Complete Results: CWRU | Complete Results: Penn State

CLEVELAND -- The Allegheny College women's track and field team received a strong showing from the throwers on Friday, who collectively earned six top-15 finishes at Case Western Reserve University's 2023 Ed Finnigan Greater Cleveland Colleges Invite.

The Gators brought nine different throwers to Friday's meet while giving the majority of the track athletes a rest before next week's 2022-23 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Indoor Championships. Eight of Allegheny's nine throwers competed in both the shot put and weight throw, and a few earned personal records in both events.

Emma Miller (Elyria, Ohio/Lake Ridge Academy) logged her second individual victory of the indoor season with another excellent display at CWRU. She was first out of 26 competitors in the shot put at 12.26 meters, and the second-year standout was 11th of 32 in the weight throw at 12.95 meters. Both distances are the second-best of her Allegheny career.

The Gators were one-two in the shot put, as runner-up Laila Davis (Springfield, N.J./Jonathan Dayton) posted a new personal record of 11.91 meters.

The reigning PAC Field Athlete of the Week, Lydia Giannini (Warren, Pa./Eisenhower), led all Gators in the weight throw. She placed fifth with a distance of 13.84 meters.

In addition to the seven runners at the Ed Finnigan Invite, Allegheny sent Mihaela Toader (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon) to Penn State University for the PSU Tune-Up on Friday afternoon. The senior won the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.16 seconds. She also finished third behind two Division II sprinters in the 200-meter dash at 25.84 seconds.

Allegheny Top Finishes - Ed Finnigan Invite
60-meter dash (prelims)
13. Erica Fontan - 8.79 seconds
14. Mae Held - 9.40 seconds

200-meter dash
11. Emma Anderson - 28.64 seconds
16. Ela Williams - 29.30 seconds

400-meter dash
4. Emma Anderson - 1:05.32

800-meter run
8. Logan Wagner - 3:01.88

One-mile run
15. Erin O'Neill - 5:55.37

Shot Put
1. Emma Miller - 12.26 meters
2. Laila Davis - 11.91 meters
11. Libby Babcock - 10.32 meters

Weight Throw
5. Lydia Giannini - 13.84 meters
11. Emma Miller - 12.95 meters
T-15. Caitlyn Faust - 12.57 meters

Allegheny Results - Penn State Tune-Up
200-meter dash
3. Mihaela Toader - 25.84 seconds

400-meter dash
1. Mihaela Toader - 58.16 seconds

Up Next
The Gators are set for the 2022-23 PAC Indoor Championships, which will be held at Youngstown State University next Thursday, February 23.