NEW YORK – Loyola University Maryland women's track and field opened its indoor season Friday with the Rutgers Holiday Classic at the Nike Track & Field Center at The Armory.
Isabella Coleman,
Lauryn Clarke and
Nicolette Militi all ran times that rank in the top-10 of Loyola's top performances, while the Greyhounds had 11 individual finishes in the top-10 at the meet.
Coleman ran a personal-best of 10:17.57 in the 3,000 meters to move up to No. 7 all-time at Loyola in the event. She is now the third-fastest woman at the school in that event.
Clarke won her prelims heat of the 60 meters in 7.61 seconds, tying for the third-fastest time at Loyola.
Kiera Udell had the best finals finish of the day for Loyola, running 5:11.29 in the mile for fourth.
Militi made her collegiate debut in the 300 meters, running 42.65 seconds, good for 16
th at the meet and the No. 7 time in Loyola history.
Maeve Lowther finished eighth in the 3,000 meters behind Coleman, running 10:44.01, while
Kasey Boag was 11
th in 11:02.34.
Nelly Cruz took eighth in the 60-meter hurdles (9.34), and Loyola had two top-seven finishes in the 400 meters where
Julia Baguiao was sixth (63.15) and
Maggie Yost finished seventh (64.72).
Claire Dalsass finished sixth in the 600 meters, running 1:41.84, while
Talia Banafato was 11
th (1:46.53).
Madison Van Haren was fifth in the 200 meters, running 26.26 seconds to lead four Greyhounds in the top 10 of the event.
Jane Mazzeo claimed eighth (26.70),
Riley Merklinger was ninth (26.78), and Cruz finished 10
th (27.05).
Lauren Gerow's time of 28.45 was 14
th, and
Chelsea Ayitey-Adjin ran 28.93 for 16
th.
Following Clarke's 7.61 finish in the 60 meters,
Mia Maselli was 18
th in 8.12, and Madison Van Haren ran the same time and was 19
th after finishing three-thousandths of a second. Merklinger was 20
th (8.13), Mazzeo took 22
nd (8.22), Baguiao raced 8.38 for 26
th, and
Elizabeth Gallagher finished 29
th (8.47).
Kat Zysk was 13
th in the 1,000 meters with a finish in 3:07.26, just in front of
Meghan Leonard's 3:07.63.
Mackenzie Newman raced 3:10.93 for 16
th, and
Maddie Hyde was 18
th (3:18.19) while
Kylie Maddalena took 19
th (3:19.13).
Militi's 16
th-place finish (42.65) led Loyola in the 300 meters, while Maselli was 23
rd (44.52), Gallagher took 26
th (45.49), and
Ajia Morrison ran 46.44 for 30
th.
Loyola had four teams in the 4x400-meter relay to close the meet. Maselli, Militi, Coleman and Dalsass ran 4:09.19 for fourth, while Cruz, Zysk, Leonard and Baguiao finished sixth in 4:13.43. Mazzeo, Merklinger,
Kiera Udell and
Lauren Gerow finished eighth in 4:16.59, and Gallagher, Yost, Lowther and Ayitey-Adjin was 10
th in 4:29.88.