Murdock Leads ‘Cats at Terrier Invitational

Friday, January 25

Boston, Mass.

12 PM

University of New Hampshire

John Thomas Terrier Invitational

Shannon Murdock

1/25/2019 9:08:00 PM | Women's Track & Field

Shannon Murdock takes first in the mile.

BOSTON – University of New Hampshire senior runner Shannon Murdock (Exeter, N.H.) took first place in the mile run at the John Thomas Terrier Invitational, setting a new personal best and winning her second mile run of the season.

Murdock, whom set a new personal best in the mile run at the Boston University season opener, raised that bar again with her first place finish in 4 minutes, 44.73 seconds. The result shaved five seconds off her old personal best, and is good for 12^th in the nation.

New Hampshire had three other athletes competing at the Terrier Invitational; Fifth-year Danielle Gajewski (Danville, N.H.) took sixth in the 800 meter run standings, with a time of 2:08.53. Gajewski just missed out on matching her personal best by 1.32 seconds.

Junior Meg Champagne (Plattsburgh, N.Y.) finished 21^st in the 5000m run with a time of 17:28.01.

Sophomore Cayla Barretto (Woburn, Mass.) finished 27^th in the 1000m run standings, with a new personal best time of 3:00.31.

UP NEXT:
The weekend is not yet over for the 'Cats; New Hampshire faces off with Maine and Vermont in a home meet Saturday morning at 11 A.M. at the Paul Sweet Oval.

Next weekend the Wildcats head back to Boston for the 2018-19 New England Indoor Championships, hosted at Northeastern University from Friday, February 1 to Saturday, February 2.

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