Women's Track and Field | January 23, 2016

Complete Results
 
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.- The La Salle track and field team traveled to Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Friday to compete in the NYC Gotham Cup.
 
Upperclassmen senior Kaylie McNally and junior Olivia Boyer had strong finishes in the 5000 meters. McNally ran a 18:13.00 for third place out of the 12 entries. Boyer was close behind, finishing with a personal best time of 18:18.50 for sixth place.
 
Sophomore Kaitlin Poiesz led three La Salle women in the 1000 meters. Poiesz ran a time of 3:03.87 for 15^th place out of the 48 entries. Seniors Rebecca Scardelletti (3:05.04, 18^th place) and Alexandria Guntle (3:30.50, 43^rd place) also competed.
 
Junior Mone't Gist finished in 17^th place out of 45 entries in the 60 meter hurdles. Gist ran a 9.41 second time in the race. Freshman Krista Forbes also competed finishing in 32^nd place with a time of 10.03 seconds.
 
Sophomore Ifetay Tyler led three Explorers in the 800 meters. Tyler ran a time of 2:21.86 for 28^th place in the 72 women field. Junior Sara Dever (2:24.44, 35^th place) and senior Kate Conville (2:25.24, 38^th place) also ran in the race.
 
Sophomore Amber Jenkins finished in 20^th place out of 49 runners in the 200 meter race. Jenkins ran a 26.21 second time. Jenkins also ran in the 400 meter race finishing in 44^th place out of 89 with a time of 1:00.47.
 
Freshman Ariel Mitchell finished in 25^th place out of 79 entries in the 60 meter dash thanks to a 7.93 second time.
 
Junior Madison Elliott ran in the mile for La Salle finishing in 39^th place with a time of 5:57.48.
 
Three freshmen competed in the long jump for the Explorers. Kaleah Miller (5.38 meters, 25^th place), Ariel Mitchell (5.20 meters, 29^th place), and Krista Forbes (5.07 meters, 34^th place) competed in the 50 women field.
 
La Salle will compete in the Tiger Open on Sunday evening before heading to the Penn State Invitational and Bison Open next weekend.