BROCKPORT MULTI  — FULL RESULTS

BROCKPORT, N.Y. - The Daemen College women's track and field team placed third out of 14 teams at the Brockport Multi Invitational held today on the campus of SUNY Brockport.

Daemen recorded 103 team points and placed third behind host SUNY Brockport (153) and SUNY Geneseo (128). St. John Fisher College (66) and Rochester Institute of Technology (44) rounded out the top five. Today's meet featured a mixture of NCAA Division I, II and III schools from throughout the state of New York.

The Daemen women entered the event ranked ninth in the second 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).

The Wildcats collected 57 of their 103 team points during the mile run and 3,000 meters, as all five Daemen runners finished among the top seven finishers in both races. Graduate student Kassandra Nolet (Fort Erie, Ont.) placed first out of 32 runners in the mile, while junior Courtney Merrill (Speedway, Ind.) finished second. Freshman Marcy Colca (Getzville, N.Y.) placed first in the 3,000 meters, while Nolet and Merrill placed second and third respectively. A first place showing by sophomore Alyssa Harrington (Tonawanda, N.Y.) in the triple jump highlighted the field portion of the day for the Wildcats.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Nolet led from start to finish in the mile and placed first out of 32 runners with a personal best time of 5:17.19—eclipsing her previous best of time of 5:20.86 that she posted at the Highlander Invitational earlier this year. Her time of 5.17:19 today also ranks as the third fastest mile time in program history, behind only Brittney Denton (5:16.70) and Mackenzie Donahue (5:05.50). Nolet finished less than a second behind Colca in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:41.81.
• Colca placed first in a race for the second time this season, as she edged out Nolet and placed first out of 28 runners in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:41.10. Colca also took home individual honors in the 5,000 meters earlier this year at the Houghton Indoor Meet. Colca also ran the mile for the first time in her career today and placed fifth with a time of 5:24.80.
• Merrill posted a personal best time in both the mile and 3,000 meters today. She finished second to Nolet in the mile with a time of 5:18.37, which ranks as the fourth fastest mile time in program history. She knocked 13 seconds off her previous best time of 5:31.82 that she set at the Highlander Invitational earlier this year. Merrill went on to place third in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:41.97—four seconds faster than her previous best time of 10:45.04 that she set last week at the Robert J. Kane Invitational.
• Sophomore Camryn Bailey (Geneva, N.Y.) and freshman Emma Cain (Lockport, N.Y.) also ran both the mile and the 3,000 meters and both posted a personal best time in the mile. Bailey placed sixth in the mile (5:31.83) and sixth in the 3,000 meters (11:10.46), while Cain finished seventh in the mile (5:34.84) and seventh in the 3,000 meters (11:18.43).
• Senior Hannah Thomas (Cheektowaga, N.Y.) turned in strong performances in the 500 meters and the 800 meters. She ran the 500 meters for the first time in her career and placed third out of six runners with a time of 1:27.57—just three seconds shy of first place. She also placed third out of 22 runners in the 800 meters with a personal best time of 2:26.42—less than second behind first place finisher Kaylee Haynes (2:26.15) of SUNY Brockport. She knocked five seconds off her previous best time of 2:31.56.
• Sophomores Haley Hinds (Blossvale, N.Y.) and Emma Grzebinski (West Seneca, N.Y.) also took part in the 800 meters. Hinds placed sixth with a personal best time of 2:36.26, while Grzebinski placed 16th (2:49.95). Hinds also ran the 500 meters for the first time and placed sixth (1:37.86).
• Harrington placed first out of 17 entrants in the triple jump with a personal best leap of 10.53 meters. She eclipsed her previous best effort of 10.35 meters that she posted at the 2021 Highlander Invitational. Her leap of 10.53 meters today was just shy of the school record (10.58 meters) set by Katja Meyer at the 2019 Highlander Invitational. Harrington also took part in the 60 meter dash and the long jump. She posted a personal best time of 8:52 seconds in the 60 meter dash but did not qualify for the finals.
• Senior Amanda Bushway (East Aurora, N.Y.) competed in 200, 400 and 500 meters. She was the top Daemen finisher in both the 200 meters and the 400 meters. She placed 40th out of 57 runners overall in the 200 with a time of 29.89 and finished 15th out of 30 runners in the 400 (1:06.79). Her time of 1:30.04 in the 500 was good for fourth place.
• Senior Sarah Golas (Alden, N.Y.) was Daemen's lone representative in the 5,000 meters and she placed third with a time of 20:16.93.
• Sophomore Neissa Raymond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and graduate student Alexis Villarrubia (Rochester, N.Y.) both posted personal best times during the preliminary round of the 60 meter dash. Raymond posted a time of 8.91, while Villarrubia (8.91) also came in under nine seconds.
• Senior Natalie Menz (Lyndonville, N.Y.) posted a personal best time in both the 60 meter hurdles (10.55) and 200 meters (30.92).
• Freshman Alyssa Amirato (Depew, N.Y.) recorded a personal best effort in both the 200 meters and the long jump. She placed second among Daemen runners and 45th overall in the 200 meters (30.41) and placed first among Daemen entrants and 11th overall in the long jump (4.82 meters). She also placed fourth out of 17 entrants in the triple jump (10.09 meters).
• Sophomore Sarah Adams (Batavia, N.Y.) took part in both the long jump and triple jump and posted a personal best effort in the triple jump (9.66 meters).
• Junior Skye Dorcely (Buffalo, N.Y.) was the top Daemen thrower in both the shot put (8.61 meters) and weight throw (11.97 meters) today.

UP NEXT

The Wildcats are idle until Feb. 26 when they head to Staten Island, N.Y. to take part in the East Coast Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships.


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