Women's Track and Field | 3/2/2018 8:19:00 PM
Results
Ithaca, NY – The Nazareth women's track and field team competed in two events and set records in both Friday night at the All-Atlantic Region Indoor Track & Field Championships held at Ithaca College.
Junior
Alycia Eaton, who was named the Empire 8 Field Athlete of the Meet last week at the conference championships, broke her own school record in the triple jump to finish in third place. She hit a mark of 11.66 meters (38 feet, 3 /14 inches) on her final jump of the day to smash last week's record of 11.39 meters (37 feet, 4 ½ inches). That jump currently ranks her 12
th nationally. Chanyce Powell of Brockport won in 11.82 meters (38 feet, 9 ½ inches) and Angel Rowe from Rowan was second in 11.78 meters (38 feet, 7 ¾ inches).
The other record of the day came from the Distance Medley relay of
Deirdre Brett,
Maria Staehr, Lydia Dewart and
Emily Thompson. They ran a 12:28.24 to finish sixth out of 12 teams. The previous record was 12:38.11 set at RIT by Michaela Gildemeyer,
Andrea Larnard,
Samantha Gobleand Kimmy Lovett in 2015.
Nazareth returns to action on Saturday for the conclusion of the meet.
