NEW LONDON, CT - The Vassar College Women's Track and Field team tallied numerous top-five finishes at the Coast Guard Academy Invite on Saturday as first year
Haley Schoenegge earned a first place finish and a new school record time in the 1500-meters, sophomore
Sydney Petrie broke the school record mark in the discus throw and sophomore
Jahmilia Dennis was victorious in the triple jump.
100 Meters
- Senior Ava Novak earned a third place finish with a time of 12.61 while junior Lily Falkowski scored a time of 14.00.
100 Meter Hurdles
- Vassar tallied four finishers in the top eight as Dennis recorded a second place finish in 15.80 followed by sophomore Freja Niklasson in fourth with a time of 16.47.
- Junior Faye Stevens crossed the finish line in seventh in 17.01 and senior Nora Jensen was eighth overall in 17.06.
200 Meters
- Novak posted another top-five finish on the day as the senior finished fourth with a time of 26.53.
- Stevens finished 13th overall in 27.66 followed by Falkowski crossing the finish line in 30.25.
400 Meters
400 Meter Hurdles
- Niklasson earned an eighth place finish with a time of 1:14.30.
800 Meters
- Sophomore Ella Sheidley recorded a personal-best time of 2:45.16 followed by classmate Emma Sandrew tallying a career-best time of 2:57.67.
1500 Meters
- Schoenegge was victorious once again for the Brewers as she broke the school record with time of 4:37.56, breaking the school record set in 2012 by Kelly Holmes of 4:39.07.
- First year Norah Reade finished 12th overall with a time of 4:57.69 and classmate Cayley Swaim recording a time of 4:59.18.
- Sophomore Anika Mueller-Hickler scored a 17th place finish in 4:59.49 followed by first year Ava Whitney in 19th in 4:59.80 and first year Ava Whitney in 20th with a time of 5:00.29.
5000 Meters
- First year Acadia Helfand earned a sixth place finish with a time of 19:05.70.
4x100 Relay
- The relay team of sophomore Jamie Eu, Novak, Dennis and junior Traci Francis scored a second place finish with a time of 50.55.
4x400 Relay
- The quartet of first year Maya Carey, Henderson, McLaughlin and Novak took home a second place finish in 4:16.14.
Discus Throw
- Petrie finished fourth overall with a new school record toss of 37.48 meters, breaking the school record mark of 35.08 meters that was set by Jackie Cenan in 2017.
- Junior Soleil Yuong recorded an 11th place finish with a mark of 31.20 meters while sophomore Abbe Colgan registered a mark of 24.74 meters and sophomore Ava Gurley had a toss of 21.24 meters.
High Jump
- First year Jillian Benfante scored a seventh place finish with a mark of 1.27 meters.
Javelin Throw
- Yuong finished 18th with a throw of 24.58 meters while Colgan recorded a toss of 21.76 meters.
- Jensen tallied a personal-best mark of 19.20 meters and Benfante registered a throw of 11.16 meters.
Long Jump
- Sophomore Sydney Passley-Harris earned a third place finish with a leap of 5.13 meters.
- Eu was 10th with a mark of 4.83 meters and Niklasson scored a jump of 4.56 meters.
Shot Put
- Petrie recorded a toss of 8.78 meters along with Yuong tallying a mark of 8.51 meters.
- Sophomore Kolby Davis registered a toss of 8.19 meters and Gurley had a throw of 7.92 meters.
Triple Jump
- Dennis was victorious in the triple jump as the sophomore recorded the top mark of 11.34 meters.
UP NEXT
- Vassar returns to action on Thursday at the RPI Under the Lights meet.