Women’s Track & Field Has Strong Showing at John Thomas Terrier Classic

BOSTON, Mass. -- Graduate student Gillian Roeder (Delmar, N.Y.) set a personal-best in the mile, coming in at 4:50.16 for No. 3 MIT Women's track & field at Boston University's John Thomas Terrier Classic on Friday. Her performance was within six tenths of a second of the Engineers' program record in the event.

THE BASICS:

No Team Score

HOW IT HAPPENED - TRACK EVENTS:

60m: Sophomore JoJo Miller (Marietta, Ga.) took 20th out of 48 runners with a time of 8.19.
200m: Miller also claimed 38th out of 120 total competitors, clocking in at 26.08. First-years Shannon Cordle (Marysville, Ohio) and Neva Miller (Marietta, Ga.) finished with respective times of 28.31 and 28.36.
400m: Senior Marina Miller (Bel Air, Md.) ran a season-best time of 57.26 in the invite section of the event, consisting predominantly of Division I opponents. First-year Maeve Sullivan (San Antonio, Texas) made a collegiate debut with a time of 59.22 in the open section.
Mile: In addition to Roeder, senior Christina Crow (Mercer Island, Wash.) nearly broke the five-minute mark at 5:01.54. Sophomore Jessica Meza (Columbus, Ind.) hit a PR with a time of 5:17.03 and first-year Sarah Hopp (Stevens Point, Wis.) crossed the finish line at 5:25.39.
3000m: Junior Kate Sanderson (West Hartford, Conn.) topped all DIII runners in 51st place with a time of 9:40.27. Sophomore Liv Girand (New York, N.Y.) set a PR by over 17 seconds, finishing at 9:43.95. Junior Rujuta Sane (Chandler, Ariz.) broke the 10-minute mark at 9:51.16. Sophomores Heather Jensen (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) (10:08.17) and Megan Diulus (Akron, Ohio) (10:16.40) both set personal bests.
5000m: First-year Ava Hartman (New Orleans, La.) came in at 17:56.04 to take 50th out of nearly 90 athletes.
4x400m Relay: Senior Olivia Dias (East Taunton, Mass.), junior Shreya Kaylan (Troy, Mich.), junior Krystal Montgomery (San Jose, Calif.) and Marina Miller ranked 14^th with a time of 3:51.29.

HOW IT HAPPENED - FIELD EVENTS:

High Jump: Junior Katherine Kempff (St. Charles, Ill.) hit a season-high mark of 1.60m (5' 3") for a ninth-place finish.
Triple Jump: Junior Nony Otu Ugwu (Katy, Texas) jumped 11.06m (36' 3 1/2"), good for 11th place.
Shot Put: Senior Emily Ball (Des Moines, Iowa) captured seventh out of 28 individuals with a distance of 12.89m (42' 3 1/2"). Sophomore Lily Siegelman (Newton, Mass.) earned 17th, throwing for 10.89m (35' 8 3/4") while classmate Ivy Brenner (Healdsburg, Calif.) collected a personal record with a 9.91m (32' 6 1/4") performance.
Weight Throw: Junior Lilia Ould-Hammou (Metuchen, N.J.) threw for 14.44m (47' 4 1/2") to take 13^th as first-year Rachel Onwu (Waxhaw, N.C.) broke the top-20 with a distance of 13.37m (43' 10 1/2").
Pole Vault: On Saturday at the Harvard Invitational, junior Katelyn Howard (Lake Oswego, Ore.) finished second in the Championship event with a mark of 3.73m (12-2 1/4). Classmate Tessa Baker (Reno, Nev.) was fifth in the Open event with a mark of 2.90m (9-6 1/4).

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Roeder's performance tops all Division III performers this year. Crow's time is top 20 performance this season.
Sanderson and Girand are No. 1 and 4 respectively in the 3000m in Division III. Jensen and Diulius both cracked the top 50.
Ball was the top finisher in the shot put among Division III competitors. The senior's 12.89m currently ranks 25th in NCAA Division III.
The 4x400m relay's time was second among all Division III teams at the meet, only trailing Colby College.

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