Colbert & Williams Set School Records; UNH Places First in Pre-Conference Invitational

Saturday, April 24

Durham, N.H.

11 AM

University of New Hampshire

Dartmouth, Hartford, Maine, UMass Lowell, Vermont

Results

Sarah Williams set the school record in the shot put.

Colbert & Williams Set School Records; UNH Places First in Pre-Conference Invitational

4/24/2021 6:50:00 PM | Women's Track & Field

Colbert breaks her own record in the discus; Williams sets shot put record.

RESULTS

DURHAM, N.H. – Graduate student Alyssa Colbert (Smithfield, R.I.) and junior Sarah Williams (Dover, N.H.) each set school records as the University of New Hampshire women's track and field team won the Pre-Conference Invitational at the Reggie Atkins Track and Field Facility on Saturday.

Colbert set the school record for the fourth time in the discus with a throw of 161'5" breaking her record of 157'4" that she set this season on April 11.

Williams set the shot put record with a throw of 44'8.25". The record was set by Lauren Knight in 2004 with a throw of 44'3.50".

The Wildcats won three individual events and one relay. Colbert won the discus, freshman Elizabeth Martell (Essex Junction, Vt.) won the 400 meters and graduate student Elisabeth Danis (Nottingham, N.H.) took the 5000 meters. The team of freshman Natalie Fraser (Gilford, N.H.), junior Kelly Hamlin (Ballston Lake, N.Y.), junior Nicole Yeomans (Foxborough, Mass.) and freshman Lily Doody (Lee, N.H.) won the 4 x 400 meter relay.

UNH placed first (175), while Maine was second (120), Dartmouth was third (115), UMass Lowell was fourth (83), Hartford was fifth (81) and Vermont was sixth (52).

The Wildcats will return to action on Saturday and Sunday, May 1-2 when they will compete at the America East Championships at UMass Lowell.

DISCUS THROW

Colbert won the event with her school-record distance of 161'5". Williams placed fifth with a throw of 127'3".

JAVELIN

Senior Lauren Quann (Pictou, Nova Scotia) placed second with a throw of 125'4". Senior Alexandra Toback (Pompton Plains, N.J.) was third in the javelin throw with a distance of 112'9".

HAMMER

Williams was third in a distance of 156'2", while freshman Abby Chorches (East Falmouth, Mass.) placed seventh with a throw of 139'2".

HIGH JUMP

Graduate student Bosibori Mosongo (Indianapolis, Ind.) and junior Saige Tudisco (Haverhill, Mass.) tied for fifth in the high jump at 5'3.75".

POLE VAULT

Sophomore Danielle Heine (Waverly, Pa.) was third (11'5.75") and freshman Sarah Morin (Portsmouth, N.H.) was fifth (10'6") with a career-best.

LONG JUMP

Freshman Mia Taranko (Saco, Maine) placed second with a career-best jump of 18'3.75". Mosongo was third with a jump of 18'1".

TRIPLE JUMP

Taranko placed eighth in the triple jump (32'9.50").

SHOT PUT

Williams placed second in the shot put in a school-record distance of 44'8.25". Chorches placed ninth with a career-best distance of 36'8.50".

4 X 100M RELAY

The UNH 4 x 100 meter relay team of sophomore Meline Almasian (Westford, Mass.), junior Crismeily Borg (Nashua, N.H.), junior Zakiya Scott (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and junior Saige Tudisco (Haverhill, Mass.) was second with a time of 48.58.

100M HURDLES

Tudisco led the Wildcats with a career-best time of 14.88 and a third-place finish, while Mosongo was fifth (15.72).

400 METERS

Martell took the event with a career-best time of 56.91. Fraser was fourth with a career-best time of 1:00.37.

100 METERS

Almasian placed second with a career-best time of 12.50, while Borg was seventh with a time of 12.77.

800 METERS

Yeomans placed second with a career-best time of 2:15.50, while Doody was third with a time of 2:18.10.

400M HURDLES

Morin placed second with a career-best time of 1:04.88, while senior Kelly Crawford (Mansfield, Mass.) was third (1:05.83).

200 METERS

Hamlin was fourth with a career-best time of 25.87. Graduate student Chloe Holowachuk (Smithfield, R.I.) was eighth with a time of 26.62.

5000 METERS

The Wildcats took the top four positions. Danis won the event with a career-best time of 17:45.87. Graduate student Michaella Conery (Concord, N.H.) was second (17:49.67) with a career-best time, junior Kira Nolan (Richmond, Vt.) was third (18:09.58) with a career-best time and senior Caroline Mahoney (Bedford, N.H.) was fourth (18:27.72).

4 X 400 METER RELAY

The team of Fraser, Hamlin, Yeomans and Doody won the event with a time of 4:01.80.