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Women’s Track Places Fourth at UB Spring Opener

Colca Sets The School Record In The 3,000 Meters

4/8/2022 7:47:00 PM

By: By Tom McDermott

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SPRING OPENER -- FULL RESULTS


AMHERST, N.Y. - The Daemen University women's track and field team placed fourth out of nine teams at the University at Buffalo Spring Opener today. The event took place on the UB campus.

A strong showing in the 3,000 meter run highlighted the afternoon for the Wildcats, as seven Daemen runners placed among the top-20 finishers. Freshman Marcy Colca (Getzville, N.Y.) posted a school-record time and finished sixth in the 3,000 meters, while junior Courtney Merrill (Speedway, Ind.) and graduate student Kassandra Nolet (Fort Erie, Ont.) both posted top-10 finishes. Senior Hannah Thomas (Cheektowaga, N.Y.) also enjoyed a solid day, as she finished second in the 800 meters and 16th in the 3,000 meters.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Colca, who earned first-team All East Coast Conference honors in the 3,000 meters during the indoor season, ran the event for the first time at an outdoor event and placed sixth out of 31 runners with a school record time of 10:25.62. The time was two seconds faster than the previous standard of 10:27.92 set by Ashley Cheff at the 2016 University at Buffalo Open.
  • Merrill posted her fastest time in the 3,000 meters at an outdoor event and finished eighth with a time of 10:30.91—which ranks as the third fastest time in the 3,000 meters in program history. She came less than a second shy of breaking her overall personal best time in the 3,000 (10:30.10), which she set this past February at the ECC Indoor Championships.
  • Nolet finished just behind Merrill in the 3,000 meters with a personal best time of 10:35.70—which ranks as the fourth fastest time in the 3,000 meters in program history. Nolet eclipsed her previous personal best time of 10:36.69, which she set at the UB Mid-Week Invite last spring.
  • Thomas placed second out of 23 runners in the 800 meters with a personal best time of 2:23.52—eclipsing her previous best  time of 2:26.42 that she posted during this year's indoor season. Thomas ran the 3,000 meters for the first time in her career and placed 16th with a time of 11:14.35—which ranks as the 10th fastest time in program history for the 3,000 meters.
  • Daemen had eight entrants in the 3,000 meters, and seven of the times posted today now rank among the top-10 fastest times in program history for the 3,000 meters. Sophomore Camryn Bailey (Geneva, N.Y.) placed 11th with a personal best time of 10:49.59—which ranks as the sixth fastest time in program history. Freshman Emma Cain (Lockport, N.Y.) placed 12th with a personal best time of 10:56.54—which ranks as the seventh fastest time in program history. Senior Sarah Golas (Alden, N.Y.) placed 15th with a time of 11:13.23—which ranks as the ninth fastest time in program history.
  • Sophomore Haley Hinds (Blossvale, N.Y.) competed in the 3,000 meter steeplechase and placed fourth out of five entrants with a time of 12:48.92.
  • Senior Nazjahe Boswell (Rochester, N.Y.) took part in the 100 and 400 meter dash and was the top Daemen runner in each event. She placed 11th overall in the 100 meter dash (13:17) and placed 15th in the 400 meters (1:05.41).
  • Senior Natalie Menz (Lyndonville, N.Y.) took part in the 100 meter hurdles, the long jump and the javelin throw. She placed sixth in the 100 meter hurdles with a personal best time of 17.35. She was the top Daemen performer in both the long jump and and javelin. She placed sixth in the long jump (4.43 meters) and seventh in the javelin (19.40 meters).
  • Sophomore Alyssa Harrington (Tonawanda, N.Y.) took part in the 100 meter dash, the long jump and the triple jump. She placed 12th in the 100 meters with a personal best time (13:52). She also finished seventh in both the long jump (4.39 meters) and the triple jump (9.99 meters).
  • Sophomore Paige Pavelski (East Aurora, N.Y.) was the top Daemen finisher in both the shot put and the discus throw. She placed third overall with a toss of 10.52 meters in the shot put and fifth in the discus (27.28 meters). Graduate student Betty Jones (Camillus, N.Y.) was the top Daemen finisher in the hammer throw (31.94 meters).

UP NEXT
The Wildcats are idle until April 23 when they return to the University at Buffalo campus for the UB Invitational.
 

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