STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Loyola University Maryland's indoor track and field team opened its 2021-2022 schedule on Friday, racing indoors at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex at the Seahawk Shootout.
 
Six Greyhounds had top-10 finishes individually in races with Abby Potticary's fourth-place time in the 3,000 meters leading the way.
 
Potticary clocked 10:31.10 in the race, the 10^th-best time in school indoor 3,000-meter history, and the fastest time by a Loyola runner in the event since January 2018.
 
Two other Greyhounds were in the top-10 in the race as Grayce Heinemann finished seventh (10:40.04), and Catie O'Hehir was 10^th (10:58.70).
 
Kate Ragone showed a strong sixth-place in the mile, crossing the line in 5:16.09. Sammie Spargo was 11^th in the event, running 5:45.66, while Marissa Branham and Isabel Slimm were 15^th (5:50.72) and 18^th (5:53.90), respectively.
 
Olivia Malley took eighth in the 600 meters with a time of 1:38.81, tops among the four Loyola runners in the event. Ajia Morrison was 15^th (1:43.28), Melanie Torales took 26^th (1:49.54) and Eve Schoenberg finished 27^th (1:49.58).
 
Maeve Lowther placed sixth in the 1,000 meters with a time of 3:14.71 with Kasey Boag coming in 11^th (3:25.89). Allegra Devoe and Bridget Hacket were 14^th (3:28.39) and 15^th (3:31.14) in the event.
 
Madelyn Ricard and Jessica Boos finished within one-hundredth of a second of each other in the 60 meters, with times of 8.41 and 8.42, respectively to finish 24^th and 25^th. Elizabeth Gallagher was close behind in 27^th (8.53), and Ainsley Jodlbauer finished 36^th (8.66).
 
Ava Dunn had a 30^th-place time in the 300 meters, running 44.41, while Megan McCusker was 33^rd (44.70) and Carolina O'Connell 54^th (47.55).
 
Loyola had two entries in the 4x400-meter relay with the grouping of Dunn, Boos, Isabella Coleman and Heinemann running sixth in 4:21.02; McCusker, Schoenberg, Branham and Boag were a spot behind in 4:25.47.
 
The Greyhounds' sprint-medley relay team of Ragone, Schoenberg, Morrison and Malley finished seventh in 4:33.52.
 
Loyola will return to competition in the new year when they head to State College, Pennsylvania, for the Nittany Lion Challenge on Saturday, January 15.