PLYMOUTH, N.H. - December 8, 2018 - Colby-Sawyer first-year Hannah Giesing achieved a record time of 1:24.08 in the 500-meter run to lead the Chargers at Saturday's Plymouth State Winter Classic. 

The Chargers scored 63 points to finish just six points behind third place Fitchburg State. 

RESULTS

Giesing finished second in the 500 by beating the previous mark of 1:25.06 set by Emily Lopez '17 on February 6, 2016. Amanda Boyd finished fifth in the race with a time of 1:29.85 to earn four more points for the team. 

Giesing and Boyd were also part of the 4x400 relay team, along with Natalie Ellard and Sydney Barriere, that raced to second place in a time of 4:31.65 to beat last week's run by seven seconds. 

In the 3000, Alison Fairbairn and Alley Rogers turned in a pair of solid results. Fairbairn finished fifth in 11:56.72, while Rogers placed eighth at 12:50.84 to earn a combined five points. 

Shari Rainville posted a PR in the 60-meter hurdles prelims at 10.31 to place fourth. She then finished fourth in the finals at 10.58, while Johanna DeVries was right behind her in fifth at 10.69 to collect five and four points, respectively. 

DeVries then took second place in the pole vault by achieving a height of 2.80 meters. 

Zee Han and Natalie Ellard finished sixth and seventh in the long jump with distances of 4.12 and 3.99 meters, respectively. 

In the triple jump, Macy Lapan picked up eight points for placing second with a mark of 9.84 meters. 

Brady Stolz led the Chargers in the shot put with a distance of 9.76 meters to place 10th. 

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