SBU Sports: Women’s Track & Field opens season with four top-five placements

The Stony Brook University women’s indoor track and field program opened the 2024-25 season at the Rutgers Holiday Classic on Dec. 6 at The Armory in NYC. The day’s highlight came in the 3000-meter race, where four Seawolves secured top-five placements.

Amelie Guzman (2nd, 10:05.78), Danielle Cirrito (3rd, 10:07.18), Niamh Durcan (4th, 10:07.42), and Shaylen Goslar (5th, 10:17.12) all recorded top-five finishes in the 3000-meter.

Miranda Gatto ran to a seventh-place finish in the 3000-meter (10:17.79)

Enyero Omokeni (10th, 41.28) and Jasmine Mason-Rudolph (19th, 43.47) set new personal bests in the 300-meter event.

Logan Barsalow finished tenth in the 1000-meter, setting a new personal best with a 3:04.17 clocking.

Brienna Ahmetaj notched an eighth-place finish in the high jump (1.55m), a new personal best. 

“Our athletes, who have been training consistently over the past few months, had an opportunity today to break out of the daily training and get a taste of competition,” head coach Andy Ronan said. 

“It was a typical first meet; we saw a little bit of everything, but there were some encouraging performances from several younger runners. There is still work to be done, but we’re optimistic about what the track seasons ahead may bring,” he added.

The team will resume play in the New Year on Jan. 10, when they compete in the Spartan Invitational at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island.