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The Girls Track and Field Team had a busy, but incredibly productive weekend.
On Friday night, they traveled to Lehigh University for a meet with over 80 schools from the Delaware Valley. They placed in the top 10 in 6 different events, The 4x400 Relay of Nicole Walsh, Marlie Klein, Kate Thomas and Kenslee O'Donnell won the event, qualifying for the Meet of Champions. Also qualifying was Molly Thomas in the mile, who placed 5th in the event with a time of 5:34.96.
On Sunday, the Lady Warriors traveled to the Ocean Breeze Sports Complex in Staten Island. With over 200 teams in attendance, they finished the day with 2 school records, 15 top 10 finishes and a 3rd place overall team finish. Molly Thomas started the meet off by crushing the previous 2 mile school record with a time of 11:55.17, placing 4th in the event. Summer Mellow had an incredible day, placing 3rd in the 55m dash, also breaking the school record with a time 7.29 seconds. She was far from done, as she also placed 2nd in the long jump with a leap of 17' 1.75". She then teamed up with Nicole Walsh, Jillian McTamney and Kenslee O'Donnell to place 3rd in the 4x200 relay with a PA #2 time of 1:47.85. The 4x800 Relay of Molly and Kate Thomas, along with Julianna Trigone and Marlie Klein placed 4th in their event with a PA #3 time of 9:50.28. Kate Thomas placed 4th in the Varsity 600m with a time of 1:39.76.
There with also individual medalists in the freshman races with bode well for the program in future years. Bhavi Patel won the 55m hurdles in a time of 10.25 seconds. Marlie Klein won the 600m with a time of 1:46.19, while Sadie Fitch finished 3rd in the same race with a time of 1:49.37. Gabi Dwyer also took home a medal, placing 6th in the 300m with a time of 45.88 seconds.
The girls will head back to Lehigh for a meet on Wednesday night.