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Katie Jacques won the triple jump.

Women's Track and Field

Women’s Track and Field Takes Second at E8s; Richard Earns Fifth-Straight E8 Weight Throw Title

Results 

Utica, NY– Senior Lea Richard earned her fifth-straight Empire 8 Indoor Track and Field weight throw title in the Championships at Utica University on Saturday. The women finished in second place out of nine teams in the Empire 8 Indoor Track Championship. 
 
Geneseo finished first with 265 points, followed by Nazareth who had 118 points, Brockport (97), St. John Fisher (90), Utica (38), Houghton (37), Alfred (15), Hartwick (1), and Sage (1).
 
Richard has taken the crown for five times in the weight throw. She won the weight throw event and her throw of 17.81 meters (58' 5 ¼") makes her 13th in the country. Richard contributed 10 points with her win. 
 
Senior Katie Jacques took first place in the triple jump. She landed with a mark of 11.40 meters (37' 5") which is the second-best mark in school history. Junior Sydney LaSalle was the second-place finisher at 11.14 meters (36' 6 ¾ ") and classmate Samantha Luba had a mark of 10.97 meters (36' 0") for fourth place. The three of them all had qualifying marks and gave the Golden Flyers 23 points to add to their total. 
 
Luba finished the 60-meter hurdles in third place with a regional qualifying time of 9.28. 
 
LaSalle also competed in the high jump. She took 6th place for Nazareth with a mark of 1.48 meters (4' 10 ¼"). 
 
Alaina Morley (7.97) took 5th place and had a regional qualifying time in the 60-meter dash, while Alexis Lasher (8.08) took 8th. Lasher also competed in the 200-meter event and landed in 7th place with a regional qualifying time of 26.23.  
 
Lasher, Lauren Bendall, Abigail Bowman and Luba completed the 4x400 final in 4:04.40 which was a regional qualifying time to finish is 4th place.  
 
In the women's 3000-meter event, junior Ella Impaglia (10:35.54) had a regional qualifying time and Kelsey Fahy (10:41.32), finishing 11th and 14th, respectively. 
 
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Players Mentioned

Lauren Bendall

Lauren Bendall

Multi
5' 5"
Graduate Student
Kelsey Fahy

Kelsey Fahy

Distance
5' 3"
Sophomore
Ella Impaglia

Ella Impaglia

Middle Distance
5' 5"
Junior
Sydney LaSalle

Sydney LaSalle

Jumps/Multi
5' 5"
Junior
Alexis Lasher

Alexis Lasher

Sprints
5' 2"
Junior
Samantha Luba

Samantha Luba

Hurdles
5' 6"
Junior
Alaina Morley

Alaina Morley

Sprints/Jumps
5' 4"
Junior
Lea Richard

Lea Richard

Throws
5' 6"
Graduate Student
Abigail Bowman

Abigail Bowman

Multi
Freshman
Katie Jacques

Katie Jacques

Jumps/Sprints
Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Lauren Bendall

Lauren Bendall

5' 5"
Graduate Student
Multi
Kelsey Fahy

Kelsey Fahy

5' 3"
Sophomore
Distance
Ella Impaglia

Ella Impaglia

5' 5"
Junior
Middle Distance
Sydney LaSalle

Sydney LaSalle

5' 5"
Junior
Jumps/Multi
Alexis Lasher

Alexis Lasher

5' 2"
Junior
Sprints
Samantha Luba

Samantha Luba

5' 6"
Junior
Hurdles
Alaina Morley

Alaina Morley

5' 4"
Junior
Sprints/Jumps
Lea Richard

Lea Richard

5' 6"
Graduate Student
Throws
Abigail Bowman

Abigail Bowman

Freshman
Multi
Katie Jacques

Katie Jacques

Graduate Student
Jumps/Sprints