Kaleigh Roberts, Emily Wolff Take First Place at Gotham Cup for QU Indoor Track & Field

Friday, January 19

Ocean Breeze Complex - Staten Island, NY

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Gotham Cup

Kaleigh Roberts, Emily Wolff Take First Place at Gotham Cup for QU Indoor Track & Field

1/19/2018 8:55:00 PM | Women's Indoor Track & Field

By: QU Athletic Communications

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Kaleigh Roberts (4:52.94) took first place in the 1-mile run and Emily Wolff (9:56.41) was the only runner to break 10 minutes in the 3000-meter run to highlight the performance for the Quinnipiac women's indoor track and field team on Friday at the Gotham Cup at Ocean Breeze Park.

LOCATION
Ocean Breeze Park – Staten Island, N.Y.

FULL RESULTS

Head Coach Carolyn Martin: "After a couple weeks of tough training, the girls worked very hard out there today. We were proud of the effort we saw. Not everyone got the results they wanted, but with a little rest, their work will pay off in the coming weeks."

QU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

60 meter dash (Abby Frank, 15th - 7.99; Edwina Gulama, 33rd - 8.36; Meredith Ramsey, 38th - 8.43)
200 meter dash (Meaghan Scullin, 26th - 26.89; Abby Frank, 30th - 27.05)
400 meter dash (Melissa Solomon, 12th - 59.44; Marlo Wehrer, 15th - 59.86; Christina Barbaro, 16th - 59.89)
800 meter run (Meghan Curtin, 9th - 2:20.14; Ahmetra Davies, 13th - 2:21.54; Alyson Caron, 21st - 2:26.53)
1000 meter run (Darby Ginley, 6th - 3:05.14; Brooke Hagen, 11th - 3:07.16; Maria Ricalton, 15th - 3:12.04)
1 Mile Run (Kaleigh Roberts, 1st - 4:52.94; Morgan Voight, 15th - 5:19.33; Katey Veron, 19th = 5:22.21)
3000 meter run (Ellie Songer, 3rd - 10:20.21)
60 meter hurdles (Jessica Lee - 2nd, 8.42)
High Jump (Emily Joerg, 14th - 1.5m)
Long Jump (Meaghan Scullin, 6th - 5.33m; Britney Del Mundo, 13th - 4.80)
Triple Jump (Britney Del Mundo, 6th - 10.97m)
Shot Put (Mackenzie Merkel, 9th - 11.50m; Michaela Mendygral, 13th - 11.26m)
Weight Throw (Michaela Mendygral, 14th - 11.67m; Mackenzie Merkel, 17th - 11.08m)

NOTES

In addition to individual titles in the 1-mile run from Kaleigh Roberts and the 3000 meters from Emily Wolff, Jessica Lee finished second in the 60-meter hurdles with an 8.42, behind only a competitor running unattached.
Wolff came in under 10 minutes in the 3000 meters with a 9:56.41, easily beating the competition, finishing almost 20 seconds ahead of the second place finisher. Her time was also exactly one second shy of her personal best, set two years ago at the New England Championships.
Ellie Songer finished in third place in the 3000 meters behind Wolff and an unattached runner, crossing the line in a personal best of 10:20.21
Roberts won the 1-mile run by almost seven seconds, and by over 10 seconds over the closest collegiate competitor.
Lee's 8.42 in the 60-meter hurdles was just .07 behind per personal best, set at last year's Armory Track Invitational.
Freshman Abby Frank won her heat in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.99, breaking eight seconds for the first time in her young career and finishing 15th overall.
The Bobcats had three runners come in just under the one-minute barrier in the 400 meters, with Melissa Solomon earning a 59.44, Marlo Wehrer finishing in 59.86 and Christina Barbaro crossing the line in 59.89.
Senior Darby Ginley ran a personal best of 3:05.14 in the 1000 meters to earn a sixth place finish.
Meaghan Scullin and Britney Del Mundo each finished in sixth place in the long jump and triple jump, respectively, setting new personal bests.