Segalla Shines at Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener

BOSTON, Mass – Boston College Women’s Track & Field began the indoor season at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener on Saturday. Sydney Segalla highlighted the meet with a facility and school record.

Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener

• Ron-Niah Wright ran an 8.04 and Erin Finley ran an 8.47 in the 60m dash.
• Segalla clocked a 37.40 to win the 300m event. Her time broke the BU Track & Tennis Center facility record by 0.04 seconds and the BC school record by nearly 2 seconds.
• Gina Certo (38.65), Anna Sonsini (38.38), Anna Becker (39.19), and Ava Carter (40.22) also competed in the 300m, each setting top ten all-time marks.
• Kyla Palmer and Yaroslava Yalysovetska competed in the 600m. Palmer finished sixth place overall, recording a new personal best of 1:33.13 and moving to second all-time in BC program history. Yalysovetska finished in eighth place at 1:35.52.
• Iris Bergman ran a 4:52.06 in the mile for 13th place.
• Imogen Gardiner torched her 5000m heat, taking first place with a time of 15:40.39. Her time placed her ninth overall and put her second on BC’s all-time top ten list.
• Ella Fadil, Kyra Holland, and Molly FitzPatrick all set top ten program marks in the 5000m. Fadil ran a 15:53.04 for 26th place overall, while Holland finished 31st overall at 15:55.63, and Fitzpatrick finished 55th with a 16:08.26 mark.

Next Up: The Eagles return for the Suffolk Ice Breaker Challenge at the TRACK at New Balance on January 18.