Women's Track & Field Competes at Geneseo Early Season Invitational

4/5/2025 8:43:00 PM

By: CONTACT: Max Sacco, Assistant Athletics Communications Director | msacco@daemen.edu

GENESEO, N.Y. - The Daemen University women's track & field team continued their spring slate with a trip to Geneseo, N.Y., to compete at the Geneseo Early Season Invitational from April 4-5.

Sophomore Kristen Oliver (Massena, N.Y.) top-10 finish in the hammer throw and junior Patsy Oberholzer (Greece, N.Y.) top-15 finish in the 5000 meter highlighted the Wildcats performances at the two day meet.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Starting off the track, Oliver placed sixth out of 46 throwers in the hammer throw with a final toss of 45.56 meters. Her throw broke the previous program record throw of 44.27 meters, also set by Oliver at the 2024 ECC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
• Junior Samantha Kabel (Alexander, N.Y.) finished in 11th out of 40 with a final throw of 32.06 meters.
• At the jump pit, senior Alyssa Amirato (Depew, N.Y.) finished in ninth with a final distance of 9.96 meters.
• On the track, Oberholzer landed in 12th out of 44 runners in the 5000 meter with a final time of 19:06.87.
• Elsewhere on the track, graduate student Emma Grzebinski finished with a time of 2:31.16 in the 800 meter, the fastest time of any Daemen runner in the event.

UP NEXT
The Wildcats are back in action on April 11 for the Rochester Spring Twilight, held on the campus of the University of Rochester.

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