.Y./Palmyra-Macedon) who came in 20th (1:05.68).  May added a 23rd-place finish in the 200-meter dash as well, running that race in 29.00 seconds flat.

In field events today, thrower Toria Williams (Buffalo, N.Y./Medaille College) finished seventh in the javelin, putting forth a throw of 24.98 meters.  Teammate Ashley Krol (Depew, N.Y./Depew) was the 12th-place performer in the long jump with a long leap of 4.54 meters, and Jillian Sosnowski (Depew, N.Y./Depew) finished in 19th place in the triple jump (9.28 meters).

Today's meet represented the final tune-up for the Wildcats who will participate in the 2015 East Coast Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships next week.  That event is scheduled for Saturday, April 18 on the campus of Roberts Wesleyan College.