CHESTER, Pa. – A trio of runners in the 800m bested the school record on Friday evening as the Saint Joseph's women's track team concluded a two-day meet on Saturday at the Paul Donahue Invitational, hosted by Widener.
 
FRIDAY TRACK RESULTS

• Madison Buddenbohn and Lauren Charboneau opened the meet with a back-to-back finish in the 5000m, finishing with times of 18:07.85 and 18:10.78.
• Majken Lutzen finished with the fastest time of three Hawks in the elite section of the 800m, crossing the finish line in fourth place with a time of 2:07.33. Tess Crossan finished sixth with a time of 2:07.65, besting Quinn O'Brien by less than a tenth of a second after the junior timed in at 2:07.73 to take seventh. All three surpassed the previous program record set by Lutzen last year at 2:08.59.
• Ava Curry took home the top time in the 1500m elite race, crossing the finish in 4:24.06 to best the field by nearly 1.5 seconds.

 
SATURDAY TRACK RESULTS

• Seven Hawks entered the open section of the 1500m to begin action on Saturday as sophomore Grace Rudder paced St. Joe's with a sixth-place time of 4:42.30. The trio of Sabrina Paz (4:47.04), Maura Keane (4:47.22) and Danielle Juliano (4:47.24) were separated by two-tenths of a second to finish 10^th-11^th-12^th. Grace Fennell added a time of 4:53.31, while Danika Slits' time of 4:56.32 and Katie Sparks' finish in 5:03.41 rounded out the event.
• Jessica Rubio finished half a second off the pace of a top spot in the women's 400m, timing in at 56.32s to take second place in the event. Alexis Doherty recorded a time of 1:01.77, followed shortly behind by a 1:02.74 performance from Sydney Wynn. Rylee Barnhart wrapped up the event for the Hawks with a time of 1:03.92.
• Sammy Walz secured third place in the 100m, bursting to a time of 12.15s to finish just .11s off of first place. Judith Walker (12.92s) bested Maya Adams (12.93s) by just .01s, while Chloe Kearney finished with a time of 13.77s.
• Three Hawks finished in the top five of the 800m as Gemma Chevoor (2:11.49) and Alexis Westawski (2:12.19) shared a spot on the podium for second and third place, respectively. Samantha Korck produced a fifth-place effort after crossing the line in 2:13.80. Curry returned to the track after Friday's top time in the 1500m, racing to a 2:17.53 time. Freshman Sara Sherlock (2:22.31) and senior Carolyn Smith (2:24.57) concluded the event for the Crimson and Gray.
• Tess Collins yielded a time of 1:08.60 in the 400m hurdles to secure seventh place. Camille Bertin grabbed a top-10 finish after her time of 1:08.80 comfortably put her into 10^th.
• Walz returned to the track in the 200m, setting a top 10 time with her finish of 25.18s. Rubio's time of 25.74s placed 15^th, crossing the finish ahead of Walkers's 26.37s pace. Barnhart registered a 28.61s time to round out the crew.
• The group of Bloxton, Chevoor, Korck and Westawski concluded the meet in the 4x400m relay, finishing with a time of 4:07.41 to place fifth.

 
SATURDAY FIELD RESULTS

• Chloe Kearney's best attempt in the long jump measured to a 4.29m effort, competing as the lone jumper for the Hawks on the weekend.

UP NEXT
The Hawks return to the track to take part in the Penn Relays, beginning on Thursday, April 24.