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Lucas Guerra 2024 Dalton Ebanks

Men's XC/Track

Hoyas Travel to Wake Forest and Virginia for Two-Meet Weekend

WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University track & field program will travel for two meets this weekend, including the Wake Forest Invitational on April 19 and the Virginia Challenge on April 19-20. 
The Wake Forest Invitational will be hosted in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and the Virginia Challenge will be hosted in Charlottesville, Virginia. 
FOLLOW THE HOYAS
  • The link to results for the Wake Forest Invitational can be found here
  • The link to results for the Virginia Challenge can be found here.
  • The Hoyas will first take the track on Friday at 7:47 AM in Winston-Salem and 3:50 PM in Charlottesville. Saturday's action in Charlottesville will begin at 2:15 PM.
ABOUT THE HOYAS
  • Last weekend, the Hoyas competed at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in Gainesville, Florida, and at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Fairfax, Virginia. Several Hoyas set new personal records and recorded nationally-ranked times.
  • Melissa Riggins took third place in the 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational. With a new personal-best of 4:07.96, Riggins' time currently tops the national collegiate rankings. 
  • In the men's 1,500m, Abel Teffra took second in his heat and ninth place overall with a new personal-best mark of 3:38.25. 
  • For their performances, Riggins and Teffra were named BIG EAST Track Athletes of the Week. It is the first time each athlete earned the award this outdoor season. 
  • Chloe Gonzalez ran 4:20.11 in the 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational for 69th place in a field of 175.
  • Camden Gilmore also took third in his heat and 20th overall with 3:40.18 in the 1,500m.
  • At the Tom Jones Invitational, Tim McInerney set a new personal best in the 800m with a 1:48.65 finish for 14th place overall. 
  • Also in the 800m, Gabriele Angiono took 21st place, running 1:49.18, and Ryan Mulrooney took 30th with a personal best of 1:50.09.



WAKE FOREST INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE
7:47 AM- Women's 5000 Heat 1 (Natalie McLean)
8:32 AM- Women's Steeplechase Section 1 (Barrett Justema)
1:10 PM- Women's 1500 (Caroline Cummings, Alexandra Stout)
1:45 PM- Men's 1500 (Mateo Althouse, Owen Johnson)
3:52 PM- Women's 800 Heat 3 (Angeline Caamano)
4:04 PM- Men's 800 Heat 1 (Daniel McCarthy)
4:07 PM- Men's 800 Heat 2 (Matthew Griffin)
4:19 PM- Men's 800 Heat 6 (Ryan Mulrooney)
4:22 PM- Men's 800 Heat 7 (Matt Rizzo)
6:30 PM- Women's 800 Invite Heat 1 (Sierra Dinneen, DeAnna Martin)
6:34 PM- Women's 800 Invite Heat 2 (Katy-Ann McDonald)
6:38 PM- Women's 800 Invite Heat 3 (Melissa Riggins)
6:46 PM- Men's 800 Invite Heat 2 (Gabriele Angiono)
7:00 PM- Women's Steeplechase Invite Heat 1 (Mary Hennelly)
7:58 PM- Women's 1500 Invite Heat 2 (Chloe Gonzalez, Anya Hirschfeld)
8:27 PM- Men's 1500 Invite Heat 3 (Lucas Guerra)
9:33 PM- Women's 5000 Invite Heat 3 (Chloe Scrimgeour)
10:40 PM- Women's 10000 (Kelsey Swenson)


VIRGINIA CHALLENGE SCHEDULE
Friday, April 19th
3:50 PM- Women's 100 Prelims (Jadah Fitzgerald, Abbie Huey, Rebecca Ochan, Piper Rodgers)
4:00 PM- Women's Triple Jump (Alexis Emery)
4:20 PM- Men's 100 Prelims (Joshua Paige, Julian Williams)
5:05 PM- Men's 1500 (Sean Laidlaw)
5:30 PM- Women's 400 (KC Ashiogwu, Kaira Brown, Maya Drayton, Grace Smiechowski)
5:50 PM- Men's 400 (Jabril El-Amin, Nicholas Givan, Sean Hewitt)
6:10 PM- Women's 100 Final (TBD)
6:15 PM- Men's 100 Final (TBD)
6:35 PM- Men's 800 (Tim McInerney, Matthew Payamps)
7:45 PM- Men's Steeplechase (Peter Herold, Parker Stokes, Jantz Tostenson)

Saturday, April 20th
2:15 PM- Men's Long Jump (Roberto Terrell Jr.)
3:00 PM- Women's 4x100 (TBD)
3:15 PM- Women's 400 Hurdles (Grace Smiechowski)
3:25 PM- Men's 400 Hurdles (Nicholas Givan, Sean Hewitt)
3:35 PM- Women's 200 (Kaira Brown, Maya Drayton, Abbie Huey, Rebecca Ochan, Piper Rodgers)
3:50 PM- Men's 200 (Jabril El-Amin, Joshua Paige, Julian Williams)
4:25 PM- Women's 4x400 (TBD)
 
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Players Mentioned

Katy-Ann McDonald

Katy-Ann McDonald

Middle Distance
Graduate Student
KC Ashiogwu

KC Ashiogwu

Sprints / Jumps
Junior
Angeline  Caamano

Angeline Caamano

Middle Distance
Junior
Sierra Dinneen

Sierra Dinneen

Middle Distance
Senior
Maya Drayton

Maya Drayton

Sprints
Graduate Student
Alexis Emery

Alexis Emery

Jumps
Junior
Jadah Fitzgerald

Jadah Fitzgerald

Sprints
Sophomore
Chloe Gonzalez

Chloe Gonzalez

Distance
Senior
Mary  Hennelly

Mary Hennelly

Distance
Senior
Rebecca Ochan

Rebecca Ochan

Sprints
Senior
Melissa Riggins

Melissa Riggins

Middle Distance
Junior
Chloe Scrimgeour

Chloe Scrimgeour

Middle Distance / Distance
Junior

Players Mentioned

Katy-Ann McDonald

Katy-Ann McDonald

Graduate Student
Middle Distance
KC Ashiogwu

KC Ashiogwu

Junior
Sprints / Jumps
Angeline  Caamano

Angeline Caamano

Junior
Middle Distance
Sierra Dinneen

Sierra Dinneen

Senior
Middle Distance
Maya Drayton

Maya Drayton

Graduate Student
Sprints
Alexis Emery

Alexis Emery

Junior
Jumps
Jadah Fitzgerald

Jadah Fitzgerald

Sophomore
Sprints
Chloe Gonzalez

Chloe Gonzalez

Senior
Distance
Mary  Hennelly

Mary Hennelly

Senior
Distance
Rebecca Ochan

Rebecca Ochan

Senior
Sprints
Melissa Riggins

Melissa Riggins

Junior
Middle Distance
Chloe Scrimgeour

Chloe Scrimgeour

Junior
Middle Distance / Distance