SBU Sports: Women’s Track and Field open outdoor season with seven event wins

The Stony Brook women’s track and field team opened its outdoor season with an impressive showing at the Stony Brook Snowflake Classic on March 15. The Seawolves totaled 11 top-three finishes, with seven coming via event wins.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Enyero Omokeni took first place in the 400m (1:00.12).
• Shaylen Goslar finished first in the 800m (2:13.39), setting a new PR in the event.
• Grace Sisson won the mile run (5:00.42).
• Jasmine Mason-Rudolph won the 100m hurdles (17.46) and 400m hurdles (1:07.66).
• Omokeni, Samantha St. Juste, Nicola Pesnell, and Camille Grable finished first in the 4×200 relay (1:48.50).
• Brienna Ahmetaj won the high jump in a jump-off (1.50m, 4’11”).
• Paulina Gasparis, Olivia Simonetti, Julia Samuelson, and Isabel Leonardo teamed up in the 4×200 relay and finished second (1:53.36).
• Danielle Cirrito placed second in the mile run (5:00.67).
• Simonetti finished second in the 400m (1:00.14), setting a new PR in the event.
• Amelie Guzman finished third in the mile run (5:16.66).

“It was nice to have a home meet to start the outdoor season. Both men’s and women’s teams enjoyed the opportunity to compete on home turf,” head coach Andy Ronan said. “For the start of the season, we produced some solid performances that we can build on as the season progresses.”