Women's Outdoor Track and Field Has Strong Showing in First Varsity Competition at BSU Invitational

Bridgewater, Mass.  – The Framingham State outdoor women's outdoor track and field team began their first season of varsity competition and had a strong showing this morning at the BSU Bears Invitational.

THE BASICS:

- Meet: BSU Bears Invitational

- Location: Swenson Field – Bridgewater, Mass.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• The Rams had four runners compete in the 100 meter dash with junior Valerie Christian (Monson, Mass.) leading the way with an 18^th place finish in a time of 14.3.  Following not far behind was sophomore Chey Newsome (New Bedford, Mass.) at 15.87.  Junior Harriet Koramoah (Worcester, Mass.) and sophomore Kiyana Chataigne (Worcester, Mass.) finished less than a second apart at 16.36 and 16.98, while Victoria Gibbs (Hudson, Mass.) crossed at 17.3.
• In the 200 meters, junior Charys Lopes-Dishmey (Lowell, Mass.) led the way at 29.87 and was followed by freshman Patrice Haney (Holbrook, Mass.) at 31.31 and Newsome at 32.24.
• Freshman Katie Hayes (Dedham, Mass.) was the lone competitor in the 800 meters crossing at 3:00:59, while classmate Eliza Weisse (Hampden, Mass.) led the way in the 1500 meters at 5:34:64.
• In the field events, junior Julia Sanborn (Dracut, Mass.) had a solid showing in her first meet tossing the discus 28 meters which was good enough for 15^th place.  Christian was the lone competitor in the long jumper going 4.11 meters.

UP NEXT:

The Rams are back in action on Saturday, March 30^th at the Corsair Classic hosted by UMass Dartmouth with the first events beginning at 11 a.m. .