GORHAM, Maine - The UMass Dartmouth women's track and field team kicked off their 2024 indoor campaign on Saturday, finishing strong at the USM Open II meet, hosted by the University of Southern Maine. The Corsairs compiled 57 points in Saturday's meet, which saw a number of solid performances.
In the day's field events, the Corsairs finished strong, including in the weight throw as four placed in the top-10. Junior
Neisha Boiteux paced the effort, posting third overall in the event with a distance of 12.23 meters (40' 1"). Senior
Amanda Little earned fifth with a throw of 12.15m (39' 10"), while rookie
Emily Hesketh placed eighth with a mark of 10.60 meters (34' 9"). Senior
Kate Hockenbury rounded out the efforts in 10th with a throw of 10.12 meters (33' 2").
Hockenbury led the way in the shot put, posting fifth with a distance of 10.36 meters (33; 11.75"), while Boiteux posted sixth in 10.17 meters (33' 4.5"). Hesketh earned eighth with a throw of 9.50 meters (31' 2"), while rookie
Ana Tarason was 10th in 9.18 meters (30' 1.5").
Sophomore
Isabella Taccogna concluded the field events for the Corsairs, posting second overall in the high jump with a height of 1.52 meters (4' 11.75").Â
On the track, sophomore
Petrashea Johnson finished third in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.77, while rookie
Allie Kimball placed sixth in 8.00. The 1-mile run saw junior
Bee Greenberg earn fifth with a time of 5:41.98, while classmate
Julia Latura was ninth in 6:04.78.
Sophomore
Grace Russell paced the way in the 400-meter dash, placing fourth in 1:07.55, while rookie
Kyla Palmer was fifth in 1:16.42. In the 800-meter run, sophomore Tori Schweitzer took third in 2:46.14, while rookie
Sophie Owen was sixth in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 3:49.94.
Kimball went on to place fourth in the 200-meter dash in a time of 29.24. In the relay events, the foursome of Johnson, Taccogna, Palmer and Russell combined for a time of 1:58.72 to finish second in the 4x200, while Latura, rookie
Sarah Lynch, Greenberg and Schweitzer combined to place fourth in the 4x800 with a time of 11:26.66.
The Corsairs return to action next Saturday, traveling to Medford, Mass., for the Jumbos Invitational at Tufts University.
