Women’s Track & Field Wins Saint Joseph’s (Me.) Invitational In Convincing Fashion

STANDISH, Maine – The Endicott women's track and field team placed first overall out of 16 teams at the Saint Joseph's (Me.) Invitational over the weekend.

Endicott scored 166 points, nearly 50 more than second place, to take top honors at the meet.

Husson (117.75), Colby (117), Maine-Fort Kent (87.75), and Emmanuel (54.50) rounded out the top-5.

NEW ENGLAND QUALIFIERS

Nicole D'Angelo (Readfield, Maine) became the first student-athlete in program history to win a heptathlon by scoring a school record 3,601 points against a field of eight other competitors.

D'Angelo accomplished the historic feat behind one school record (SR) performance and six personal records (PR).

She won the shot put (40-6, SR/PR) by nearly 10-feet and the javelin (95-02, PR) by almost 20-feet.

D'Angelo also set PRs in the 800m run (6th, 2:57.91), 200m dash (4th, 28.26), 100m hurdles (3rd, 17.08), and high jump (6th, 4-7.75), while finishing fifth in the long jump (13-7.50).

Her 3,601 points in the heptathlon were 450-plus more than she needed to qualify for New England Regionals. D'Angelo also ranks third in the East Region in the event (30th nationally).

Outside of the heptathlon, D'Angelo ranked second in the pole vault (9-2.25) and fifth in the discus (5th, 109-04, PR).

SCHOOL RECORDS

Bianca Del Maestro (Malden, Mass.) became the first student-athlete in program history to go sub-15 in the 100m hurdles by winning the event in 14.96-seconds (SR/PR).

She currently ranks No. 47 in the country and fourth in the East Region in the event.

TOP FINISHES

100m – Del Maestro, 1st, 13.05
100m – Jordan Williams (Boxford, Mass.), 3rd, 13.26
100m – Riley Rischitelli (North Brookfield, Mass.), 9th, 13.79, PR
100m hurdles – Kinneal Dickens (Merrimac, Mass.), 2nd, 16.75, PR
100m hurdles – Sarah Aylwin (Topsfield, Mass.), 4th, 17.62, PR
200m – Del Maestro, 2nd, 27.06, PR
200m – Williams, 3rd, 27.31
200m – Colleen McLaughlin (Ipswich, Mass.), 9th, 28.42
400m – McLaughlin, 2nd, 1:03.93
400m hurdles – Rischitelli, 4th, 1:14.16
400m hurdles – Nicole Woo (Newton, Mass.), 5th, 1:15.49
800m – Hannah Shepard (Keene, N.H.), 1st, 2:25.85
800m – Hannah Risko (Albany, N.Y.), 5th, 2:35.47, PR
1500m – Allie Devoe (Ridgefield, Conn.), 6th, 5:35.73
5000m – Julia Adrian (Noank, Conn), 2nd, 20:03.64
5000m – Emma Johnson (Reading, Mass.), 5th, 20:59.57, PR
5000m – Cate Herndon (Westwood, Mass.), 8th, 21:56.86, PR
3000m steeplechase – Makayla Vigneaux (Salisbury, Mass.), 3rd, 14:10.51, PR
High jump – Katie Ritzer (Dover, Mass.), 2nd, 4-9.75
High jump – Alexa Flewelling (Peabody, Mass.), 2nd, 4-9.75
Long jump – Dickens, 4th, 15-7.75
Triple jump – Dickens, 5th, 31-7.25
Shot put – Aylwin, 47th, 23-8, PR
Shot put – Flewelling, 51st, 22-5.75, PR
Pole vault – Dickens, 8th, 8-2.50, PR

Heptathlon – Brianna am Ende (East Lyme, Conn.), 6th, 2,873 points

200m (6th, 29.83, PR)
800m (1st, 2:30.98, PR)
100m hurdles (9th, 20.66, PR)
High jump (2nd, 4-11.50)
Long jump (8th, 12-7.75)
Shot put (8th, 21-2.50, PR)
Javelin (6th, 57-01)

NOTES: This section includes the top finisher in each event. Depending on the meet results, it also features additional Endicott student-athletes based on top-5 finishes, school records, and personal records that are compiled by the Sports Information Department and Coaching Staff. The information is written as follows: Event, Name, Finish, Time/Mark, Personal Record (PR)

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott will compete in the Sean Collier Invitational, hosted by MIT, on Saturday, April 22. 

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(Photo Credit - Demetrius Kazanas '22 M'23)