BEREA, Ohio -- The Allegheny College women's track and field program completed its final tune-up before next week's Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) championships with a strong showing at the 53rd Sparky Adams Invitational.
Nine Gators combined for 11 personal records at Baldwin Wallace University, and one first-year thrower earned the first victory of her young career.
Elizabeth Lubold (Indiana, Pa./Indiana Area), who competed in the javelin for just the second time this spring, won the event with a PR distance of 33.10 meters. The winning throw came on her second of six attempts, and Lubold finished with a 0.88-meter advantage over the runner-up from John Carroll University.
Although sophomores
Emma Miller (Elyria, Ohio/Lake Ridge Academy) and
Laila Davis (Springfield, N.J./Jonathan Dayton) did not produce PRs on any of their throws, the duo finished inside the top 5 in the shot put. Miller was the runner-up at 12.41 meters, and Davis came in fourth place at 11.45 meters. Davis also led all Gators in the hammer by taking 13th place (39.29 meters).
On the track, first-year
Chloe Bonson (Penn Township, Pa./Penn-Trafford) ran two PRs in the mid-distance races. She clocked in at 2:38.72 in the 800-meter run and 5:15.71 in the 1,500-meter race.
Junior
Madeline Allen (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne) logged the first sub-20-minute 5,000-meter time of her career, as she placed 13th with a PR time of 19:56.92.
In the 400-meter hurdles,
Celia Cocca (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora) placed sixth and shaved more than five seconds off of her previous PR at 1:09.11.
Allegheny Top Finishes
100-meter dash (prelims)
20.
Ela Williams - 13.78 seconds
28.
Ayah Sham - 14.45 seconds
200-meter dash
29.
Ela Williams - 28.54 seconds
36.
Logan Wagner - 29.19 seconds
42.
Ayah Sham - 29.88 seconds
800-meter race
25.
Chloe Bonson - 2:38.72
27.
Logan Wagner - 2:39.23
1,500-meter race
14.
Chloe Bonson - 5:15.71
5,000-meter race
13.
Madeline Allen - 19:56.92
400-meter hurdles
6.
Celia Cocca - 1:09.11
Shot Put
2.
Emma Miller - 12.41 meters
4.
Laila Davis - 11.45 meters
16.
Libby Babcock - 10.25 meters
18.
Matilda Earwood - 10.00 meters
Discus
12.
Jacqueline DiGiacomo - 33.10 meters
21.
Caitlyn Faust - 29.12 meters
Hammer
13.
Laila Davis - 39.29 meters
20.
Emma Miller - 37.46 meters
28.
Caitlyn Faust - 34.10 meters
33.
Jacqueline DiGiacomo - 31.01 meters
Javelin
1.
Elizabeth Lubold - 33.10 meters
Up Next
Allegheny will travel to Morgantown, West Virginia, to compete in the 2023 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday, April 27, and Friday, April 28.
