BOSTON – The Johns Hopkins women's track and field team traveled to Massachusetts to compete at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational Friday and Saturday afternoon, moving up in the individual national rankings in several events in another impressive weekend.
Friday's events kicked off with the 3000-meter race. In the unseeded division, it was
Isabelle Nobili setting a new personal-best time of 9:58.75 to finish 30
th. The sophomore's time ranks second in the Centennial Conference as one of two sub-10-minute finishes, and is also 32
nd in the country. Coming in just behind Nobili was
Adriana Catalano, who finished in 44
th with a new personal-best time of 10:02.50, which ranks third in the Centennial.
Racing in the seeded division was
Sara Stephenson, who finished in 125
th but crossed the line in 9:47.85. The graduate student's final time is first in the Centennial — joining Nobili in the sub-10-minute category — and ranks 14
th in the country.
Next up was the 800 in which
Annie Huang was the first Blue Jay to finish, stopping the clock at 2:15.63 to take 143
rd overall. Finishing behind the junior and setting a new personal-best was
Lily Sheth, whose time of 2:20.72 earned her 221
st and is the seventh-fastest in the Centennial.
Friday's 400 started an incredible run for
Lauren Phillips, who finished 22
nd with a time of 55.90. The junior's time leads the Centennial Conference by more than two seconds, puts her third in the country, and ranks as the third-fastest run in program history. Coming in just outside the top-100 with a pair of season-best finishes were
Lianne Saussy (59.25 – 102
nd) and
Lorna Arcese (1:00.18 – 124
th).
Phillips continued her dominant afternoon with a 28
th-place finish in the 200, crossing the line in 25.14 which places her first in the Centennial, 14
th in the country and gives her the second-fastest time — to only herself — in program history.
In the 4x400 it was Phillips, Saussy, Arcese and Huang finishing in 13
th with a time of 3:52.36 — a time that ranks first in the Centennial and ninth in the country — before Day 1 came to a close with the mile, in which
Mackenzie Setton took home 136
th with a personal-best time of 4:56.59 to rank first in the Centennial and 15
th in the country.
The meet concluded with the DMR Saturday, where Setton, Phillips, Huang and Senthilkumar combined to place 22
nd overall with a time of 11:43.72. The quartets final time leads the Centennial and is one of just two in the country to cross the line in under 12 minutes, trailing only Wartburg.
