Lea Richard
Lea Richard had a personal-best heave of 11.35 meters (37 feet, 3 inches) in the shot put

Women's Track and Field

Nazareth second in E8 Track and Field

Golden Flyers compete again Saturday

Live Results
UTICA, N.Y. – Brenna Johnson reached a personal indoor best in the long jump Friday to lead Nazareth on the first day of competition at the Empire 8 Conference Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships that are being contested at the Hutton Sports and Recreation Center.

Johnson leaped 5.66 meters (18 feet, 7 inches) to win that event and secure 10 team points for the Golden Flyers, who stand in second place with 58.5 points. St. John Fisher leads the seven-team competition with 87 points. Utica (30), Houghton (27.5), Alfred (10), Russel Sage (3) and Hartwick (1) are also involved. The competition concludes Saturday, starting at 10 a.m.

Johnson was a multiple-event competitor for the Golden Flyers as she also placed third in the 400-meter dash with a personal-best time of :58.90 and she broke the school record in the 60-meter dash with a prelim time of 7.89. The finals for that event are Saturday.

Nazareth secured 15 team points in the 5,000-meter run as Emily Weaver finished second (18:49.72), Megan Morin third (18:53.18) and Lilianna Hanning sixth (19:10.37). Anna Ahlquist gained 10 team points by winning the pole vault by clearing 3.67 meters (12 feet, 1/4 inch). Lauren Bendall finished fifth in the same event (2.60 meters / 8 feet, 6 1/4 inches).

Other top performers included Claire Bargabos, who ran fourth in the mile with a personal-best time of 5:25.54; Lea Richard, who had a personal-best throw in the shot put (11.35 meters / 37 feet, 3 inches) to finish fifth; Sarah Merriwether, who finished fifth in the long jump with a personal-best leap of 5.16 meters (16 feet, 11 ¼ inches); and MacKenzie Gilligan, who has the second best time in the 60-meter hurdles (9.52) heading into Saturday's final.

Abbey Szumloz and Sydney Vanderhoof also ran the hurdles and stand seventh and eighth respectively with times of 9.99 and 10.05 respectively. Szumloz also was fifth in the 400-meter dash with a personal-best clocking of 1:00.78.

The distance medley relay foursome of Alexis Anagnostopulos, Isabella Heath, Leigha Gould and Paige Ackley placed third in 13:33.82.
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Paige Ackley

Paige Ackley

Middle Distance
5' 6"
Sophomore
Alexis Anagnostopulos

Alexis Anagnostopulos

Hurdles/Middle Distance
5' 3"
Junior
Claire Bargabos

Claire Bargabos

Middle Distance
5' 4"
Senior
Lauren Bendall

Lauren Bendall

Sprints/Hurdles
5' 5"
Sophomore
Leigha Gould

Leigha Gould

Middle Distance
5' 1"
Sophomore
Lilianna Hanning

Lilianna Hanning

Distance
5' 1"
Sophomore
Isabella Heath

Isabella Heath

Jumps/Middle Distance
5' 10"
Sophomore
Brenna  Johnson

Brenna Johnson

Sprints
5' 8"
Senior
Sarah Merriwether

Sarah Merriwether

Sprints/Jumps
5' 11"
Junior
Megan Morin

Megan Morin

Distance
5' 6"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Paige Ackley

Paige Ackley

5' 6"
Sophomore
Middle Distance
Alexis Anagnostopulos

Alexis Anagnostopulos

5' 3"
Junior
Hurdles/Middle Distance
Claire Bargabos

Claire Bargabos

5' 4"
Senior
Middle Distance
Lauren Bendall

Lauren Bendall

5' 5"
Sophomore
Sprints/Hurdles
Leigha Gould

Leigha Gould

5' 1"
Sophomore
Middle Distance
Lilianna Hanning

Lilianna Hanning

5' 1"
Sophomore
Distance
Isabella Heath

Isabella Heath

5' 10"
Sophomore
Jumps/Middle Distance
Brenna  Johnson

Brenna Johnson

5' 8"
Senior
Sprints
Sarah Merriwether

Sarah Merriwether

5' 11"
Junior
Sprints/Jumps
Megan Morin

Megan Morin

5' 6"
Junior
Distance