Falcons Soar At USATF New England Championships

Young registers pair of top six efforts for Fitchburg State

Cambridge, Mass. – The Fitchburg State University women's indoor track & field team competed at the 2019-20 USATF New England Championships on Sunday afternoon, hosted by Harvard University at the Gordon Indoor Track.

The Basics

Meet: USATF New England
Location: Gordon Indoor Track
Scoring: No team scoring

How It Happened

Senior Brianna Young (Mansfield, Mass.) led the way for the Green and Gold, placing fifth overall in the shot put with a throw of 9.82 meters, while adding a sixth place toss of 12.08 meters in the weight throw.

In the 800 meter, newcomers Lilah McAndrew (Lyme, Conn.) (31st), Nicole Cofer (Lowell, Mass.) and Nicolette Kennedy (Groveland, Mass.) posted solid times of 2:34.71, 2:59.91 and 3:02.81, while junior Olivia Mullins (Plaistow, N.H.) registered a 29th place time of 5:47.30 in the mile.

Rounding out the top efforts for the Green and Gold on the afternoon was freshman Devin Tormey (Fitchburg, Mass.), who finished ninth in the 60 meter hurdles with time of 9.97 seconds.

• Brianna Young 5th place in the shotput (9.82m)

Up Next

Falcons return to action on Saturday as they compete at the 2019-20 DIII New England Championships, hosted by Middlebury College, starting at 10"00 AM