WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University track & field program continued competition at the 2024 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships on Friday, May 10 in Villanova, Pennsylvania.
Mary Hennelly took the BIG EAST Championship title in the women's 3000m steeplechase, while four other Hoyas earned points for Georgetown. Sixteen Hoyas also qualified for tomorrow's final events.
After day two with nine events scored, the Hoya women are in fourth place with 35 points. With seven events scored, the men are in sixth with 13 points.
ON THE RECORD:
"We've had some very impressive performances over the last two days of the conference championships.
Chloe Scrimgeour continues to put her name all over our record books. Her win in the 10k on Thursday (first 10k of her career) not only smashed the school record, it was also a new BIG EAST record. We also had
Charlie North run a very a smart race to finish fifth in the 10k. Mary Henelly ran a heck of a race to close to take a close win in the 3K Steeplechase a day later.
In a championship the goal is to advance out of prelims. We've placed finalist in several events and expect our men & women to compete at a high level and battle for BIG EAST titles. We're excited to get things going this Saturday." - Director of Track & Field / Cross Country
Alton McKenzie
ABOUT THE WOMEN
- Hennelly won the BIG EAST title in the 3000m steeplechase, running a time of 10:19.06 to earn 10 points for the Hoyas.
- Maggie Donahue had a podium finish in the 5k, running 16:00.82 for third place to earn six points for the Hoyas.
- Melissa Riggins took first in the 1500m trials, running 4:24.37. Joining her on the podium is teammate Chloe Gonzalez who ran a 4:25.17 mark for third place. With their performances, both qualify for tomorrow's finals.
- Grace Smiechowski came in third in the first round of the 400m hurdles, running 1:01.93 to qualify for the final.
- Smiechowski also ran 14.56 in the 100m hurdles to qualify for tomorrow's finals, taking the seventh seed.
- Sierra Dineen ran 2:09.03 in the women's 800m trials for third place and a spot in tomorrow's final.
- KC Ashiogwu and Kaira Brown took fifth and sixth in the 400m trial, running 55.87 and 56.01, respectively. Both qualified for the final tomorrow.
- Rebecca Ochan qualified for the 100m final tomorrow, running 12.13 in the trial today.
- Three Hoyas qualified for the women's 200m finals tomorrow after today's trials. Ochan (24.29) and Abbie Huey (24.44) took second and third place in the prelim, respectively, for automatic qualification. Jadah Fitzgerald also qualified with a 24.77 time.
ABOUT THE MEN
- Peter Herold took fourth place in the 3000m steeplechase to earn five points for the Hoyas. He ran a time of 9:01.03.
- Lucas Guerra earned four points for Georgetown with his 5k finish of 14:01.86 for fifth place.
- Christian Dohler earned a point for the Hoyas with an eighth place finish in the long jump, recording 6.65m.
- Joshua Paige automatically qualified for tomorrow's 200m final with a trial finish of 21.31, taking second place overall.
- Paige also qualified for the 100m final with a 10.94 finish in the preliminary.
- Sean Hewitt took first place in the 400m hurdles preliminary with a time of 53.01. Joining him is Nicholas Givan, who ran 53.06 for second place. Both Hoyas qualified for tomorrow's final.
- Four Hoyas qualified for the men's 800m final after today's preliminary trial. Matthew Payamps took third overall with a time of 1:49.66. Tim McInerney (1:50.01) and Tinoda Matsatsa (1:50.20) took first and second place in heat one, respectively, for fourth and fifth overall. Gabriele Angiono rounds out the Hoyas running in tomorrow's final with a qualifying time of 1:50.99.
UP NEXT
The Hoyas will close out the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships tomorrow with day three of the meet. The Hoyas will take the track starting at noon.
Live results can be found on GUHoyas.com, and the meet will be streamed live on the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloSports.
2024 BIG EAST OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE
Saturday, May 11:
12:00 PM- Women's Triple Jump (
Alexis Emery)
1:00 PM- Women's 4x100 (TBD)
1:06 PM- Men's 4x100 (TBD)
1:10 PM- Women's 1500 Final (
Melissa Riggins,
Chloe Gonzalez)
1:18 PM- Men's 1500 Final (TBD)
1:33 PM- Women's 100 Hurdles Final (TBD)
1:58 PM- Women's 400 Final (TBD)
2:00 PM- Men's Triple Jump (
Christian Dohler)
2:05 PM- Men's 400 Final (TBD)
2:12 PM- Women's 100 Final (TBD)
2:20 PM- Men's 100 Final (TBD)
2:25 PM- Women's 800 Final (TBD)
2:30 PM- Men's 800 Final (TBD)
2:40 PM- Women's 400 Hurdles Final (TBD)
2:50 PM- Men's 400 Hurdles Final (TBD)
3:00 PM- Women's 200 Final (TBD)
3:05 PM- Men's 200 Final (TBD)
3:10 PM- Women's 4x800 (TBD)
3:23 PM- Men's 4x800 (TBD)
3:35 PM- Women's 4x400 (TBD)
3:45 PM- Men's 4x400 (TBD)
4:15 PM- Awards
