Kirk, Danis and Two Relays Earn Gold at George Davis Invite

Saturday, April 18

Lowell, Mass.

10:30 AM

University of New Hampshire

George Davis Invitational

Photo by: Makena Lee

4/18/2026 6:28:00 PM | Women's Track & Field

LOWELL, Mass. – Junior Briana Danis (Hooksett, N.H.) and senior Kristen Kirk (Augusta, Maine) of the University of New Hampshire women's track & field team both won individual gold and the Wildcats won both relay races at the George Davis Invitational at UMass Lowell's Cushing Field Complex on Saturday.

Danis and sophomore Emma Reaves (Westminster, Md.) took the top two spots in the invitational discus. Danis bested the field of 12 competitors with a throw of 44.18 meters (144 feet-11 inches) on her second attempt; she was already in first place with a 44.18m in the first round. Reaves was in second place following her first throw of 40.04m and she recorded her top mark of 42.19m (138.5) in the fifth round.

Kirk won the high jump when she cleared 1.60m (5-3) on the last of three attempts – the other three competitors at that height did not. One of those was teammate and freshman Natalia Rothwell (Acton, Maine), who earned fourth place at 1.55m (5-1).

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Senior Makena Lee (Northwood, N.H.) was runner-up in the pole vault by clearing a height of 3.30m (10-10) on her first attempt overall in the meet.

Grad student Autumn Agri (Stratham, N.H.) was in second place from start to finish in the triple jump. She recorded her top effort of 11.36m (37-3.25) in the sixth round; Agri also recorded leaps of 11.21m and 11.24m that would have been strong enough for second place.

The 4x100m relay of freshman Tayla Pelletier (Windham, Maine), sophomore Eva Roberts (Derry, N.H.), junior Audrey Thornton (Reading, Mass.) and sophomore Mariam Nada (Portsmouth, N.H.) raced to victory with a time of 47.48 seconds.

Thornton anchored UNH's winning 4x400m relay with a split of 58.23 seconds. Senior Liliana Chirichella (Troy, N.H.), grad student Kaitlin Lennox (Hampton, Falls, N.H.) and sophomore Brooke White (Barnet, Vt.) combined with Thornton to cross the finish line in 4:01.24 – 6.12 seconds ahead of the runner-up.

Nada went on to take third place in the long jump with a leap of 5.43m (17-9.75); she was in fourth place following her first mark of 5.35m and climbed one spot in the standings in the third round with her scoring mark.

Nada also won Heat 3 and placed sixth overall in the 200m at 25.52.

Roberts took sixth place in the long jump at 5.36m (17-7) that she recorded on the last of six attempts. She finished seventh in the 100m at 12.44 seconds.

Junior Kailey Dillon (Merrimack, N.H.) took seventh place in the 100m hurdles with a time of 15.82.

The UNH women's track & field team returns to action at the Wildcat Invitational on April 24-25.

UNH Results

Discus
- Danis, 1^st place, 44.18m (144-11)
- Emma Reaves, 2^nd place, 42.19m (138-5)
High Jump
- Kristen Kirk, 1^st place, 1.60m (5-3)
- Natalia Rothwell, 4^th place, 1.55m (5-1)
- Emily Williams, tie 11^th place, 1.45m (4-9)
- Sydney Valenti, tie 11^th place, 1.45m (4-9)
4x100m Relay
- Pelletier, Roberts, Thornton, Nada – 1^st place, 47.48
4x400m Relay
- Chirichella, Lennox, White, Thornton – 1^st place, 4:01.24
Triple Jump
- Agri, 2^nd place, 11.36m (37-3.25
- Ayva Mullen, 19^th place, 9.54m (31-3.75)
Pole Vault
- Lee, 2^nd place, 3.30m (10-10)
Long Jump
- Nada, 3^rd place, 5.43m (17-9.75)
- Roberts, 6^th place, 5.36m (17-7)
- Kailey Dillon, 26^th place, 4.72m (15-6)
- Mullen, 41^st place, 3.73m (12-3)
200m
- Nada, 6^th place, 25.52
- Jenna McFadden, 27.07
- Maddox Lovely, 26^th place, 27.56
- Lauren MacPhee, 27^th place, 27,58
100m
- Roberts, 7^th place, 12.44
100m Hurdles
- Dillon, 7^th place, 15.82
- Lovely, 14^th place, 17.29
- Tayla Pelletier, 24^th place, 26.54
400m
- Brooke White, 9^th place, 59.85
- Liliana Chirichella, 13^th place, 1:00.90
- Lennox, 16^th place, 1:01.51
400m Hurdles
- Williams, 9^th place, 1:11.64
Javelin
- Kirk, 10^th place, 33.60m (110-3)
800m
- Evie Lauzon, 15^th place, 2:29.20