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    • Women’s Track & Field Posts Multiple Top-5 Finishes At Wheaton Postseason Qualifier

    Women’s Track & Field Posts Multiple Top-5 Finishes At Wheaton Postseason Qualifier
    February 21, 2026
    Results

    NORTON, Mass. – The Endicott women's track and field team posted eight top-5 finishes at the Wheaton Postseason Qualifier on Saturday evening.

    Tiana Brown (Nashua, N.H.) was the lone event winner for the Gulls, as the freshman bested a field of 16 competitors in the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.39 seconds. She also ranked fourth in the 60m dash (7.96).

    Abby Griffith (Franklin, Mass.) earned runner-up honors in the high jump, clearing 5 feet and 2.25 inches, while Alexa Suchy (Guilford, Conn.) accomplished the same feat in the 3,000m run, crossing the line in an NCAA Division III New England Championship provisional qualifying and personal record time of 10:36.57.

    Endicott's 4x200m relay, consisting of Olivia Novello (Ipswich, Mass.), Kaylee Whitney (Milford, Mass.), Deanna Dukas (Woburn, Mass.), and Emily O'Connor (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), also ranked third overall in 1:52.81.

    In the 60m hurdles, Novello produced a fourth place finish, season-best time and NCAA D3 New England Championship provisional qualifying time of 9.69 seconds (10.00 standard) before Willa McKay (Whitman, Mass.) and Addy Smith (North Kingstown, R.I.) rounded out the Gulls' top-5 performances in the 200m (4th, 28.88, PR) and 400m (5th, 1:05.18).

    TOP FINISHERS

    60m dash – Brown, 4th, 7.96; Novello, 17th, 8.67, SB; O'Connor, 26th, 9.80, SB
    60m hurdles – Brown, 1st, 9.39; Novello, 4th, 9.69, NEQP/SB
    200m dash – McKay, 4th, 28.88, PR; Whitney, 7th, 29.48, SB; Nicole Woo (Newton, Mass.), 8th, 29.48, SB; O'Connor, 18th, 33.50, SB
    400m dash – Smith, 5th, 1:05.18, McKay, 6th, 1:05.77, SB; Chloe Crear (Pelham, N.H.), 7th, 1:06.19, PR; Sarah Morrissey (Watertown, Mass.), 9th, 1:11.07, PR; Dukas, 10th, 1:11.34, PR
    800m run – Teagan Shaughnessy (Watertown, Mass.), 10th, 2:34.12, PR; Raegan Gagne (North Attleboro, Mass.), 12th, 2:36.21, PR; Rebecca Zuniga (New Braunfels, Texas), 20th, 2:38.58, PR; Allie Devoe (Ridgefield, Conn.), 2:46.10, SB; Gabby Peniche (Milford, Mass.), 27th, 2:55.29, PR; Sophia Dill (Uxbridge, Mass.), 29th, 3:04.37, SB
    One mile – Gagne, 9th, 5:34.50, PR; Shaughnessy, 11th, 5:37.04, PR; Zuniga, 12th, 5:41.39, PR
    3,000m run – Suchy, 2nd, 10:36.57, NEQP/PR; Lulu Steele (Bedford, Mass.), 15th, 12:02.53, SB
    4x200m relay – 3rd, Novello, Whitney, Dukas, O'Connor, 1:52.81
    High jump – Griffith, 2nd, 5-2.25
    Long jump – Audrey Carr (East Greenwich, R.I.), 15th, 12-0.25
    Triple jump – Logan Baxter (Coventry, R.I.), 9th, 32-6.25, SB
    Pole vault – Baxter, 6th, 9-0.25
    Shot put – Sara Rovcanin (Saugus, Mass.), 13th, 29-4.75, PR; Peyton Lightbody (Malden, Mass.), 14th, 26-3, PR; Morrissey, 16th, 25-2.50, PR

    NOTES: NEQP = New England Qualifier (Provisional) | NEQA = New England Qualifier (Auto) | PR = Personal Record | SB = Season Best | SR = School Record | PRs & SBs recognized in the top finishers section to highlight additional performances

    WHAT'S NEXT

    Endicott returns to action tomorrow at the USATF-NE Indoor Track & Field Championship, hosted by Harvard University. 

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    (Photo Credit - David Le '10)