Amirato Sets School Record, Nolet Wins The 1,000 During Day One Of The YSU Mid Major Invitational

1/27/2023 10:58:00 PM

By: CONTACT: Tom McDermott, Director of Athletics Communications | tmcdermo@daemen.edu

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The Daemen University women's track and field team took part in the Youngstown State University Mid Major Invitational held today at Watson and Tressel Training Site on the YSU campus.

A school-record efforts by sophomore Alyssa Amirato (Depew, N.Y.) in the long jump and a first-place showing by graduate student Kassandra Nolet (Fort Erie, Ontario) in the 1,000 meters highlighted the day for the Wildcats. Sophomore Elizabeth Bentley (Belmont, N.Y.) also turned in a solid effort in the weight throw, narrowly missing a school record in the event.

HIGHLIGHTS

Amirato, who set the program record for the triple jump (10.75 meters) earlier this year at the Houghton December Classic, posted a jump of 5.02 meters in the long jump today which placed her 13^th out of 41 entrants. The effort eclipsed the previous program standard of 4.93 meters set by Katja Meyer at the RIT Invitational on January 12, 2019 and the Brockport Multi and Invitational on January 26, 2019. Amirato's previous best effort in the long jump at an indoor event was 4.90 meters at the Houghton December Classic earlier this year.
Bentley placed 22^nd out of 60 entrants in the weight throw with a throw of 13.17 meters. The effort was just shy of the school record (13.73 meters) set by Skye Dorcely (Buffalo, N.Y.) at the 2022 East Coast Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships. Bentley's previous best effort in the weight throw at an indoor event was 12.29 meters at the Highlander Invitational last weekend.
Freshman Samantha Kabel (Alexander, N.Y.) also took part in the weight throw and placed 51^st with a throw of 9.55 meters.
Nolet ran the 1,000 meters for the first time in her storied career and placed first out of 22 runners with a time of 3:05.28—coming just five seconds shy of the school record time of 3:00.56 set by Mackenzie Donahue at the Jim Wuske Invitational on February 4, 2017. It marks the third time this season Nolet has posted a top three finish. She placed first in the mile at last weekend's Highlander Invitational with a time of 5:17.99 and finished third in the mile at the Nazareth Alumni Invitational with a personal best time of 5:15.65.
Daemen placed four runners among the top 12 finishers in the 1,000 meters. Graduate student Hannah Thomas (Cheektowaga, N.Y.) placed ninth with a personal best time of 3:11.14. Junior Emma Grzebinski (West Seneca, N.Y.) placed 11^th with a personal best time of 3:12.26—taking 33 seconds off her previous best time of 3:45.66. Junior Camryn Bailey (Geneva, N.Y.) placed 12^th with a personal best time of 3:16.51. Freshman Madeline Straub (Olean, N.Y.) also took part in the 1,000 meters and placed 16^th (3:28.74).
Freshmen Becca Schultz (Grand Island, N.Y.) and Grace Gominiak (Darien Center, N.Y.) competed in the 60-meter dash. Schultz placed 53^rd out of 83 runners with a time of 8.47 seconds, while Gominiak ran the 60-meter dash for the first time in her career and placed 78^th with a time of 9.47 seconds.
Daemen had three runners take part in the 500 meters. Freshmen Alexis Nguyen (Grand Island, N.Y.) placed ninth out of 13 runners (1:32.18), freshman Kennedy Pino (Spencerport, N.Y) placed 11^th (1:39.88) and freshman Hayley Pizur (Grand Island, N.Y.) placed 12^th (1:43.32).
Bentley and Kabel also took part in the discus throw. Kabel placed seventh with a toss of 28.61 meters and Bentley placed eighth (26.59 meters).

UP NEXT
Day two of the YSU Mid Major Invitational takes place tomorrow.

Daemen University features the premier NCAA Division II athletics program in the Buffalo-Niagara region, sponsoring 17 intercollegiate teams. For the latest information on Daemen Athletics, follow the Wildcats via social media on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, or sign up to receive customizable news alerts, e-mail newsletters and weekly schedule alerts.

Follow the Daemen women's track & field program on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @DaemenXCTF.

Print Friendly Version