NEW HAVEN, Conn. - On Friday and Saturday, the University of Hartford men's indoor track & field team competed in their first two-day meet of the season placing in 2nd out of 11 teams in the Art Kadish Invitational hosted by Southern Connecticut State University.
Rapid Recap:
- Senior Destinee Majett (Brick Township, N.J.) headlined the Hawks throwing for a massive personal best in the women's weight throw taking second place hitting a distance of 15.09 meters. Majett moved to third all-time in the event in program history with the throw.
- Junior Jordan Murphy (East Hampton, Conn.) would also make her mark in the meet breaking the meet record for the pentathlon with a score of 3292.
- Senior Madison DiPasquale (Wallingford, Conn.) finished second in the women's shot put event hitting 12.33 meters.
- Freshman Caroline McGinnis (Windsor Locks, Conn.) placed 8th in the women's long jump at a distance of 4.85 meters.
- Freshman Jaya Pichay (South Windsor, Conn.) had a great showing in the 55 meter dash. Pichay finished the preliminaries in 4th place at a time of 7.47, before racing to a 5th place finish in the event at a personal best time of 7.43.
- Freshman Leah Valentino (Beacon Falls, Conn.) placed in first for the Hawks in the 600 meter at a time of 1:50.20.
- In the 55 meter hurdles event junior Caroline Crocker (Bernardston, Mass.) placed in second at a time of 8.48 seconds which was a new school record. Sophomore Tamara Greene (Hartford, Conn.) followed in fourth place at a time of 8.67 seconds.
- Freshman Maeve McGinnis (Windsor Locks, Conn.) scored points in the high jump competition coming in second clearing a height of 1.55 meters.
Up Next:
The Hawks will head to winter break returning to action on January 24th, competing at Wesleyan University.
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