MEADVILLE, Pa. -- The Allegheny College women's track and field team earned six wins at its annual home meet, the Marty Goldberg Gator Invitational, held at the Robertson Athletic Complex on a warm and sunny Thursday afternoon.

The Gators celebrated the conclusion of finals by placing first in the 400-meter dash, the 5,000- and 10,000-meter distance races, the 3,000-meter steeplechase, and the javelin. Allegheny's "A" group also won the 4x400-meter relay, which was only contested between two Gator quartets.

Senior sprinter Mihaela Toader (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon) won the 400-meter dash and established two new outdoor personal records. In the 100-meter prelims, she cut three-hundredths of a second off of her previous PR with a time of 12.28. The runner-up in the 200-meter dash, Toader was 13-hundredths of a second quicker than her time from the 2023 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championships at 24.82 seconds.

Fellow senior Leuca Hanish (Baden, Pa./Ambridge) completed her 5,000-meter run in 19:02.21, more than 42 seconds better than the runner-up from Alfred University. The only athlete to finish the 10,000-meter distance race, Megan Aaron (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) completed 25 laps around Frank B. Fuhrer Field in 37:42.25.

Allegheny made up two-thirds of the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Sophomore Marrin Crist (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg Area) was the first to the finish line, marking the second time this season she's been victorious in the event. Crist (12:50.24) did so with a 19.60-second advantage over her Gator teammate, Rachel Walters (Mt. Lebanon, Pa./Mt. Lebanon).

Newcomer Elizabeth Lubold (Indiana, Pa./Indiana Area) continued to make a splash in the javelin. The three-sport student-athlete picked up her second win of the spring with another PR distance at 39.59 meters. Lubold bested the 2022 PAC javelin champion, Westminster College's Erynn Daubenmire, by 1.80 meters with a throw that ranks among the top 30 in the country.

Allegheny Top Finishes
100-meter dash (prelims)
5. Mihaela Toader - 12.25 seconds
7. Melina Mangino - 12.66 seconds

100-meter dash (finals)
4. Melina Mangino - 12.64 seconds

200-meter dash
2. Mihaela Toader - 24.82 seconds
7. Renee Tetlow - 28.10 seconds
8. Ela Williams - 28.54 seconds

400-meter dash
1. Mihaela Toader - 56.92 seconds
3. Celia Cocca - 1:00.86

800-meter race
3. Logan Wagner - 2:46.46

1,500-meter race
2. Sarah Maue - 5:07.97
3. Madeline Allen - 5:19.44
4. Anna Kwasnica - 5:20.12
6. Hailey Stupay - 5:24.35

5,000-meter race
1. Leuca Hanish - 19:02.21
3. Tara Chillingworth - 20:15.23

10,000-meter race
1. Megan Aaron - 37:43.25

3,000-meter steeplechase
1. Marrin Crist - 12:50.24
2. Rachel Walters - 13:09.84

4x400-meter relay
1. Celia Cocca/Chloe Bonson/Logan Wagner/Eva Kerr - 4:28.56
2. Nelly Stafford/Renee Tetlow/Madeline Allen/Erin O'Neill

Shot Put
3. Emma Miller - 12.23 meters
8. Laila Davis - 11.13 meters
9. Lydia Giannini - 11.13 meters

Hammer
4. Lydia Giannini - 45.16 meters
9. Laila Davis - 39.66 meters
10. Caitlyn Faust - 35.36 meters

Discus
5. Jacqueline DiGiacomo - 35.95 meters
8. Caitlyn Faust - 34.31 meters
9. Lydia Giannini - 29.59 meters

Javelin
1. Elizabeth Lubold - 39.59 meters
4. Hope Gómez - 36.95 meters

Up Next
Toader will represent Allegheny in the sprints at the Harrison Dillard Twilight, hosted by Baldwin Wallace University on Friday, May 12, at George Finnie Stadium in Berea, Ohio.