Multis Duo Qualifies For New England At Silfen Invitational

NEW LONDON, Conn. — The Endicott women's track and field team competed at the Silfen Invitational on Saturday evening, hosted by Connecticut College.

Meagan McAndrews (Amesbury, Mass.) and Olivia Novello (Ipswich, Mass.) both qualified for New Englands in the heptathlon to highlight the Gulls.

McAndrews and Novello finished third (3,432 points) and fourth (3,231 points) overall after competing in the long jump, javelin, and 800m run on the final day of the event.  

The duo needed top-10 finishes in the 800m run to qualify for New Englands, and they did just that, as McAndrews and Novello crossed the line in second (2:38.93) and sixth (2:48.11).

McAndrews and Novello tallied 585 and 483 points to easily surpass the New England qualifying standard of 3,150 points. The Gulls entered the event with 2,847 and 2,748 points.

TOP FINISHERS

100m dash — Kayla Budny (North Reading, Mass.), 26th, 14.01, PR; Emily O'Connor (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), 42nd, 15.13, PR
100m hurdles — Novello, 3rd, 15.86, SB; Kinneal Dickens (Merrimac, Mass.), 7th, 16.58, SB
200m dash — O'Connor, 54th, 31.30
400m dash — Gabby Peniche (Milford, Mass.), 11th, 1:04.77
400m hurdles — Chloe Crear (Pelham, N.H.), 6th, 1:12.40
800m run — Anna McDowell (Brookfield, Conn.), 3rd, 2:32.93
1,500m run — Alexa Suchy (Guilford, Conn.), 3rd, 5:04.57, SB; Allie Devoe (Ridgefield, Conn.), 12th, 5:23.33, SB; Brianna am Ende (East Lyme, Conn.), 19th, 5:35.76, SB
5,000m run — Lulu Steele (Bedford, Mass.), 10th, 20:21.53, PR
4x00m relay — Peniche, Crear, McDowell, am Ende, 5th, 4:27.64, PR
High jump — Abby Griffith (Franklin, Mass.), 1st, 4-11.50
Shot put — Sara Rovcanin (Saugus, Mass.), 21st, 26-1, PR
Triple jump — Griffith, 4th, 33-3

HEPTATHLON

800m run — McAndrews, 2nd, 2:38.93; Novello, 6th, 2:48.11
Long jump — Novello, 3rd, 15-2.75; McAndrews, 11th, 13-0.75
Javelin — McAndrews, 4th, 83-10; Novello, 10th, 53-5

Complete Standings: McAndrews, 3rd (3,432 points), NEQ, PR; Novello, 4th (3,231 points), NEQ, PR

NOTES: NEQ = New England Qualifier | PR = Personal Record | SB = Season Best | SR = School Record | PRs & SBs recognized in the top finishers section to highlight additional performances

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott competes at the Sean Collier Invitational, hosted by MIT, on Saturday, April 19. 

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)