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Jacqueline Earner
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Women's Track and Field Michael Vesci, Sports Information Assistant

Earner Wins Women's 800 Meter Dash in Big Day for Women's Indoor Track

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. – In their final meet before the Little East Conference Championship next weekend at Plymouth State University, UMass Boston Women's Indoor Track put up some of their best performances of the season at the Westfield State Invitational at Smith College on Saturday afternoon, placing third out of the five teams who attended the meet.

Headlining the day was freshman Jacqueline Earner and Abigail Schell. Earner won the Women's 800 Meter Dash event in a time of 2:28.06, a personal best this season for the freshman who won by just over a second while Schell took the Women Weight Throw with a distance of 9.54 meters. 

THE BASICS 
Team Results – 3rd Out Of 5 Teams (52.50 Points)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 

Freshman Aryianna Garceau started off the day with a top finish in the Women's 60 Meter Dash Preliminaries, finishing in 8.09 seconds before placing third in the finals with a time of 8.29 seconds, netting her team four points. The freshman also competed in the Women's 60 Meter Hurdles finishing in third with a time of 9.73 seconds, a personal best on the season. 

Also netting points for UMass Boston was sophomore Harleen Bassan who placed fifth in the Women's 400 Meter Dash in a time of 1:05.24, adding one point to the team total. This was Bassan's first time running the event this season.

Placing third in the Women's 1,000 Meter Run was sophomore Grace Colon in 3:54.16 to add four points to the Beacons' overall total for the afternoon.

In the Women's 4x200 Meter Relay, the team of freshman Delaney Sartwell, Ally Albano, Abigail Schell, and junior Cayla Jean-Louis placed second with a time of 2:27.16 in the event.

Freshman Kaitlyn Chirkis recorded her highest placement in the Women's Shot Put this season, placing second with a distance of 8.58 meters while Jean-Louis and Sartwell placed fourth and fifth with distances of 8.52 meters and 8.25 meters respectively for the Beacons.

WHAT'S NEXT  

UMass Boston competes next weekend at the Little East Conference Indoor Track Championship scheduled to take place at Plymouth State University next Saturday.  
 
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Players Mentioned

Grace Colon

Grace Colon

5' 2"
Freshman
Kaitlyn Chirkis

Kaitlyn Chirkis

5' 2"
Freshman
Abigail Schell

Abigail Schell

5' 0"
Freshman
Harleen Bassan

Harleen Bassan

5' 3"
Sophomore
Aryianna Garceau

Aryianna Garceau

5' 7"
Freshman
Delaney Sartwell

Delaney Sartwell

Freshman
Jacqueline  Earner

Jacqueline Earner

5' 4"
Freshman
Cayla Jean-Louis

Cayla Jean-Louis

5' 7"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Grace Colon

Grace Colon

5' 2"
Freshman
Kaitlyn Chirkis

Kaitlyn Chirkis

5' 2"
Freshman
Abigail Schell

Abigail Schell

5' 0"
Freshman
Harleen Bassan

Harleen Bassan

5' 3"
Sophomore
Aryianna Garceau

Aryianna Garceau

5' 7"
Freshman
Delaney Sartwell

Delaney Sartwell

Freshman
Jacqueline  Earner

Jacqueline Earner

5' 4"
Freshman
Cayla Jean-Louis

Cayla Jean-Louis

5' 7"
Junior
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