Jessica Lee Has Another Record-Breaking Day for QU Indoor Track & Field

Friday, February 9

Boston Univ. Track Center - Boston, MA

All Day

Quinnipiac University

Valentine Invitational

Jessica Lee Has Another Record-Breaking Day for QU Indoor Track & Field

2/9/2018 9:01:00 PM | Women's Indoor Track & Field

By: QU Athletic Communications

BOSTON, Mass. - Senior Jessica Lee (Montgomery, N.J.) set a new school record in the 60 meters and was one-hundredth of a second shy of another record with a personal best in the 200 meters to highlight the performance for the Quinnipiac women's indoor track and field team on Friday at Boston University's David Hemery Valentine Track and Field Invitational. Lee's 7.59 in the 60 meters placed her second overall (first among collegiate runners) out of 27 competitors in the field.

Lee began the winter at the Yale Season Opener in December by tying the old 60-meter school record of 7.66 seconds, which was first set by Shameal Samuels in 2015. She almost broke another of Samuels' records by taking almost a half-second off her personal best in the 200 meters with a 24.25, finishing seventh out of 207 runners (fourth among collegians), just behind Samuels' indoor record of 24.24 (Samuels holds the overall record of 24.17 in outdoor season).

LOCATION
Boston University Track and Tennis Center (Boston, Mass.)

NOTABLES

Senior Jessica Lee (Montgomery, N.J.) came in second overall out of 27 competitors, including the top collegian, in the 60-meter dash. Beyonce DeFreitas of Sprint Tech Track Club won the event with a 7.45.
Lee's 7.59 eclipsed the old school record of 7.66 (which she shared with Shameal Samuels), one week after she trimmed a tenth of a second off her own school record in the 60-meter hurdles (8.25) at the New England Championships
Lee's previous best in the 200 meters had been 24.73, set in the MAAC Championships last winter.
Freshman Abby Frank (Penfield, N.Y.) was second out of 52 runners in the open division of the 60-meter dash with a 7.95, setting a new personal best in her young career, passing her old mark of 7.99. That .04 improvement moved her from a tie for eighth place into sole possession of sixth place on Quinnipiac's all-time top 10 list.
Frank also set a personal best int he 200 meters with a 26.48, finishing in the top half of a large field (102 of 207)
Junior Marlo Wehrer (Pequannock, N.J.) came in 22nd place out of 155 competitors in the 400 meters, running a 56.75, chopping over a full second off her previous personal best of 58.11, set last week at the New England Championships. She jumped from seventh into fourth place on Quinnipiac's all-time top 10 list with the effort.
Sophomores Ahmetra Davies (Bay Shore, N.Y.) and Meghan Curtin (Cohocton, N.Y.) both established new personal bests in the same heat of the 500 meters.
Davies trimmed over two seconds off her old top time in the 500 (1:19.47) with a 1:17.27 to come in tenth place out of 43 runners, establishing herself in fifth place on Quinnipiac's all-time list.
Curtin shaved over a second and a half off of her previous personal best in the 500 (1:19.84) with a 1:18.26 to come in 19th and move into seventh place in Quinnipiac annals.
Redshirt freshman Meaghan Scullin (Cumberland, R.I.) also had a personal best in the 400, winning her heat and coming in under a minute for the first time in her young career with a 59.47. She also took .04 off her personal best in the 200 with a 26.07 to finish 76th out of 207.
Sophomore Jillian DiGiacinto (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.) set a new personal best in the 800 meters with a 2:20.42
Sophomore Morgan Voight (East Longmeadow, Mass.) knocked over eight seconds off her personal best in the 1000 meters with a time of 3:02.09, falling just .03 shy of moving into Quinnipiac's top 10.
Junior Maria Ricalton (Canton, N.Y.) ran a 5:11.92 in the mile, knocking almost nine seconds off her old personal best (5:20.34), to finish in the top half of the field.
Four Bobcats ran in the same heat of the mile (Shaelyn Pacheco, Sara Wilcox, Amy Laverty, Mary Watters), and all four came through with personal bests.
Freshman Britney Del Mundo (Fair Lawn, N.J.) added two centimeters to her personal best in the long jump (5.06 meters) and one centimeter to her personal best in the triple jump (10.98 meters), which ranks her second in school history.
Junior Carly Timpson (Narragansett, R.I.) earned a top 10 finish (of 48) in the weight throw with a 16.74 meters, placing her eighth. Junior Michaela Mendygral (Wallingford, Conn.) added a personal best with a throw of 12.90 meters.

Full Results

Running Results

60 Meter Dash Invitational Prelims (27 runners): Jessica Lee (2nd, 7.59)
60 Meter Dash Invitational Finals (9 runners): Jessica Lee (2nd, 7.59)
60 Meter Dash Open (52 runners): Abby Frank (2nd, 7.95), Britney Del Mundo (22nd, 8.27), Meredith Ramsey (30th, 8.35)
200 Meter Dash (207 runners): Jessica Lee (7th, 24.25), Meaghan Scullin (76th, 26.07), Abby Frank (102nd, 26.48)
400 Meter Dash (155 runners): Marlo Wehrer (22nd; 56.75); Christina Barbaro (53rd, 58.10), Meaghan Scullin (78th, 59.47)
500 Meter Dash (43 runners): Ahmetra Davies (10th, 1:17.27), Meghan Curtin (19th, 1:18.26)
800 Meter Run (157 runners): Alyson Caron (58th, 2:16.40), Darby Ginley (81st, 2:19.11), Brooke Hagen (83rd, 2:19.19), Jillian DiGiacinto (88th, 2:20.42)
1000 Meter Run (80 runners): Morgan Voight (52nd, 3:02.09), Amanda Carlson (62nd, 3:05.49)
One Mile Run (249 runners): Maria Ricalton (124th, 5:11.92)
4x400 Meter Relay (49 teams): Jillian DiGiacinto, Meghan Curtin, Darby Ginley, Ahmetra Davies (33rd, 4:04.88)

Field Results

Pole Vault (22 competitors): Kelsey Coughlin (T-12th, 3.06m)
Shot Put (46 competitors): Mackenzie Merkel (15th, 11.78m); Michaela Mendygral (23rd, 11.30m)
Long Jump (47 competitors): Meaghan Scullin (24th, 5.21m), Leah Pfrommer (36th, 5.10m), Britney Del Mundo (39th, 5.06m)
Triple Jump (38 competitors): Britney Del Mundo (18th, 10.98m)
Weight Throw (48 competitors): Carly Timpson (8th, 16.74m), Michaela Mendygral (36th, 12.90m)