FINISH: 1st – 187 points – out of 9 teams
 
LOCATION: Wildcat Stadium – Durham, N.H.
 
SHORT STORY: The women’s track and field team swept two podiums and landed multiple personal records to tally a 59-point win for the 16th consecutive outdoor track and field championship title.
 
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS: Shantae Pryce (Coaches’ Award)
 
TEAM SCORES: 1. UAlbany 187, 2. New Hampshire 128, 3. Bryant 127.5, 4. Binghamton 106.5, 5. UMBC 105, 6. Maine 72, 7. Vermont 55, 8. UMass Lowell 43, 9. NJIT 33
 
KEY NOTES

• Due to thunderstorms in the area, day one’s first round track events were canceled after running the 1500m and 100m hurdle prelims. Only the women’s pole vault and men’s and women’s hammer throw completed competition on Saturday.
• The 100m sprinters swept the podium and the 200m sprinters finished with three in the top four. Shantae Pryce won both the 100m and the 200m dash. 
• Adaliz Hunt (second) and Shenequa Vassell (third) joined Pryce in entering the program’s 100m top 10 in fourth through sixth place, respectively. 
• Pryce, Hunt, Vassell, and Toni Galloway opened the track on Sunday with a 4x100m win.
• Galloway (first), Kate Del Gandio (second), and Brinesha Derrick-Bain combined to sweep the 100m hurdle podium. Shanise Staats added a fourth scorer for UAlbany with a sixth-place finish.
• Derrick-Bain tabbed her second medal of the meet with a hard-fought runner-up finish in the 400m hurdles.
• In one of the few events on Saturday, Katie Iocca PR’d and became eighth-best in program history with a fifth-place finish in the steeplechase.
• In the field, the Great Danes landed five individual wins – Amelia Benjamin (HJ), Leann Nicholas (TJ), Lalenii Grant (DT), Stephanie Green (HT), and Beatriz Mora Herencia (JT).
• Repeating their performance at indoor championships, Miyanah Robinson joined Benjamin on the podium with a second-place finish.
• Keegan Collins finished just outside of all-conference contention in the hammer throw with a personal record. She is now seventh in program history with a 55.18-meter throw.
• Chrysanthemum Osorio increased her javelin throw distance and improved her top-10 placement to fourth with a fourth-place finish.
• Tallying three medals and several personal records, Kate Del Gandio was a workhorse with a second-place finish in the heptathlon and 100m hurdles and a third-place finish in the 200m dash.

 
SCORERS & PERSONAL RECORDS
100m
1. Shantae Pryce – 11.68 (personal record) (fifth in program history)
2. Adaliz Hunt – 11.69 (personal record) (sixth in program history)
3. Shenequa Vassell – 11.71 (personal record) (seventh in program history)
24. Evanni McDuffie – 13.32 (personal record)
 
200m
1. Shantae Pryce – 23.95 (personal record) (eighth in program history)
3. Kate Del Gandio – 24.25
4. Shenequa Vassell – 24.34 (personal record)
 
400m
6. Taylor Rogers – 56.50
 
1500m
Prelims
12. Scarlett Rose – 4:43.68q (personal record)
20. Tess Fitzmaurice – 4:49.16 (personal record)
 
100mH
Prelims
5. Shanise Staats – 14.55q (personal record)
 
Finals
1. Toni Galloway – 13.45
2. Kate Del Gandio – 13.73
3. Brinesha Derrick-Bain – 13.97
6. Shanise Staats – 15.14
 
400mH
2. Brinesha Derrick-Bain – 1:00.44
4. Thalia Benoit – 1:02.44
 
3000mS
5. Katie Iocca – 10:53.10 (personal record) (eighth in program history)
 
4x100m
1. UAlbany – 45.61
    Adaliz Hunt, Shenequa Vassell, Toni Galloway, Shantae Pryce
 
4x800m
8. UAlbany – 9:47.58
    Scarlett Rose, Hannah Steiner, Tess Fitzmaurice, Katie Iocca
 
High Jump
1. Amelia Benjamin – 1.76m (5-9.25)
2. Miyanah Robinson – 1.65m (5-5)
 
Triple Jump
1. Leann Nicholas – 12.12m (39-9.25)
6. Lanaisha Lubin – 11.63m (38-2)
15. Lindsay Farmer – 11.04m (36-2.75) (personal record)
 
Shot Put
4. Nattaly Lindo – 13.13m (43-1)
 
Discus Throw
1. Lalenii Grant – 49.83m (163-6)
11. Nattaly Lindo – 35.76m (117-4) (personal record)
 
Hammer Throw
1. Stephanie Green – 59.10m (193-10)
4. Keegan Collins – 55.18m (181-0) (personal record) (seventh in program history)
10. Nattaly Lindo – 46.64m (153-0) (personal record)
 
Javelin Throw
1. Beatriz Mora Herencia – 46.72m (153-3)
4. Chrysanthemum Osorio – 42.43m (139-2) (personal record) (fourth in program history)
 
Heptathlon
2. Kate Del Gandio – 4687 (personal record) (fourth in program history)
                100mH (13.91), HJ (1.48m), SP (7.63m), 200m (24.19) (PR), LJ (5.47) (PR), JT (23.51m) (PR), 800m (2:28.32) 
 
ALL PERFORMANCES
100m
1. Shantae Pryce – 11.68 (personal record) (fifth in program history)
2. Adaliz Hunt – 11.69 (personal record) (sixth in program history)
3. Shenequa Vassell – 11.71 (personal record) (seventh in program history)
24. Evanni McDuffie – 13.32 (personal record)
 
200m
1. Shantae Pryce – 23.95 (personal record) (eighth in program history)
3. Kate Del Gandio – 24.25
4. Shenequa Vassell – 24.34 (personal record)
16. Jay Blanchard – 25.88
 
400m
6. Taylor Rogers – 56.50
 
800m
32. Cara Mastan – 2:31.16
33. Bonnieta Supaul – 2:40.81
 
1500m
Prelims
12. Scarlett Rose – 4:43.68q (personal record)
20. Tess Fitzmaurice – 4:49.16 (personal record)
31. Hannah Steiner – 5:08.16
 
Finals
10. Scarlett Rose – 4:50.41
 
5000m
14. Katie Iocca – 17:58.45
 
100mH
Prelims
1. Toni Galloway – 13.44Q
3. Kate Del Gandio – 14.08Q
4. Brinesha Derrick-Bain – 14.08q
5. Shanise Staats – 14.55q (personal record)
 
Finals
1. Toni Galloway – 13.45
2. Kate Del Gandio – 13.73
3. Brinesha Derrick-Bain – 13.97
6. Shanise Staats – 15.14
 
400mH
2. Brinesha Derrick-Bain – 1:00.44
4. Thalia Benoit – 1:02.44
 
3000mS
5. Katie Iocca – 10:53.10 (personal record) (eighth in program history)
 
4x100m
1. UAlbany – 45.61
    Adaliz Hunt, Shenequa Vassell, Toni Galloway, Shantae Pryce
 
4x800m
8. UAlbany – 9:47.58
    Scarlett Rose, Hannah Steiner, Tess Fitzmaurice, Katie Iocca
 
High Jump
1. Amelia Benjamin – 1.76m (5-9.25)
2. Miyanah Robinson – 1.65m (5-5)
T11. Sanai Bassett – 1.45m (4-9)
 
Pole Vault
T13. Evangeline Edery – 3.10m (10-2)
NH – Hannah Solomon-Hollander
 
Long Jump
14. Lanaisha Lubin – 5.44m (17-10.25)
20. Daniela Hunt – 5.29m (17-4.25)
22. Kerrice Harrison – 5.26m (17-3.25)
32. Lindsay Farmer – 4.69m (15-4.75)
 
Triple Jump
1. Leann Nicholas – 12.12m (39-9.25)
6. Lanaisha Lubin – 11.63m (38-2)
15. Lindsay Farmer – 11.04m (36-2.75) (personal record)
 
Shot Put
4. Nattaly Lindo – 13.13m (43-1)
9. Kiana Nosile – 12.21m (40-0.75)
 
Discus Throw
1. Lalenii Grant – 49.83m (163-6)
11. Nattaly Lindo – 35.76m (117-4) (personal record)
16. Keegan Collins – 34.52m (113-3)
21. Kiana Nosile – 31.61m (103-8)
 
Hammer Throw
1. Stephanie Green – 59.10m (193-10)
4. Keegan Collins – 55.18m (181-0) (personal record) (seventh in program history)
10. Nattaly Lindo – 46.64m (153-0) (personal record)
11. Kiana Nosile – 46.60m (152-10)
 
Javelin Throw
1. Beatriz Mora Herencia – 46.72m (153-3)
4. Chrysanthemum Osorio – 42.43m (139-2) (personal record) (fourth in program history)
 
Heptathlon
2. Kate Del Gandio – 4687 (personal record) (fourth in program history)
                100mH (13.91), HJ (1.48m), SP (7.63m), 200m (24.19) (PR), LJ (5.47) (PR), JT (23.51m) (PR), 800m (2:28.32) 
13. Marissa Gordon – 4000 (personal record)
                100mH (15.17), HJ (1.48m), SP (8.27m), 200m (25.71) (PR), LJ (5.23m), JT (8.08m), 800m (2:33.70) (PR)
15. Grace Adeyeye – 2719
                100mH (17.12), HJ (1.42m), SP (8.70m), 200m (29.11), LJ (3.82), JT (19.72m), 800m (3:45.54)
 
NEXT: The Great Danes will continue the season at the West Point Twilight on Thursday (May 8).
 
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The Philomath High School boys volleyball team played in its first-ever tournament Saturday with a trip to West Salem. 

The Warriors finished fourth in morning pool play and were placed in the “bronze bracket” for an afternoon matchup against McNary.

“We struggled in the morning and couldn’t create any consistent play,” PHS coach Helen Bennett said. “Part of that was playing against good 5A and 6A teams but when we struggle in serving and give them free points, it makes the opponent’s job easier. We found our energy and better play in the afternoon.”

McNary took the first set over the Warriors but Philomath won the next two sets to take the match.

“Jaxon Allen came in the second set and served tough to lead the team as we went on a seven-point run to finish the set,” Bennett said. “We had all the momentum and that carried us into the decisive third set.”

The win moved PHS forward into the bronze bracket’s finale against West Salem. The Titans, playing on their home court, won in two sets.

“West Salem was both fun and challenging to play against as they have some talented players,” Bennett said. “We had some highlights of great defensive plays that led to some offensive kills.”

Bennett said a highlight of the tournament occurred during a one-hour delay in between pool and bracket play

“Players from all different teams mixed together to play ‘Queen of the Court,’ which is a 3-on-3 game,” Bennett said. “Our boys mixed in, too, and had fun and made friends. It was cool to see and what to me playing volleyball is all about — creating friendships, camaraderie and having a whole bunch of fun.”

Philomath (9-4) will get back into league play Tuesday with a home tripleheader against Marshfield (3:30 p.m.), North Bend (5 p.m.) and Newport (7 p.m.).

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COLLEGEVILLE, PA – The Johns Hopkins women’s outdoor track team closed out its 15^th consecutive Centennial Conference title on Sunday at Ursinus as the Blue Jays rolled up 338.5 points to easily outdistance runner-up Dickinson, which totaled 125.5 points.  Swarthmore (109 points), Ursinsu (66.5) and Franklin & Marshall (47) rounded out the top five in the final team standings.

The 338.5 points the Blue Jays rolled up shatter the previous Centennial Conference record of 281.5, which Johns Hopkins set a year ago.  In addition, the title this season is the sixth of the 15 that the Blue Jays have won at Ursinus.

In addition to the team title, the Blue Jays also nabbed the Outstanding Field Performer of the Meet in junior Erika Ezumba.

 

Johns Hopkins added seven gold medals on Sunday to help fuel its run final-day surge.  First-place finishes and top performances in those events on the final day of the three-day championship included:

 

• Erika Ezumba (Shot Put) – The first of Ezumba’s six attempts went for 12.10-meters, which would have been good enough for third at the end, but she added tosses of 12.85-meters on her fourth attempt and what proved to be the winning mark of 12.92-meters on her sixth and final toss.  She adds her first-place showing in the shot put to her previous gold medal in the hammer throw.  Phoebe Williams added a fourth-place finish in the shot put with a toss of 11.55-meters.
  
   
• 4×100-Relay – The Blue Jays’ 4×100-relay team of Mirra Klimov, Lianne Saussy, Anna Zinsser and Lauren Phillips set Johns Hopkins, Centennial Conference a CC Championship meet records and punched up the 25^th-best time in the nation to date as they crossed in 47.30 seconds to beat runner-up Bryn Mawr by nearly two seconds.
  
   
• Annie Huang (1500) – Huang led a dominant performance in the 1500-meter run as the Blue Jays grabbed the top four spots and nine of the top 10 finishers, including seven of eight scoring positions. Huang eased to a first-place finish in 4:31.84 and she was followed closely by Emma Kothari (4:34.02), Harrinee Senthilkumar (4:34.53) and Adriana Catalano (4:35.63).  In all, the Blue Jay grabbed 35 of the 39 team points available in the event.  This is the third consecutive year and the ninth time overall that JHU has produced the 1500-meter champion.
  
   
• Lauren Phillips (400) – Phillips claimed her third consecutive 400-meter title and the seventh title in the event all-time for Johns Hopkins as she was 1.36 seconds ahead of Dickinson’s Maddie Brown when she crossed in 56.48.  Ryan Bigelow added a fifth-place finish with a season-best time of 1:01.06.
  
   
• Mirra Klimov (100) – For the fourth consecutive year and the 11^th time in program history, the Blue Jays produced the 100-meter champion as Klimov as she clocked a personal-best 12.06 seconds to grab gold. Ellie Lewis (3^rd / 12.53), Anna Zinsser (4^th / 12.63) and Claire Wang (6^th / 12.76) rounded out the four scoring runners for Johns Hopkins.
  
   
• Aisling Callahan (5000) – In a race she never trailed, Callahan crossed in 17:44.61 to beat runner-up Liza Barbash of Dickinson by just under six seconds.  The title is the second straight in the event for Callahan, who joins Elle Clawson (2017, 2018) as the only two-time champions among Johns Hopkins’ 13 all-time 5,000-meter gold medalists.
  
   
• 4×400-Relay – Johns Hopkins closed out its title in style as the Blue Jays won the final event of the championship – the 4×400-meter relay – by more than 10 seconds.  The team of Lauren Phillips, Annie Huang, Harrinee Senthilkumar and Lianne Saussy crossed in a meet-record time of 3:49.28.  The time, the second-best in Johns Hopkins history, also ranks 18^th in the nation this season.

  In addition to events in which the Blue Jays produced the champion, they also got four runner-up finishes to lead the way in four other events.  Williams placed second in javelin (33.64-meters), Sara Bartlett (11.66-meters) added a bronze in the triple jump, Lorna Arcese (1:05.96) was the runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles and Lewis was second in the 200 (25.46).

The final medal on the day for Johns Hopkins came in the 800-meter run from sophomore Lily Tremba (2:18.41), who grabbed bronze.