NEW LONDON, Conn. --
Senior Paige Phillips(Wilmington, NC) was 4th in the Elite 1500m running a season best time of 4:42.09 and teammate Brooke Hunter(Phillipsburg, NJ) posted a 4:55.53. Claire Semerod(Centenniel, CO) cruised to a 6th place finish in the 5000 meters with a season best time of 17:44.71. Lucy Smith(North Stonington, CT) ran her first ever 10,000m race for the Bears crossing the finish line in 40:43.63 and landing herself on the CGA All-Time List at #10.
Jacey Tippman(Venice, FL) was 5th in the Hammer Throw with a toss of 38.34m (125' 9") and finished 3rd in javelin with a best throw of 32.51m (1076' 8"). Teammate Maureen Hammond(Downington, PA) was 5th in shot put throwing 10.54m (34' 7").Â
In the jumping events, Mollie Brinker(Wilmington, NC) was 2nd, clearing a season best height of 3.25m (10' 8"). Long jumper Madelyn Greene(Chesapeake Beach, MD) and Kaylee Wright(Plainwell, MI) were 4th and 5th jumping 4.72m (15' 6") and 4.70m (15' 5"). Greene also was runner up in the triple jump with a best mark of 10.69m (35' 1').
Alaina Stonebraker(Sandy, UT) won the 200 meters posting her second fastest race of all time crossing the line at 25.24. The women's 4x100 relay of Ella Besant(Morehead, KY), Grace Flynn(Severna Park, MD), Kaylee Wright, and Alaina Stonebraker ran for the first time this season placing 3rd running 50.42 (CGA #5 All-Time Performance). The second relay for the day placing first was the women's 4x400 team of Ella Besant, Grace Flynn, Alaina Stonebraker, and Makenna Topp(Anthem, AZ) running a time of 4:03.43 (CGA #5).
The Bears will be back in action this weekend with the Sean Collier Distance night at MIT on Friday April 18th and Trinity College Invitational on Saturday April 19th.