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Women’s Track Places Fifth at Rochester Alumni Invitational

Bailey, Merrill, Harrington and Amirato Post Top Five Efforts

4/30/2022 7:34:00 PM

By: By Tom McDermott

ROCHESTER ALUMNI INVITATIONAL — FULL RESULTS


ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Daemen University women's track and field team placed fifth out of 15 teams at the University of Rochester Alumni Invitational today. The event consisted of NCAA Division I, II and III teams and took place on the University of Rochester campus.

SUNY Brockport posted 139 points to claim the team title, while SUNY Geneseo (134.5), Rochester (128), Ithaca College (65) and Daemen (53) rounded out the top five.

Top five efforts by sophomore Camryn Bailey (Geneva, N.Y.) in the 1,500 meters and junior Courtney Merrill (Speedway, Ind.) in the 800 meters highlighted the track portion of the day for the Wildcats, while sophomore Alyssa Harrington (Tonawanda, N.Y.) and freshman Alyssa Amirato (Depew, N.Y.) both placed in the top five in the triple jump.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Bailey placed second out of 57 runners in the 1,500 meters with a personal best time of 4:55.15—eclipsing her previous best time of 5:01.38 that she posted last month at the Geneseo Early Season Invitational.
  • Daemen had four entrants in the 1,500 meters and three finished among the top 20. Freshman Marcy Colca (Getzville, N.Y.) placed sixth with a personal best time of 4:56.84, while freshman Emma Cain (Lockport, N.Y.) placed 16th (5:06.73).
  • Merrill, who posted a school record time (4:46.78) in the 1,500 meters last weekend, placed fourth out of 39 runners in the 800 meters today with a personal best time of 2:25.39. It marked just the second time she has run the 800 meters during her career.
  • Senior Sarah Golas (Alden, N.Y.) turned in a solid effort in the 5,000 meters, as she placed sixth out of 14 runners with a personal best time of 19:06.35—knocking 14 seconds off her previous best time of 19:20.42 that she posted last weekend at the University at Buffalo Invitational. Colca, who owns the third fastest 5,000 meter time in program history (17:38.12), was scheduled to run the 5,000 today but did not compete.
  • Senior Nazjahe Boswell (Rochester, N.Y.) was the top Daemen finisher in the 400 meters and placed eighth out of 27 sprinters overall with a personal best time of 1:02.87. Sophomore Neissa Raymond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and senior Monahe Marchione (Buffalo, N.Y.) also took part in the 400 meters. Raymond placed 18th with a personal best time of 1:05.20, while Marchione finished 25th (1:08.13).
  • Senior Natalie Menz (Lyndonville, N.Y.) took part in the 100 meter hurdles and placed 15th with a personal best time of 17.63.
  • Sophomore Emma Grzebinski (West Seneca, N.Y.) posted a personal best time in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (13:53.41) and competed in the 400 meter hurdles for the first time in her collegiate career and placed 19th out of 23 entrants with a time of 1:20.08.
  • Graduate student Alexis Villarrubia (Rochester, N.Y.) posted personal best times in both the 100 (14.73) and 200 (29.59) meter dash.
  • Sophomore Alyssa Harrington (Tonawanda, N.Y.) placed third out of 13 in the triple jump with a personal best effort of 10.55 meters—eclipsing her previous best mark during an outdoor event of 10.39 meters that she posted last weekend at the UB Invitational. Today's jump ranks as the fifth best in program history at an outdoor event.
  • Freshman Alyssa Amirato (Depew, N.Y.) took part in the long jump and the triple jump. She placed fourth in the triple jump (10.49 meters) and 10th in the long jump (4.80 meters). Her triple jump effort ranks as the sixth best in program history at an outdoor event, while her long jump effort is a personal best and ranks as the eighth best in program history at an outdoor event.
  • Freshman Elizabeth Bentley (Belmont, N.Y.) was the lone Daemen entrant in the discus throw and placed 24th with a toss of 23.78 meters.
  • Graduate student Betty Jones (Camillus, N.Y.) and junior Skye Dorcely (Buffalo, N.Y.) both took part in the shot put and hammer throw. Jones placed 18th in the shot put (9.33 meters) and 20th in the hammer (34.94 meters), while Dorcely finished 22nd in the shot put (8.83 meters) and 19th in the hammer with a personal best toss of 35.17 meters.
  • Daemen's 4x100 relay team of Boswell, Amirato, Villarrubia and Harrington posted a time of 52.40 seconds, which ranks as the ninth fastest time in program history.
  • Daemen's 4x800 relay team of Bailey, Merrill graduate student Kassandra Nolet (Fort Erie, Ontario) and senior Hannah Thomas (Cheektowaga, N.Y.) placed first out of three teams with a time of 9:56.05—which is the second fastest time in program history and comes in less than a second shy of the program record (9:55.51) set in at the 2015 ROC City Classic.

UP NEXT
The Wildcats return to Rochester next Sunday (May 8) to take part in the 2022 East Coast Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The event will take place on the campus of Roberts Wesleyan College.


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