Danso Wins 100 Meter Hurdles at Trinity College Invitational

HARTFORD, Conn. – The Worcester State University women's track & field team competed at the Trinity College Invitational on Saturday at the Jessse/Miller Field.

Junior co-captain Abigail Danso (Worcester, Mass.) won the 100 Meter Hurdles event with a 15.82 finals time. Danso hit a PR in the preliminaries for the event at 15.50, and with this marking stands at 14^th in all of Division III New England. She also marked an 8^th place finish in the 400 Meters (1:15.44). Delia Rhodes (Lawrence, Mass.) came in 8^th in the 100 Meters (17.82).

Also performing well at the meet was sophomore Mia Rogers (N. Dighton, Mass.) who registered a PR in the 5000 Meter Run. After finishing the run in a time of 19:26.22 in the preliminaries, the distance athlete completed the run in with a finals time of 18:39.75, which was good for 2^nd place.

Freshman Lauren Waters (Mansfield, Mass.) was the top runner in the sprints categories. After completing the 100 Meter Dash in 13.11 seconds in the preliminaries, the rookie slid into 3^rd place as she marked a time of 13.08 in the finals. She also took part in the 200 Meter Dash, placing 13^th in a time of 28.03.

Danielle Bavoux (Medway, Mass.) and Kelsey Bedard (Leominster, Mass.) led the Lancers in the mid-distance events, as Bavoux placed 12^th in the 800 Meter Run (2:27.43), and Bedard came in 16^th in the 1500 Meter Run (5:13.12).

In the relays, Worcester State's 4x800 Meter led the way with a 2^nd place finish. The team was made up of Kayla Corcoran (Lunenburg, Mass.), Elisabeth Olsen (Wilmington, Mass.), Bavoux, and Rogers. Worcester State came in 3^rd in the 4x400M (4:53.20), and 5^th in the 4x100M (52.51).

Haley Moss (Melrose, Mass.) guided the Lancers in the jumps, as she came in 5^th in the high jump (1.49m). Abigail MacGregor (Salem, N.H.) also competed in the jumps as she came in 6^th the triple jump (9.80m) and 8^th in the long jump (4.52m).

Stephanie McFadries (Burlington, Mass.) paced the Lancers in the throws, as she came in 3^rd in the javelin with a top throw of 37.94m.  Elizabeth McCormack (Gloucester, Mass.) took 4^th place in the hammer throw (38.54m) and 8^th in the discus (29.36m). Megan Rouillard (Barrington, N.H.) and Caitlyn Brennan (Dedham, Mass.) came in 7^th and 8^th in the hammer, while Carina Frontiero (Ispwich, Mass.) placed 7^th in the shot put (9.55m).

Next week, the Lancers will travel to Westfield State for the MASCAC/Alliance Championships.