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Women's Track and Field

Women's Track and Field Readies for A-10 Championships

PHILADELPHIA- The La Salle women's track and field team heads to Rhode Island to compete in the 2015 Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships. The Explorers will enter 14 women in 11 events over the weekend.
 
A pair of freshmen enter the 200 meter preliminary field of 19 as Amber Jenkins and Victoria Jones will run in the event. Jenkins' college best time in the event is a 27.01 at the Patriot games while Jones ran a 28.73 at the Giegengack Invitational. Classmate Carolyn Boyce is the sole Explorer in the field of 19 for the 400 meter. Boyce owns a college best of 1:05.69 in the event having run that at the Giegengack Invitational.
 
Two juniors and a freshman enter the 800 meter prelim field of 22. Shannon Dwyer and Kate Conville are joined in the event by freshman Ifetayo Tyler. Of the three Kate Conville owns the best time this season in the event having run a 2:19.19 at the Giegengack Invitational.
 
A pair of upperclassmen enter the 1000 meters field of 18 as senior Cayleigh Solano and junior Rebecca Scardelletti will run in the event. Scardelletti has a college best of 3:03.2 in the event at last season Atlantic 10 Championships while Solano ran a person best of 2:55.07 at this seasons Yale Giegengack Invitational.
 
Senior Taylor Hackett and freshman Morgan Szekely will be in the 32 women field for the 3000 meter. Hackett has a season best time of 10:13.86 in the event at the Penn State Nationals while Szekely has only ran the event once in college finishing in 10:01.92 at the Tiger Open.
 
Three women enter the 30 person field for the 5000 meter run. Junior Molly Mickle, freshman Michelle Myland and sophomore Olivia Boyer will all compete in the event for the Explorers. Mickle owns the best time this season of the three having run a 17:38.86 at the Giegengack Invitational.
 
Sophomore Amber Jackson will enter both the long jump and the triple jump for the Explorers. Jackson's best long jump in college is a 5.61 meter leap at the Jack Pyrah Invitational while she had her best triple jump performance last season at the Columbia Invitational with an 11.12 meter distance.
 
The Explorers will also enter three teams into relays with teams competing in the 4x400 meter relay, 4x800 meter relay and the distance medley relay this weekend.
 
A list of entries can be found here, with live results also available through the Atlantic 10 website.  
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Players Mentioned

Olivia Boyer

Olivia Boyer

D
5' 5"
Sophomore
Kate Conville

Kate Conville

MD
5' 7"
Junior
Shannon Dwyer

Shannon Dwyer

MD
5' 9"
Senior
Taylor Hackett

Taylor Hackett

MD
5' 1"
Senior
Amber Jackson

Amber Jackson

J
5' 4"
Sophomore
Molly Mickle

Molly Mickle

D
5' 4"
Senior
Rebecca Scardelletti

Rebecca Scardelletti

D
5' 3"
Junior
Cayleigh Solano

Cayleigh Solano

D
5' 2"
Senior
Carolyn Boyce

Carolyn Boyce

Freshman
Amber Jenkins

Amber Jenkins

Freshman
Victoria Jones

Victoria Jones

Freshman
Michelle Myland

Michelle Myland

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Olivia Boyer

Olivia Boyer

5' 5"
Sophomore
D
Kate Conville

Kate Conville

5' 7"
Junior
MD
Shannon Dwyer

Shannon Dwyer

5' 9"
Senior
MD
Taylor Hackett

Taylor Hackett

5' 1"
Senior
MD
Amber Jackson

Amber Jackson

5' 4"
Sophomore
J
Molly Mickle

Molly Mickle

5' 4"
Senior
D
Rebecca Scardelletti

Rebecca Scardelletti

5' 3"
Junior
D
Cayleigh Solano

Cayleigh Solano

5' 2"
Senior
D
Carolyn Boyce

Carolyn Boyce

Freshman
Amber Jenkins

Amber Jenkins

Freshman
Victoria Jones

Victoria Jones

Freshman
Michelle Myland

Michelle Myland

Freshman