Women’s track and field wins conference invitational

salvetoday Posted On May 2, 2016
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With 26 athletes contributing to the scoring, the women’s track and field team captured the Commonwealth Coast Conference invitational April 30. Salve Regina totaled 191.50 points and garnered first-place scoring finishes in eight events.

In throwing events, Seahawks dominated discus, hammer and shot put with three first-place finishers: Nora Donahue ’18, Tiffany Davila ’17 and Mirasia Cassese ’19. Donahue’s discus throw set a meet record.

Natalie Kopiec ’19 won the 100-meter and 400-meter hurdles, setting a meet record in the latter, while Erin McCarthy ’16 took first place in the 100-meter dash by .03 seconds. In the 800-meter run, Raquel Pouliot finished second and qualified for the New England championships.

Erin Gunther ’19 added a first in the triple jump; earlier in the season she claimed the school record in the event.

Additional student-athletes scoring at the invitational included:

  • Alexa Allard ’19 (100-meter hurdles)
  • Hayley Cambrola ’18 (shot put)
  • Alexa Cipkas ’17 (400-meter hurdles)
  • Olivia Conway ’18 (shot put, javelin)
  • Alex Demeo ’19 (3,000-meter run, 5,000-meter run)
  • Taylor Donaldson ’16 (200-meter dash, 400-meter dash, 4×100 relay, 4×400 relay)
  • Emily Enoch ’16 (100-meter hurdles)
  • Chrissy Fraga ’16 (100-meter hurdles, high jump, long jump, triple jump, shot put)
  • Jessica Graham ’17 (5,000-meter run)
  • Shannon Holden ’16 (800-meter run, 5,000-meter run)
  • Megan Jenkins ’18 (400-meter dash)
  • Victoria Luerssen ’16 (pole vault)
  • Caitlyn MacDonald ’19 (100-meter dash, 4×100 relay)
  • Claire Manente ’17 (javelin)
  • Shannon Nunez ’16 (discus)
  • Aubrey Palmquist ’16 (3,000-meter run)
  • Athena Silva ’19 (hammer)
  • Devin Smith ’18 (4×400 relay)
  • Victoria Varone ’17 (3,000-meter run, 5,000-meter run)
  • Samantha Whitaker ’17 (pole vault)