UTICA, NY - The Vassar College Women's Track and Field team earned a hard-fought second place finish at Utica's Blue and Orange Invite on Saturday as the Brewers were led by first year Haley Schoenegge's win in the 5000-meters along with sophomore Jahmilia Dennis taking home the triple jump victory.

5000 Meters

• Schoenegge took home the first place finish as she crossed the finish line in 17:58.12 for an AARTFC mark followed by sophomore Anika Mueller-Hickler finishing second in an AARTFC time of 18:21.29.
• Sophomore Nora Goldberg-Courtney recorded a fifth place finish in 19:46.44 while sophomore Lily Shimpach crossed the finish line in 21:03.49.

60M Hurdles

• Dennis was victorious in her heat with a time of 9:67 and advanced to the finals along with senior Nora Jensen, who finished third in 9.83, and sophomore Freja Niklasson, who finished seventh with a time of 10.65.
• Dennis finished second overall in the finals with a time of 9.56 followed by Jensen in third in 10.09 and Niklasson in fifth in 10.54.

60 Meters

• Senior Ava Novak won her heat in a time of 8.16 to finish third overall along with junior Traci Francis winning a heat in 8:28 to finish fifth overall as both advance to the finals.
• Sophomore Jamie Eu finished ninth in a time of 8:45 while Jensen was 13th in 8:57 and junior Lily Falkowski scored a top-20 finish with a time of 8.94.
• In the finals, Novak crossed the line in third with a time of 8.17 followed right behind by Francis in fourth in 8.18.

Mile

• First year Norah Reade finished second overall with a time of 5:24.33 to lead Vassar while senior Jordan Norman was 11th in 5:41.51 followed by first year Addie Nyhan finishing in 12th place in 5:42.67.
• First year Acadia Helfand and junior Sophia Henderson both finished in the top-20 as Helfand crossed the line in 15th with a time of 5:50.36 and Henderson was 17th overall in 5:59.70.

400 Meters

• Sophomore Maddie Busam finished 11th overall in 1:05.46 followed by first year Maya Carey in 12th with a time of 1:05.86 and sophomore Margaret McLaughlin in 13th in 1:06.69.

800 Meters

• Borgstedt was the lone runner in the 800 meters as she placed 18th overall in 2:49.86.

200 Meters

• Novak collected a fourth place finish with a strong time of 27.04 while Niklasson and senior Laura Wong finished back-to-back in 26th (30.27) and 27th (30.32), respectively.

Distance Medley

• The quartet of junior Sophia Henderson, Norman, Helfand and Reade finished second in the distance medley with a time of 13:38.50.

4x400 Relay

• The relay of Busam, McLaughlin, Carey and Wong collected a second place finish, recording a time of 4:27.45.

4x200 Relay

• The group of Eu, Novak, Dennis and Jensen closed out the track events for Vassar with a second place finish, crossing the finish line in 1:51.11.

Pentathlon

• Junior Faye Stevens scored a fourth place finish, finishing second in the 800-meters with a time of 2:37.32 and fourth in the 60-meter hurdles (9.85) and the high jump at 1.43 meters.
• First year Abigail Sasson recorded a 10th place finish while junior Soleil Yuong was 14th overall, finishing second in the shot put at 8.77 meters.

Triple Jump

• Dennis continues her dominance in the triple jump as she collected the first place victory with a mark of 11.29 meters.
• Senior Heather Kwafo finished sixth overall at 10.22 meters.

Long Jump

• Vassar registered three finishers in the top-six as Novak finished second with a mark of 5.00 meters followed by Kwafo in third at 4.76 meters and Eu in sixth at 4.70 meters.

High Jump

• First year Jillian Benfante finished seventh overall at 1.30 meters along with Kwafo posting a mark of 1.23 meters.

TEAM STANDINGS (TOP 5)

1. Utica - 145.5
2. Vassar - 127.5
3. Union - 73
4. LeMoyne - 60
5. Roberts Wesleyan - 56

UP NEXT

• Vassar returns to Utica next weekend for the Pioneer Invitational on Saturday.