Women’s Track & Field Sets New Standard At Snowflake Classic

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott women's track and field team posted its best finish ever at the Snowflake Classic, hosted by Tufts University, on Saturday evening at Ellis Oval.

Endicott ranked seventh overall out of 20 programs with 48 points, giving the Gulls their second straight top-10 finish at the meet.

Hannah Risko (Albany, N.Y.) was one of three student-athletes to qualify for the NCAA Division III New England Championships on the day.

Risko was second in the 1,500-meter run with a New England qualifying and school record time of 4:49.22. Risko bettered her previous record-holding time by 4:56 seconds.

The junior also broke the school record in the 800-meter run via a time of 2:23.92, good enough for ninth place out of 44 competitors.

Hannah Shepard (Keene, N.H.) was the previous record holder in the event (2:24.15, 4/8/23). Shepard nearly broke her own record today, running a time of 2:24.17 for 10th place overall.

In the 100-meter hurdles, Kinneal Dickens (Merrimac, Mass.) and Olivia Novello (Ipswich, Mass.) both qualified for New England's with times of 16.08 (personal record) and 16.09 in the prelims, respectively.

The duo finished fourth (16.20) and fifth (16.58) in the finals.

ADDITIONAL SCHOOL RECORDS

Dickens ranked fifth in the triple jump with a mark of 33-feet and 10.25-inches, besting her previous record by nearly two inches (33-8.75).

Julia Maclaine (North Easton, Mass.) tied the 200-meter run school record with a time of 26.63 (11th overall). She now holds the school record with Jordan Williams '23 (Boxford, Mass.) who posted the time on 5/2/21.

TOP FINISHERS

100m Dash – Kaylee Whitney (Milford, Mass.), 27th, 13.68, PR
100m Hurdles – Dickens, 4th, 16.20, prelims 16.08 NEQ/PR; Novello, 5th, 16.58, prelims 16.09 NEQ
200m Dash – Maclaine, 11th, 26.63, SR
400m Dash – Maclaine, 4th, 1:02.32; Abigail Callninan (Clinton, Mass.), 20th, 1:10.86, PR
400m Hurdles – Chloe Crear (Pelham, N.H.), 8th, 1:11.93, PR
800m – Risko, 9th, 2:23.92, SR/PR
1,500m – Risko, 2nd, 4:49.22, SR/PR/NEQ; Brianna am Ende (East Lyme, Conn.), 21st, 5:12.02, PR; Sofia Moukaddem (Weston, Mass.), 29th, 5:18.29, PR
3,000m Steeplechase – Alexa Suchy (Guilford, Conn.), 2nd, 12:24.96, PR
5,000m – Lulu Steele (Bedford, Mass.), 24th, 20:57.75, PR
4x100m Relay – Kaylee Carver (Abington, Mass.), Whitney, Dickens, Novello, 5th, 52.48
Hammer Throw – Francesca Bianchi (Essex Junction, Vt.), 33rd, 63-04, PR
Long Jump – Carver, 4th, 16-5.75, PR
Triple Jump – Dickens, 5th, 33-10.25, SR/PR
High Jump – am Ende, 9th, 4.7-75 (jumps)
Shot Put – Bianchi, 33rd, 20-8
Discus – Taylor Moynihan (Hingham, Mass.), 5th, 105-00, PR

NOTES: SR = School Record | PR = Personal Record | NEQ = New England Qualifier | PRs recognized in top finishers section to highlight additional performances

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott competes at the Jonathan Tymann Invitational on Saturday, April 6 at Gordon College. 

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)