Women’s Track & Field Competes at UMass Dartmouth Corsair Classic
NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – The Bridgewater State University women’s outdoor track and field team competed on a rainy and windy Saturday at the UMass Dartmouth Corsair Classic.
NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – The Bridgewater State University women's outdoor track and field team competed on a rainy and windy Saturday at the UMass Dartmouth Corsair Classic.
The Bears won eight events at the meet, placed second in four others, and added a trio of third-place performances.
Senior Jailene Escalera (Rockland, Mass.) captured top honors in the 100-meter dash with a D3 New Englands qualifying time of 12.80 seconds.
Junior Serenity Sands (East Bridgewater, Mass.) placed first in the high jump with a D3 New Englands qualifying leap of five feet, 1.75 inches (1.57m). Sands also finished second in the 100-meter hurdles (16.46).
Senior Alison McDonough (Halifax, Mass.) won the long jump with a mark of 15 feet, 10.5 inches (4.84m). McDonough added a third place showing in the 100-meter hurdles (16.52).
Sophomore Kiara Abrantes (Somerset, Mass.) posted the top performance in the 400-meter dash as she posted a time of 1:00.95.
Junior Maeve Grosschedl (Lakeville, Mass.), and seniors Lily Marra (Lakeville, Mass.) and Lindsey Golden (Mansfield, Mass.) finished 1-2-3, respectively, in the 200-meter dash. Grosschedl recorded a winning time of 28.45 seconds. Marra crossed the finish line in 28.79 seconds while Golden checked in at 29.24 seconds.
Junior Nicole Major (Andover, Mass.) won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:36.70.
The foursome of McDonough, Escalera, Abrantes and Grosschedl placed first in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 49.24 seconds.
Marra, Golden, Major and freshman Naomi Cass (Westport, Mass.) grabbed top honors in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 5:04.46.
Sophomore Tristen Gomes (Middleboro, Mass.) placed second in both the long jump (15'8.5"/4.79m) and the triple jump (33'3.5"/10.15m). Gomes recorded personal best marks in each event.
Junior Juliana Patrone (Wilmington, Mass.) notched a third place showing in the high jump (4'9.75"/1.47m).
Next Saturday, the Bears travel to Springfield, Massachusetts for the Springfield College Classic.