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Women's Track and Field

Women's Track and Field Shines at Utica Blue & Orange Invitational

UTICA, N.Y. - The SUNY Geneseo women's track and field team competed at Utica this past weekend, and left with multiple impressive performances.

On Friday night, Annabelle Czekanski picked up a first place finish in the 5000m with a time of 18:46.13. The Knights kicked off the meet on Saturday a high note again, with the team of Kayla Anastasia, Lindsay Tellez, Stella Riley, and Isabella Lagios winning the 4x200 relay with a time of 1:44.09, beating out second place by less than a second. In the mile, Geneseo earned the top two spots behind Sierra Doody (5:04.82) and Shelby Boise (5:13.73). Jillian Ambler added another first place finish to the Knights day, posting a time of 8.63 in the 60m hurdles for a facility record. In the 400m, Nicole Gretzinger and Ava Brogan took second and third with times of 58.97 and 1:00.23, respectively. Brynn Mooney, Tellez, and Lagios went on to finish second through fourth in the 200m, respectively. Ann Brennan took third in the 3000m with a time of 10:09.41, while the team of Mooney, Ambler, Sophia Barclay, and Brogan, capped off the track events with a first place finish in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:57.27.

In the field events, Lauren Jaklitsch provided a big highlight by posting a distance of 18.12m in the weight throw, marking a new program record and the fourth best distance so far this season in Division III. Ambler added a second place showing in the long jump with a distance of 5.55m, while Marisa Mazzacco took third in the triple jump. In the shot put, Payton Mehalick finished second at a distance of 12.56m. Elaina Flaitz kept the impressive showings going with a second place finish in the high jump at 1.57m.

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Players Mentioned

Jillian Ambler

Jillian Ambler

Pent
Sophomore
Sophia Barclay

Sophia Barclay

Hurdles/Sprints
Sophomore
Ann Brennan

Ann Brennan

Distance
Junior
Sierra Doody

Sierra Doody

Distance
Junior
Elaina Flaitz

Elaina Flaitz

Hurdles/HJ
Sophomore
Nicole Gretzinger

Nicole Gretzinger

Vault/Sprints
Junior
Lauren Jaklitsch

Lauren Jaklitsch

Throws
Junior
Marisa Mazzacco

Marisa Mazzacco

Jumps
Sophomore
Payton Mehalick

Payton Mehalick

Throws
Junior
Brynn Mooney

Brynn Mooney

Sprints
Junior

Players Mentioned

Jillian Ambler

Jillian Ambler

Sophomore
Pent
Sophia Barclay

Sophia Barclay

Sophomore
Hurdles/Sprints
Ann Brennan

Ann Brennan

Junior
Distance
Sierra Doody

Sierra Doody

Junior
Distance
Elaina Flaitz

Elaina Flaitz

Sophomore
Hurdles/HJ
Nicole Gretzinger

Nicole Gretzinger

Junior
Vault/Sprints
Lauren Jaklitsch

Lauren Jaklitsch

Junior
Throws
Marisa Mazzacco

Marisa Mazzacco

Sophomore
Jumps
Payton Mehalick

Payton Mehalick

Junior
Throws
Brynn Mooney

Brynn Mooney

Junior
Sprints