Women's Indoor Track Takes Sixth at Tartan Invitational

Northampton, MA --- The 4x200 relay team of freshmen Sarah Rafferty (Attleboro, MA), Mara Kralian (Grafton, MA) and Kristina Lisacki (Woburn, MA) along with sophomore Becky Galipeau (Bellingham, MA) took third (1:52.42) and qualified for the ECAC’s as the Women’s Indoor Track team placed sixth at the Tartan Invitational on Saturday afternoon. The meet featured five new qualifiers for the postseason as this was the final tune-up before the conference championships next weekend.

Amherst won the meet with 170.5 team points while RPI placed second with 136, followed by hosting Smith who tallied 93. Westfield State scored 77 points, WPI notched 73.5 points and the Lancers ended the day with 61.5 points.

Sophomore Andrea Ouellette (Salisbury, MA) took the top spot in the triple jump for the third time this season in six meets as she jumped a distance of 10.91 for her best this season to qualify for the ECAC’s.

Rafferty punched her ticket to the New England Regionals in her third event with a leap of 4.76 meters as she took fifth in the long jump while Kralian landed fifth in the triple jump (9.97) to also qualify for the Regionals in her team-best sixth event. Galipeau finished seventh in the high jump (1.5m) while junior Kara Antrim (Rowley, MA) placed fifth in the 600 (1:43.35) to round out the group that qualified for the postseason.

Ouellette also finished third in the 55 meter hurdles (9.44) and 12th in the 200 (28.88) while Rafferty and Kralian placed second (7.58) and third (7.68), respectively in the 55 meter dash. Galipeau sprinted to ninth in the 400 while Rafferty also took fifth in the triple jump (4.76m).

Freshman Maura Withington (Walpole, MA) recorded sixth in the 1000 (3:22.32) and 12th in the 600 (1:49.70) while fellow classmate Meg Plant (Franklin, MA) crossed the line in eighth in the 800 (2:39.17) and 19th in the mile (5:55.75). Sophomore Rachel Sullivan (Ipswich, MA) also ended the afternoon in ninth in the 3000 (12:14.70).

Sophomore Jill Rollins (Leicester, MA) finished seventh in the weight throw (12.18m) before Christina Bisbee (North Attleboro, MA) placed ninth (11.93m) in the same event. Freshman Brittany Stoddard (Orange, MA) ended her day taking home 14th in the shot put with a distance of 9.03 meters.

The Lancers will compete again MASCAC/New England Alliance Championships next Saturday as they look to topple Westfield State who won the conference crown last season

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