HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Haverford College women's indoor track & field team won six different events and posted 22 scoring performances to highlight a successful day at the McElligott Invitational on Saturday inside the Alumni Field House. Those results helped Haverford place second as a team with 140 points.
The Fords' points were distributed across a variety of events, but they got their highest total in the distance races with seven scoring performances between the mile and 3,000 meter races. Amelia Keyser-Gibson moved into the top 10 in school history with her first place finish in the mile. She crossed the finish line with a time of 5:06.47. That mark converted to 5:03.4 due to track size for NCAA qualification purposes and is currently the 10th fastest time in Division III this season as of press time. Sophie Drew (5:17.29) placed third in the mile, while Jolie Jaycobs (5:40.08) and Amalia Axinn (5:41.53) took home the sixth and seventh place positions.
Nicole Giannetti won the 3,000 meter race with a time of 10:33.70. She was joined by Hannah Yeakey (10:54.47) and Alison Love (11:42.66) in the top 10 as they placed fifth and ninth, respectively. MaryKate Cavanaugh (11:45.33) and Mckenna Krall (11:55.91) just missed top 10 showings with their performances.
Highlighting the field events were championship performances from reigning Centennial Conference Field Athlete of the Week Claire Sargent (shot put) and Sophia Nelson (long jump). Sargent matched her school record in the indoor shot put with her best throw of 12.62 meters. She also competed in the weight throw at Widener during the week and finished second with her best toss being measured at 11.68 meters. Emily Anderson placed seventh in the shot put on Saturday with her best throw of 9.89 meters.
Nelson's best long jump of 4.67 meters put her atop three Fords who finished among the top five in that event. Kerry Quigley was third in the long jump with her best leap being measured at 4.62 meters. Quigley was also sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 9.55 meters. Marisa Antinori was Haverford's third top five finisher in the long jump with her jump of 4.39 meters.
In the sprints, Taylor Murphy won the 60 meter dash with a time of 8.36 seconds. Haverford also had three of the top five finishers in this event with Jessica Lopez (8.46 seconds) and Antinori (8.67 seconds) claiming the third and fifth spots. Those three runners also teamed up with Kat Turner for the championship winning 4x100 meter relay which placed first in a time of 1:51.33. Murphy and Turner also recorded second and fourth place finishes in the 60 meter hurdles with times of 9.65 seconds and 10.55 seconds, respectively.
Reigning Centennial Conference Track Athlete of the Week Katie Sullivan competed in the 800 meters for the second straight week. She highlighted four Haverford entrants in that event with a third place finish in 2:22.60. Sullivan finished her day alongside Murphy, Lopez, and Drew in the 4x400 meter relay which placed third in a time of 4:25.66. Haverford's lone entrant in the 400 meters, Marly Banatte, placed fourth with a time of 1:06.41.
Women's track & field is scheduled to compete in two separate meets next weekend with entrants in both the Tufts Invitational and Ursinus' Frank Colden Invitational. Both meets are scheduled to get underway next Saturday, February 3 at 10 a.m.