Posted: Apr 08, 2023

Falcons Place Second At Jim Sheehan Memorial Invite

Camara and Murphy collect top honor of Green and Gold

Fitchburg, Mass. – The Fitchburg State University women's outdoor track & field team placed second with a total of 81 points at the 2023 Jim Sheehan Memorial Invitational at Elliot Field on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics

Meet: Jim Sheehan Invite
Location: Elliot Field
Scoring: 2^nd place, 81 Points

How It Happened

Junior Makany Camara (Lowell, Mass.) led the way for the Falcons, taking top honors in the high jump with a DIII New England qualifying mark of 1.60 meters, while adding a first place, DIII NE qualifying time of 15.85 seconds in the 100 meter hurdles.

In the 1500 meter, senior Abigail Murphy (Quincy, Mass.) finished first overall (5:06.32) and newcomer Skye Goba (Norton, Mass.) placed fourth (5:21.84) to qualify for MASCAC's, while in the 3000 meter steeple chase, senior Lilah McAndrew (Old Lyme, Conn.) finished third overall with a post-season qualifying time of 13:23.03, while senior Courtney Brouillet (Fitchburg, Mass.) added a seventh place time of 16:17.42.

Senior Sophie Geremia (Shrewsbury, Mass.) posted a MASCAC qualifying time of 49:28.80 with a sixth place finish in the 10000 meter, while junior Erin Donelan (Fitchburg, Mass.) finished ninth with a mark of 8.63 meters.

Donelan notched a MASCAC qualifying time of 19.87 seconds with a fifth place finish in the 100 meter hurdles, while senior Maria Burnett (Fitchburg, Mass.) posted a post-season qualifying time of 21:04.62 in the 5000 meter after placing third overall.

In the 800 meter, Murphy (2nd), McAndrew (13^th) and junior Joyce Arbia (Sag Harbor, N.Y.) (15^th) posted times of 2:30.08, 2:44.34 and 2:48.64, while in the 100 meter junior Elizabeth Read (Chelmsford, Mass.) (14.87) and newcomer Shamya Boulware McKnight (Hartford, Conn.) (15.11) placed 23^rd and 24^th.

In the 200 meter, Read (20^th) and McKnight (21^st) turned in times of 30.67 and 30.91 seconds, while in the 400 meter hurdles, freshman Trinity Hansen (Worcester, Mass.) (1:25.50), Brouillet (1:28.43) and Donelan (1:36.95) placed sixth, seventh and eighth.

In the field, Read finished 20^th overall in the javelin with a toss of 19.74 meters, while in the discus, sophomore Ephemian Bailey (Maple Grove, Minn.) posted a third place, MASCAC qualifying toss of 34.04 meters.

In the shotput, Bailey (10.48M), junior Antonia Sacramone (Hubbardston, Mass.) (8.46M) and junior Olivia Kephart (Rutland, Mass.) (7.80M) placed seventh, 15^th and 24^th, while in the hammer throw, Kephart (12^th) and newcomer Cassandra Israelson (Saugus, Mass.) (20^th) post throws of 28.60 meters and 19.39 meters

Ephemian Bailey 3^rd place Discus (34.04M)
Maria Burnett 3^rd place 5000M (21:04.62)
Abigail Murphy 2^nd place 800M (2:30.08)/1^st place 1500M (5:06.32)
Skye Goba 4^th place 1500M (5:21.84)
Lilah McAndrew 3^rd place 3000M SC (13:23.03)
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Up Next

Falcons return to action next Saturday as they compete in the 2023 Silfen Invitational, hosted by Connecticut College.