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Distance Runners Pace Wildcat Women at Kane Invitational

1/29/2022 5:19:00 PM

By: Tom McDermott

ROBERT J. KANE INVITATIONAL  — FULL RESULTS



ITHACA, N.Y. - The Daemen College women's track and field team continued its 2021-22 indoor season by taking part in the Robert J. Kane Invitational held today on the campus of Cornell University.

The Daemen women entered the event ranked seventh in the initial regional merit rating index for the 2021-22 season published earlier this week by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Today's meet feature a mixture of NCAA Division I, II and III schools. The field consisted of Cornell, Syracuse, Buffalo, Binghamton, Daemen, Mansfield, Buffalo State, Manhattanville, and King's (Pa.). The Wildcats were making their first appearance at the Kane Invitational since the 2016-17 season.

A strong team showing in both the 3,000 meters and the 1,000 meters highlighted the day for Daemen, as the Wildcats placed two runners among the top-five finishers in both races. Freshman Marcy Colca (Getzville, N.Y.) and graduate student Kassandra Nolet (Fort Erie, Ont.) placed third and fourth place respectively in the 3,000 meters, while senior Hannah Thomas (Cheektowaga, N.Y.) and sophomore Camryn Bailey (Geneva, N.Y.) finished third and fourth respectively in the 1,000 meters.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Colca returned to the track after sitting out the Highlander Invitational last weekend. Running the 3,000 meters for the first time in her career, the rookie placed third out of 15 runners with a time of 10:32.88. She was just nine seconds off the pace of race winner Lily Meek (10:23.65) of the University at Buffalo.
  • Nolet also ran the 3,000 meters for the first time in her storied career and picked up her third top-five finish of the season—placing fourth with a time of 10:41.63.
  • Junior Courtney Merrill (Speedway, Ind.) and freshman Emma Cain (Lockport, N.Y.) also ran the 3,000 meters. Merrill ran it for the first time in her career and placed sixth with a time of 10:45.04. Cain also made her debut in the 3,000 meters and placed 10th (10:58.23)
  • Thomas ran the 1,000 meters for the first time in her career and placed third out of 11 runners with a time of 3:16.12—just six seconds behind winner Jennifer Mul (3:10.72) of SUNY Binghamton. Bailey also ran the 1,000 meters for the first time and placed fourth (3:17.09).
  • Sophomores Haley Hinds (Blossvale, N.Y.) and Emma Grzebinski (West Seneca, N.Y.) also took part in the 1,000 meters for the first time in their brief careers. Hinds placed seventh (3:29.06), while Grzebinski placed 11th (3:45.66).
  • Senior Amanda Bushway (East Aurora, N.Y.) was Daemen's lone representative in the 500 meters and placed fourth with a personal best time of 1:26.96—eclipsing her previous best time of 1:30.75 that she posted at the 2019 RIT Tiger Invitational.
  • Senior Natalie Menz (Lyndonville, N.Y.) qualified for the finals of the 60 meter hurdles with a personal best time of 10.64 during the preliminary heats. She would go on to place eighth in the finals with a time of 10.83. Her previous best time of 10.71 was set at the 2021 Highlander Invitational.
  • Sophomore Alyssa Harrington (Tonawanda, N.Y.) competed in the 60 meter dash, the long jump and the triple jump. She did not qualify for the finals in the 60 meter dash with a time of 8.64. She placed 13th in the long jump (4.16 meters) and finished seventh in the triple jump (10.22 meters).
  • Graduate student Betty Jones and freshman Elizabeth Bentley (Belmont, N.Y.) both took part in the weight throw and the shot put. Jones placed 12th in the weight throw (12.44 meters) and 14th in the shot put (8.42 meters). Bentley placed 17th in the weight throw with a personal best toss of 9.31 meters and finished 15th in the shot put (7.57 meters).
  • Daemen had two teams compete in the 4x400 relay. The team of Merrill, Nolet, Thomas and Bushway placed fourth among six teams with a time of 4:32.38.

UP NEXT

The Wildcats return to action next Saturday (Feb. 5) when they take part in the Brockport Multi on the campus of SUNY Brockport. It will mark the final event of the season before the Wildcats head to Staten Island, N.Y. of Feb. 26 to take part in the East Coast Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships.


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