Women's Track and Field | 3/24/2018 4:08:00 PM

Results
LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Nazareth opened its outdoor track and field season at the Dr. Jack Toms Alumni Invitational at Lynchburg Friday and Saturday. No team scoring was kept, but the Golden Flyers produced several strong performances, notably first-place finishes by senior Nick LaBarbera in the 200- and 400-meter dashes.

LaBarbera had a winning time of :22.52 to take the 200 and went :49.20 in the 400. Junior Jack Wessel also finished first in the 800-meter run (2:03.64) with freshman Zechariah Nower seventh in 2:10.03.

Sophomore Jervon Harrison finished 11th in the 100-meter dash (:11.78) and si9xth in the long jump (5.54 meters). Freshman Devyn Chase was 12th in the 1,500-meter run (4:31.56), while senior Tyler Hancock finished third and seventh respectively in the hammer and discus. He threw the hammer 37.84 meters and the discus 32.10 meters.

In the women's meet, junior Alycia Eaton was competing for the first time since earning All-America honors in the triple jump during the indoor season. She won again at Lynchburg with a distance of 11.39 meters. She also was third in the long jump (5.29 meters) and second in the 400-meter dash (:59.97).

Sophomore Maria Staehr also performed well by winning the 800-meter run in 2:26.99. and finishing third in the 400-meter dash in 1:01.01. Freshman Deirdre Brett was third in the 800-meter run (2:31.28) and fifth in the 1,500-meter run (4:59.61) and freshman Lydia Dewart was fourth in the 400-meter dash (1:04.46) and 13th in the 800-meter run (2:32.25).

Freshman Kaela Santos also competed in the throws for the first time and p-laced fifth in the shot put (9.52 meters) and seveventh in the discus (29.49 meters).