Women’s Track 23rd After Day One of AARTFC Championships

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The Union College women’s outdoor track & field team earned one point to sit in a tie for 23rd place after day one of the 2025 All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference Outdoor Championships, held on Wednesday afternoon at Williams College’s Weston Athletic Complex.
 
The Garnet Chargers got on the board with one point on the first day of competition, with only eight of the 22 events completed. All three of the team’s entries finished better than their seeding, with two season bests and one personal best among the three results.
 
Sophomore Annabel Dobash earned the team’s first podium finish of the event in the 5,000 meters, taking more than 24 seconds off her personal best with a time of 17:56.80 that earned her an eighth-place finish. The mark, the second-fastest 5K in program history, earned one point for Union and improved on her 12th seed entering the day.
 
First-year Lauryn Johnson started out the day for the Garnet Chargers in the javelin throw, where she far outpaced her seeding (29th) with a 15th-place finish out of 30 competitors after a top toss of 33.83 meters on her first attempt.
 
Union also took 10th in the 4×400-meter relay, with the all-class quartet of senior Gabby Baker, junior Grace Ardito, sophomore Kat Doran and first-year Kyleigh Record finishing the four laps in 4:00.50.
 
The Garnet Chargers will be back in action at the AARTFC Championships tomorrow, with five Union entries looking to find their way to the podium.