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EMPIRE 8 CHAMPIONS!! Women's Track and Field Wins Second-Straight Empire 8 Title

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The SUNY Geneseo women's outdoor track and field team won their first Empire 8 title on Saturday, posting 275 points, with St. John Fisher in second at 153. The championship marks the Knights ninth-straight conference title and 18th overall.

DAY TWO - The team of Amanda Burren, Stella Riley, Lindsay Tellez, and Kayla Anastasia opened up the track portion of the meet in the 4x100 relay by finishing in second place in 49.28 seconds. Shelby Boise followed it up in the 1500m by racing to a meet record time of 4:37.69. Greylynn Guyer, Alexa Kosier, and Kaitlyn Hotaling joined Boise in the top eight by placing third, fourth, and sixth, respectively. Amanda Burren and Sophia Barclay took fourth and fifth in the 100m hurdles, Lindsey Tellez and Anastasia added seven points in the 100m by placing fourth and seventh. Geneseo was dominant in the 800m with Sierra Doody leading the way in the 800m with a meet record time of 2:10.43, while Dakota Limbert, Nicole Gretzinger, and Hannah Wierer completed the sweep of the top four spots.

Sophia Barclay kept the winning ways going in the 400m hurdles, posting a time of 1:03.49, while Stella Riley took third. Tellez picked up eight more points in the 200m with a time of 25.17 in second place. Geneseo tacked on 30 more points to their total in the 5000m, with six runners in the top eight. Ann Brennan led the way at 17:35.24 in first place, while Annika Hurley, Katie Bauman, Annabelle Czekanski, Ella Grinnell and Lily Benza joined her in the top eight. The Knights capped off the track portion of the meet with the team of Stella Riley, Nicole Gretzinger, Hannah Wierer, and Dakota Limbert in the 4x400 relay.

Mackenzie Kubat picked up the win for Geneseo in the heptathlon, winning five of seven events with 4800 points. Teammate Chloe Abbott picked up the third place finish for Geneseo. Miley Cunningham and Ashley Tubbs both finished top eight in the discus, while Elaina Flaitz took fourth in the high jump. Payton Mehalick led the way in the shot put with a distance of 12.16m in third, while Lauren Jaklitsch took fourth.

DAY ONE - The SUNY Geneseo women's track and field team sits in first place after day one of the Empire 8 Championship Meet, hosted by St. John Fisher. The Knights have 92 points in first place, while Nazareth is close behind in second at 79.

Greylynn Guyer provided a big highlight for the Knights early, setting a new meet record in the 3000m Steeplechase with a time of 10:36.21. Ann Brennan and Alexa Kosier were right behind in second and third, respectively, while Olivia DeCarvalho took sixth to mark 27 points for the Knights in the event. The momentum continued for Geneseo in the 400m, with Nicole Gretzinger taking first at 56.88 and Sierra Doody in second at 57.12. Sophia Barclay and Stella Riley finished fourth and fifth in the event to add another 27 points to the Knights total. The team of Dia Sweet, Kaitlyn Miller, Hannah Wierer, and Dakota Limbert won the 4x800 relay with a time of 9:31.16, then Annika Hurley rounded out the track events in the 10,000m with a time of 37:08.67 in third.

In the field events, the Knights put up 13 points in the hammer throw as Ashley Tubbs took second at 48.80m, while McKenzie Zafuto earned fifth and Payton Mehalick came in at eighth. Kayla Anastasia added four points in the long jump at 5.44m, and Mehalick chipped in five more in the javelin with a distance of 31.14m.

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Players Mentioned

Sophia Barclay

Sophia Barclay

Hurdles/Sprints
Junior
Shelby Boise

Shelby Boise

Mid-Distance
Junior
Ann Brennan

Ann Brennan

Distance
Senior
Sierra Doody

Sierra Doody

Distance
Senior
Elaina Flaitz

Elaina Flaitz

Hurdles/HJ
Junior
Nicole Gretzinger

Nicole Gretzinger

Vault/Sprints
Senior
Ella Grinnell

Ella Grinnell

Distance
Sophomore
Kayla Anastasia

Kayla Anastasia

Sprints
Senior
Annika Hurley

Annika Hurley

Distance
Senior
Lauren Jaklitsch

Lauren Jaklitsch

Throws
Senior

Players Mentioned

Sophia Barclay

Sophia Barclay

Junior
Hurdles/Sprints
Shelby Boise

Shelby Boise

Junior
Mid-Distance
Ann Brennan

Ann Brennan

Senior
Distance
Sierra Doody

Sierra Doody

Senior
Distance
Elaina Flaitz

Elaina Flaitz

Junior
Hurdles/HJ
Nicole Gretzinger

Nicole Gretzinger

Senior
Vault/Sprints
Ella Grinnell

Ella Grinnell

Sophomore
Distance
Kayla Anastasia

Kayla Anastasia

Senior
Sprints
Annika Hurley

Annika Hurley

Senior
Distance
Lauren Jaklitsch

Lauren Jaklitsch

Senior
Throws