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UConn Spring Invite
Huskies Win UConn Spring Invite
3/27/2021 5:29:00 PM | Women's Track and Field
STORRS, Conn. – The UConn women's track & field team opened their outdoor season with a win on Saturday in the four-team UConn Spring Invite at the George J. Sherman Sports Complex on campus.
It was a two-point UConn lead heading into the final track event of the day, the 4x400 relay, and the Huskies finished in winning fashion, sealing up the team win on the day with a 3:54.10 win.
The Huskies finished the 19 event meet with 209 points to finish in front of Army West Point, with 184. Quinnipiac was third with 90 points and Northeastern finished fourth with 64 points. UConn finished the day winning four events on the track and three in the field.
"Like I said in the pre-meet, this is like our second beginning as a women's program," stated Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Greg Roy. "A lot of young and new athletes and to see them at the end of the meet like that. It was a two-point meet, we told them heading into the relay and they competed. That says something to the whole team, thought it was a great statement. A great statement by this team and a statement win. A fantastic launching point for our season."
On the track…
- In the day's first event, the 3,000-meter steeplechase, senior Mia Nahom (New Milford, Conn.) recorded a new PR by nearly 11 seconds, finishing with a time of 10:19.65. She was joined at the line by classmate Danielle Jordan (Clifton Park, N.Y.) who finished in the same time in her first time running the event, both putting themselves among the the regional and national leaders.
- The final event, the 4x400 meter relay, provided a great finish to the Huskies' win. The team of junior Sophia Castronovo (Emerson, N.J.), sophomore Elise O'Leary (Milton, Mass.), freshman Jalah Cooper (Windsor, Conn.) and senior Amy Piccolo (Walpole, Mass.) edged out the Army foursome, 3:54.10 to 3:54.61
- Junior Shanelle Colmon (East Brunswick, N.J.) got a win in the 200 meters and posted a new PR in the process. Colmon flew to a first-place finish with a time of 24.32 seconds.
- Freshman Brianna Davis (Bay Shore, N.Y.) notched her first career victory in the 100-meter dash, clocking in at 11.94 seconds.
- Fellow rookie Caroline Towle (Bedford, Mass.) also got a win in her first collegiate 5,000 meters. Towle beat the field by just under 17 seconds, posting a time of 17:16.78. Sophomore Caroline Webb (Greenwich, Conn.) came in second and posted a new PR by almost 28 seconds, posting a time of 17:33.60
- Junior Emma Krebs (Roxbury, Conn.) posted a new PR and took fourth in the 1,500 meters. Krebs clocked in at 4:40.14, just over eight seconds faster than her previous top time.
- O'Leary finished second in the 800 meters with a time of 2:14.16.
- Freshman Felicia Quainoo (Metuchen, N.J.) was second in the 100-meter hurdles, posting a time of 14.22 seconds.
- A pair of freshmen in Cooper and Ta'Jae Jackson (Bolingbrook, Ill.) finished third and fourth in the 400 meters in their first collegiate races in the event. Cooper posted a time of 1:00.19 and Jackson was in at 1:01.01.
In the field…
- The Huskies dominated the javelin, going 1-2-3 led by junior Chanell Botsis (Coquitlam, British Columbia) who won with a new PR. Botsis unleashed a throw of 46.88 meters on her third attempt to notch her first career win in the event.
- Sophomores Julia Moraitis (Wilbraham, Mass.) and Jackie Simington (Shelton, Conn.) followed Botsis in second and third. Moraitis had a throw of 43.20 meters and Simington had a throw of 40.20 meters.
- Botis followed her javelin win by taking second in the hammer throw, posting a throw of 60.91 meters. Junior Mikyla Rodgers (South Huntington, N.Y.) was fourth and had a new PR with a throw of 55.15 meters.
- UConn went 1-2 in the pole vault with junior Emma Chee (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) winning with a height of 3.65 meters. It was her eighth career pole vault win. Senior Laurel Bailey (Shelton, Conn.) finished second at 3.50 meters.
- Senior Kelly Ward (Oxford, Conn.) notched her third career win in the high jump, besting the field with a height of 1.70 meters.
- Freshman Jasmine Barrow (Athens, Ga.) took second in the long jump in her first time competing for the Huskies in the event. She had a jump of 5.71 meters. Barrow then came back to take second place in the triple jump as well, posting a leap of 12.01 meters.
- Following Barrow in the triple jump was Quainoo in third at 12.00 meters and freshman Zayin Roe (Richmond, Va.) in third at 11.89 meters.
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