SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—The Roger Williams Women's Track and Field team placed fourth out of nine teams at the AIC Invitational on Saturday.
In the 800 meter run,
Siobhan Mitchell (West Newbury, Mass.) placed fourth setting a collegiate best time of 2:27.33.
Four Hawks placed in the top ten in the 5000 meter run such as
Sarah Mawdsley (Sandy Hook, Conn.) who came in second at 18:50.89,
Maya Kreidwise (Cheshire, Conn.) at 7,
Piper Wilbur (Eliot, Maine) at 8, and
Amanda Naylor (Glastonbury, Conn.) at 9.
Madison Fancher (Gloversville, N.Y.) finished eighth in the 100 meter high hurdles event at 17.09. She also competed in the 400 meter high hurdles and placed fourth along with teammate
Olivia Franco (North Haven, Conn.) who came in third and beating her personal record for the third week in a row.
RWU placed fifth in the 4x100 relay which included members
Micayla Kelley (Portland, Conn.),
Ava Ricciardi (Holden, Mass.),
Tessa Wise (Charlton, Mass.), and
Lauren Stone (Longmeadow, Mass.) finishing at 53.60.
In the high jump,
Savannah Fox Tree-McGrath (Billerica, Mass.) placed second going a distance of J1.60m and Mitchell placed sixth (1.50m).
Shirah Strock (Castleton, N.Y.) and Wise landed in 6
th and 7
th place in the pole vault and
Kat Tsiounis (Bristol, R.I.) came in 10
th in the long jump.
Tsiounis and
Maddy Malieswski (Framingham, Mass.) finished in fourth and fifth place in the triple jump at 9.52m and 9.40m respectively.
In the discus throw,
Theresa Cerullo (Millis, Mass.) placed in the top ten throwing at a distance of J28.66m. Fox Tree-McGrath was runner up in the javelin throw.
Coach
Sean Livingston stated, "It was a quality competition as this was a primarily a Division II meet."
The Hawks are back in action next Saturday at the Connecticut College Invitational at 9:00 a.m.