Women’s Track & Field Wraps Up Day Two At New England D3 Outdoor Championship

NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Endicott women's track and field team concluded competition at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship on Saturday evening at Coast Guard.

Abby Griffith (Franklin, Mass.) and Hannah Risko (Albany, N.Y.) highlighted the squad with school record/personal best performances.

Griffith shattered her mark in the triple jump with a distance of 36-5.75 (previous record, 35-2.50, 4/26/25) for 12th place out of 26 competitors.

Meanwhile, Risko finished sixth overall (19 entrees) in the 800m run (2:15.87), surpassing her time in the event by nearly two seconds (previous record, 2:18.03, 4/4/25).

Risko also ranked 15th overall in the 1,500m run with a time of 4:40.40, just missing out on another school record (previous record, Risko, 4:39.71, 4/19/25).

Aside from her impressive double, Risko was the only distance runner to qualify for the 800m, 1,500m, 5,000m, and 10,000m events at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship.

Full results from day two at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship are below.

RESULTS

400m hurdles – Meagan McAndrews (Amesbury, Mass.), 17th, 1:10.86
800m – Risko, 6th, 2:15.87, SR, PR (previous record, 2:18.03, 4/4/25)
1,500m – Risko, 15th, 4:40.40
3,000m steeplechase – Alexa Suchy (Guilford, Conn.), 9th, 11:52.37
4x100m relay – Olivia Novello (Ipswich, Mass.), Kinneal Dickens (Merrimac, Mass.), Kayla Budny (North Reading, Mass.), Kaylee Whitney (Milford, Mass.), 22nd, 52.06
4x400m relay – Gabby Peniche (Milford, Mass.), Chloe Crear (Pelham, N.H.), Whitney, McAndrews, 16th, 4:18.59
4x800m relay – Risko, Brianna am Ende (East Lyme, Conn.), Anna McDowell (Brookfield, Conn.), Allie Devoe (Ridgefield, Conn.), 13th, 10:00.71
High jump – Griffith, 9th, 4-11.50
Triple jump – Griffith, 12th, 36-5.75, SR, PR (previous record, 35-2.50, 4/26/25)

HEPTATHLON

800m run – McAndrews, 4th, 2:39.67; Novello, 7th, 2:46.12, PR
Javelin – McAndrews, 4th, 93-05; Novello, 12th, 51-10
Long jump – Novello, 10th, 15-6.75, PR; McAndrews, 12th, 14-2.50, PR

Complete Standings: McAndrews, 7th (3,668 points), PR | Novello, 11th (3,356), PR

NOTES: SR = School Record | PR = Personal Record 

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott returns to action at Williams College on May 9-10. 

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)