WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Three Loyola University Maryland runners had top-10 performances to lead the Greyhounds women's track and field team Friday at the start of the Colonial Relays.
 
Heather Merrifield continued her excellent start to the season with a second-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles, running 61.84 to finish one-hundredth of a second behind the winner, Central Connecticut State's Sierra Nesmith. Merrifield's time is the second-best in school history, behind only her school-record performance of 61.58 from last Saturday.
 
Kayleigh Caggiano was seventh in the university heats of the 1,500 meters, clocking a time of 4:39.39 that is the ninth-fastest in school history.
 
MaryEllen Woods took fourth in the 800-meter university heats, running 2:15.94. Two other Greyhounds, Carly Spinnler (19^th, 2:20.51) and Kate Ragone (24^th, 2:22.16), also had top-25 finishes in the event.
 
Devon Terwilliger and Eve Schoenberg followed Merrifield's pace in the 400 hurdles. Terwilliger was 16^th in 65.45, while Schoenberg finished 23^rd in 66.53.
 
Christina Daniels finished 13^th in the 10,000 meters with a time of 37.34.64. Mary Sutton was 37^th in the championship 5,000-meter run in 18:17.19; Kelly Williamson finished 17^th in the university 5,000-meter heats, running 18:56.41.
 
Courtney Kenny took 24^th in the 400 meters (59.21), and Molly Smith was the team's top finisher in the 200 meters, taking 36^th in 26.49.
 
Gillian Blackwood led Loyola in the 100-meter hurdles (26^th, 16.05), while Katherine Schramm had the Greyhounds' top finish in the 100 meters (42^nd, 13.11).
 
The Greyhounds will continue their competition on Saturday at the Relays.