ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT women’s track & field team placed fourth out of seven teams that competed in the U of R Invitational, Saturday.
Senior Caroline Hill led the Tigers with a first-place finish in the 400m hurdles, posting a regional qualifying time of 1:03.76, which is a personal best. Teammates Samantha Crisci and Justine Draper also clocked regional times of 1:06.32 and 1:07.00, respectively.
Hill, Rachel Kulp, Allison Regnante, and Rania Sabri won the 4x100m relay after tying the program’s second-fastest time. Their result is also a regional qualifying time.
Regnante also placed second in the long jump, posting a personal best mark of 5.55m.
First-year thrower Ben Kayser-Cochran took second in the discus with a distance of 41.58m.
TOP RIT FINISHERS
100 Meters
8th – Violet Ameele 13.65
200 Meters
7th – Rachel Kulp 26.47
400 Meters
6th – Jorja DeCarlo 1:01.94
400 Meter Hurdles
1st – Caroline Hill 1:03.76*
4th – Samantha Crisci 1:06.32*
5th – Justine Draper 1:07.00*
4×100 Relay
1st – Caroline Hill, Rachel Kulp, Allison Regnante, Rania Sabri 48.85*
Triple Jump
2nd – Violet Ameele 10.95m
5th – Rania Sabri 10.48m
Long Jump
2nd – Allison Regnante 5.55m
Shot Put
4th – Marinna Heichberger 11.94m
7th – Sonya Shivok 11.54m
Discus
2nd – Ben Kayser-Cochran 41.58m
4th – Bailee Drummond 40.80m
Javelin
3rd – Autumn Bernava 33.19m
6th – Mia Gerber 28.45m
*AARTFC qualifying time/mark
WHAT’S NEXT
RIT competes at the Penn Relays Thursday through Saturday (Apr. 24-26) as well as the Cardinal Classic at St. John Fisher on Saturday (Apr. 26).
