Emma Grzebinski placed second in the 3,000 meter steeplechase and was part of the first-place 4x800 relay team

Women's Track & Field Places Third at ECC Outdoor Championships

5/4/2023 9:28:00 PM

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

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Daemen University women's track and field team closed out its 2023 outdoor season today by placing third out of seven teams at the 2023 East Coast Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The event was hosted by Roberts Wesleyan University.

Roberts Wesleyan posted 160 points to claim its eighth-straight title. The University of the District of Columbia (148) placed second, followed by Daemen (118), Molloy University (83), Queens College (59), St. Thomas Aquinas College (55) and the College of Staten Island (25).

First place finishes by graduate student Tima Abdellatif (Grand Island, N.Y.) in the hammer throw and sophomore Alyssa Amirato (Depew, N.Y.) in the triple jump highlighted the day for Daemen. Daemen's 4x800-meter relay team also posted a first-place effort.

Runner-up showings were also posted by junior Camryn Bailey (Geneva, N.Y.) in the 5,000 meters, freshman Patsy Oberholzer (Greece, N.Y.) in the 10,000 meters, junior Emma Grzebinski (West Seneca, N.Y.) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and freshman Alexis Nguyen (Grand Island, N.Y.) in the pole vault.

HIGHLIGHTS

Abdellatif kicked off the day by placing first out of 14 entrants in the hammer throw with a program-record toss of 41.18 meters—eclipsing the previous standard of 40.86 meters posted by Betty Jones at last year's ECC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Amirato capped off a solid sophomore season by placing first out of seven entrants in the triple jump with a leap of 10.72 meters. It ranks as the fifth best effort in program history. Amirato, who placed second in the triple jump at last year's ECC Championships, owns the school-record (10.98 meters) in the event and six of the top-10 efforts in program history. Amirato also took part in the long jump and placed seventh with a leap of 4.76 meters.
Bailey ran the 5,000 and 1,500 meters today and posted a top-five effort in both races. She placed second in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:35.98, which ranks as the second fastest time of her career. She was one of five Daemen runners to compete in the 1,500 meters and placed fourth out of 17 entrants with a time of 5:02.67.
Oberholzer placed second in the 10,000 meters and fourth in the 5,000 meters. She ran the 10,000 meters for the first time in her brief career and placed second out of seven entrants with a time of 39:44.76—just 16 seconds behind senior Jennifer Zambuto of Roberts Wesleyan. She would place fourth in the 5,000 meters with a personal best time of 18:58.56—eclipsing her previous best time of 19:04.69.
Grzebinski took part in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the 800-meter run. She placed second in the steeplechase with a personal best time of 12:14.10, which ranks as the third fastest time in the event in program history. She would go on to place seventh in the 800 meters with a time of 2:29.34—just one second shy of her personal time of 2:28.24 she set earlier this year at the Brockport Outdoor Multi.
Nguyen placed second in the pole vault with a leap of 2.32 meters.
Graduate student Hannah Thomas (Cheektowaga, N.Y.) scored in both the 800 and 1,500-meter runs. She placed sixth in the 800 (2:27.46) and finished third in the 1,500 with a personal best time of 4:56.20—eclipsing her previous best of 4:58.53 she posted at the 2022 Geneseo Early Season Invitational.
Graduate student Kassandra Nolet (Fort Erie, Ontario) took part in the 1,500 meters and placed fifth with a time of 5:04.22, while senior Courtney Merrill (Speedway, Ind.) also posted a fifth place showing in the 5,000 meters (19:06.31). Sophomore Emma Cain (Lockport, N.Y.) earned six points after a third place showing in the 10,000 meters (41:18.02).
Freshman Becca Schultz (Grand Island, N.Y.) took part in four events and earned points in all four. She qualified for the finals in the 100-meter dash after posting a personal best time of 12.91 seconds in the qualifying round. That time ranks as the eighth fastest time in program history. She would place sixth in the finals (13.11). She also placed fourth in the 100-meter hurdles (16.58 seconds), sixth in the long jump with a personal best leap of 4.89 meters and fifth in the triple jump (9.84 meters).
Freshman Alexis Rodriguez (Williamson, N.Y.) took part in two relays and also competed in the 100-meter hurdles, the 400-meter hurdles and the pole vault. She placed eighth in the 100-meter hurdles (19.79 seconds), seventh in the 400-meter hurdles (1:12.01) and fourth in the pole vault (2.17 meters).
Sophomore Sydney Taylor (Brockport, N.Y.) placed fifth in the high jump (1.45 meters), while freshman Angelina Natale (Rochester, N.Y.) placed eighth in the high jump (1.35 meters), 10^th in the long jump (4.28 meters) and sixth in the triple jump (9.14 meters).
Sophomore Elizabeth Bentley (Belmont, N.Y.) took part in the shot put, discus, hammer throw and javelin. She placed ninth in the shot put with a personal best throw of 9.61 meters, sixth in the discus (27.81 meters), sixth in the hammer (33.89 meters) and ninth in the javelin (20.70 meters).
Senior Skye Dorcely (Buffalo, N.Y.) took part in the shot put, hammer throw and javelin and posted a personal best toss 35.64 meters in the hammer. Freshman Samantha Kabel (Alexander, N.Y.) competed in the discus, hammer throw and javelin and posted a personal best effort in the hammer throw (34.23 meters). Fellow rookie Juliette Ventura (Geneva, N.Y.) competed in the javelin for the fourth time this season and posted a personal best toss of 21.42 meters.
Daemen's 4x800 relay team of Grzebinski, Nguyen, Bailey and Thomas placed first with a time of 10.01.69, which ranks as the fourth fastest time in program history.

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