Falcons Shine At Sean Collier Invitational
McInnis and McAndrew notch top five finishes for Green and Gold
Cambridge, Mass. – The Fitchburg State University women's outdoor track & field team returned to action this afternoon, competing at the 2022 Sean Collier Invitational, hosted by MIT at the Sherie and Don Morrison Track.
The Basics
Meet: Sean Collier Invitational
Location: Sherie & Don Morrison Track
Scoring: No Team Scoring
How It Happened
Graduate student Natasha McInnis (Leominster, Mass.) led the way for the Falcons, placing third overall in the 100 meter with a MASCAC qualifying time of 12.86 seconds, while adding a seventh place time of 26.64 seconds in the 200 meter to qualify for the post-season.
Junior Lilah McAndrew (Old Lyme, Conn.) was also solid for the Green and Gold, finishing fifth in the 3000 meter steeple chase with a post-season qualifying time of 13:54.21, while junior Abigail Murphy (Quincy, Mass.) notched a pair of MASCAC qualifying times in the 800 meter (2:32.15) (13th) and the 1500 meter (5:08.20) (6th).
The 4x100 meter relay team of sophomore Makany Camara (Lowell, Mass.), McInnis, sophomore Abbey Quirbach (Lowell, Mass.) and newcomer Marjorie Veliotis (Stoughton, Mass.) put forth a sixth place time of 54.47 seconds, while the 4x400 meter relay team of Murphy, Veliotis, McInnis and Quirbach posted a strong time of 5:03.87 after finishing seventh overall in the event.
In the field, Camara placed seventh in the high jump with a MASCAC qualifying mark of 1.48 meters, while newcomer Ephemian Bailey (Maple Grove, Minn.) posed a pair of post-season tosses in the shot put (10.38m) and the discus (32.62m) after finishing tenth and ninth respectively.
Rounding out the top Falcon efforts on the day were Quirbach (1:09.77) (20th) and Veliotis (1:11.94) (21st) in the 400 meter, while junior Erin Donelan (Fitchburg, Mass.) finished ninth in the triple jump with a mark of 8.60 meters.
- Natasha McInnis 3rd place 100m (12.86)
- Lilah McAndrew 5th place 3000M Steeplechase (13:54.21)
Up Next
Falcons return to action next Saturday as they compete at the 2022 MASCAC Outdoor Track Championships, hosted by Bridgewater State.