The Rhode Island Women's Track and Field team competed NYC Gotham Cup on Friday. Multiple Rams had top ten finishes, while numerous others qualified for New Englands and finished with personal best times/scores.
Top 10 Finishes:
- The 4x400 relay team of Dyshelle Pemberton, Keilan Nova, Micaela McPadden & Mariah Claudio finished fourth with a season best time of 3:53.60.
- Alyssa Brehler was fifth in the mile run with a personal best and New England qualifying time of 5:04.47.
- Amber Sekoll was seventh in the pole vault with a personal best and ECAC clearance of 3.60m (11'9 3/4"). This also gives Sekoll the third-best individual score in URI history.
- Janel Conley finished tenth in the long jump with a personal best jump of 5.53m (18'1 3/4"). This makes Conley the sixth-best URI individual of all-time.
Additional notes:
- Jackie Burr won her section of the 3000 meters with a New England qualifying time of 10:12.40.
- Mariah Claudio ran an ECAC qualifying time of 56.82 in the 400 meters
- Shelly Lindo ran a personal best and New England qualifying time of 7.83 in the 60 meters. This makes Lindo the sixth-best URI individual of all-time.
- Karleigh Manfredi had a New England qualifying mark of 11'3 3/4" in the pole vault.
- Micaela McPaddden ran a personal best time of 1:18.42 in the 500 meters.
- Keilan Nova ran a New England qualifying time of 58.33 in the 400 meters.
- Dyshelle Pemberton ran a New England qualifying time of 58.15 in the 400 meters.
Additional Season Best marks:
- Paige Either - 10:58.09 in the 3000 meters
- Kim Ezema - 35'2 in the triple jump
- Lindsey Folsom - 10'10" in the pole vault
- Aysha Moreino - 48'4 1/2 in the weight throw
- Michelle Savoie - 4'11" in the high jump
Next up for the Rams is the URI Sorlien Coed Invitational at Mackal Field House. The meet will take place on January 24, 2015 with a scheduled start time of 11 a.m.
