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Devils Settle for Second at CC Champs, Olsavsky Named Most Outstanding Track Athlete
Story Links COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Dickinson women’s track and field team collected multiple medals on Sunday to knock on the door of a Centennial Conference crown, but it was not quite enough as the Red and White finished in second as the action concluded at Patterson Field on the […]
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Dickinson women’s track and field team collected multiple medals on Sunday to knock on the door of a Centennial Conference crown, but it was not quite enough as the Red and White finished in second as the action concluded at Patterson Field on the campus Ursinus College. Junior sprinter Erin Olsavsky ended a memorable weekend by being named the Most Outstanding Track Athlete of the Meet.
Sprints
Erin Olsavsky opened her day up by securing second in the 100m with a time of 12.51. With hurdles added to the distance Annie Leder clocked in at 16.22 for fourth, while Leah Biwott collected seventh (17.72).
Olsavsky grabbed her second medal of Sunday during the 200m as she put up a personal record time of 25.22 to take the win.
The 400m saw Maddie Brown lay down the second fastest time of 57.84 to claim silver, followed by Marley Kurey who just missed the podium in fourth (58.57). Once hurdles were placed on the track Lily Swain hit the line in 1:07.02 to seize fourth, while Lily Cusa clocked in at 1:09.35 to earn sixth.
Distance
The duo of Amiyah Priebe and Sophia Kovalski did battle in the 1500m taking 11th (4:44.55) and 25th (5:01.32) respectively.
Two of three podium spots for the 5000m thanks to Elizabeth Barbash occupying second (17:50.51) and Maddie Garber putting up a personal record time of 17:55.84 to nab third.
Relays
The 4x100m team of Emily Chaine, Maddie Kyle, Leder and Olsavsky collected seventh by stopping the clock at 52.90.
Abbe Kitchin, Brown, Kurey and Swain clocked in at 3:59.79 for second during the 4x400m.
Field
Three members of the Red and White competed for the javelin title with Olsavsky grabbing fourth with a toss of 30.95m, followed by Sarah Glickson in 12th (22.66m) and Jenna Deep in 13th (22.56m).
Damien Labrada earned a Top-10 finish for the shot put with a mark of 11.33m being good for seventh, while Deep just missed the Top-10 landing in 11th (10.42m).
Leder nabbed sixth in the triple jump after hitting the sand at 10.80m.
Team Standings
Johns Hopkins won the title with a score of 338.5, followed by: Dickinson (125.5), Swarthmore (109), Ursinus (66.5), Franklin & Marshall and Haverford (47), Gettysburg (41), Muhlenberg (37.5), Bryn Mawr (32) and McDaniel (14).
Up Next
A select group of individuals will head to Chester, Pennsylvania a week from Monday to take part in the Widener University Final Qualifier.