MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Allegheny College women's track and field produced numerous top-10 finishes and two All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) qualifiers over the weekend at West Virginia University's Stan Romanoski Open.

Allegheny's throwers were responsible for five top-10 performances. Leading all Gators with a third-place finish in the javelin was Elizabeth Lubold (Indiana, Pa./Indiana Area), who hit an AARTFC standard for the second time in two meets to start the outdoor season. Lubold's best mark was 36.42 meters, as she placed behind two Division I athletes from the University at Buffalo and Duquesne University. First-year thrower Angelee Bawek (Goodyear, Ariz./Estrella Foothills) joined Lubold in the top 10 by placing eighth out of 33 total athletes at 33.91 meters.

In the hammer, Laila Davis (Springfield, N.J./Jonathan Dayton) was the only Division III athlete inside the top 10. She set a new personal record by reaching 44.22 meters, good enough for seventh place. Fellow junior Emma Miller (Elyria, Ohio/Lake Ridge Academy) had a similar result in the shot put. Miller also placed seventh and was the top performer among the D-III throwers in the event at 11.37 meters.

Sophomore Jacqueline DiGiacomo (Sewickley, Pa./North Allegheny) led a quartet of Gators in the discus while also leading the pack of Division III participants. Her first throw traveled 33.78 meters as she finished 10th out of 52 total athletes in the event.

Third-year distance runner Nelly Stafford (Middletown, Md./Middletown) ran her first-ever 5,000-meter track race. She was fifth out of 35 runners with a time of 18:37.83, an AARTFC qualifying mark.

Competing in the 1,500-meter steeplechase for the first time since last year's Stan Romanoski Open, Marrin Crist (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg Area) was fifth behind Australian Olympic athlete Amy Cashin and three D-I runners from UB. Crist was clocked at 5:28.10.

Allegheny was the only school to run the 4x400-meter relay. Celia Cocca (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora), Samantha Oakes (Horseheads, N.Y./Horseheads), Chloe Bonson (Penn Township, Pa./Penn-Trafford), and Skye Kramer (Willow Grove, Pa./Upper Moreland) finished the relay in 4:45.33.

Allegheny Top-25 Finishes
100-meter dash
14. Zoe Romanowski - 12.99 seconds
23. AB Snyder - 13.34 seconds

200-meter dash
14. Zoe Romanowski - 27.50 seconds

1,500-meter run
13. Celia Cocca - 5:05.16
22. Marrin Crist - 5:14.65

5,000-meter run
5. Nelly Stafford - 18:37.83
14. Shyann Rulander - 19:49.21
17. Madeline Allen - 19:55.49

100-meter hurdles
22. Rosa Monarch - 17.83 seconds

1,500-meter steeplechase
5. Marrin Crist - 5:28.10
16. Genevieve Feltmeyer - 6:04.59

4x400-meter relay
1. Celia Cocca, Samantha Oakes, Chloe Bonson, Skye Kramer - 4:45.33

Pole Vault
4. Corinne Inkley - 3.20 meters

Long Jump
11. AB Snyder - 4.60 meters
12. Corinne Inkley - 4.58 meters

Shot Put
7. Emma Miller - 11.37 meters

Discus
10. Jacqueline DiGiacomo - 33.78 meters
25. Angelee Bawek - 29.87 meters

Hammer Throw
7. Laila Davis - 44.22 meters
20. Emma Miller - 38.96 meters

Javelin
3. Elizabeth Lubold - 36.42 meters
8. Angelee Bawek - 33.91 meters

Up Next
On Friday, March 29, and Saturday, March 30, the Gators will travel to Oberlin, Ohio, for Oberlin College's Bob Kahn Invitational.