BOSTON, Mass. - February 16, 2020 - The Colby-Sawyer women's indoor track and field team finished fifth at the inaugural Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship held at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center. 

RESULTS

The Chargers collected 46 points. Emmanuel won the meet with 174 points. 

Laurel Blackman highlighted a great day of impressive performances by the Chargers. She set a school record in the pole vault with a height of 3.05 meters to break the previous mark of 2.95 meters held by her and Johanna DeVries. Blackman won the event to be crowned GNAC Champion. She also added a personal best height of 1.26 meters in the high jump. 

Macy Lapan turned in a pair of great jump results. She placed second in the triple jump with a personal record mark of 10.55 meters. The distance was also good enough to qualify Lapan for the New England Championship. Lapan finished fifth in the long jump with a personal best distance of 4.83 meters. 

In the shot put, Colby-Sawyer took second and third place. Brady Stolz finished as the runner-up with a toss of 10.91 meters, while Marissa Parker was third with a distance of 10.56 meters. 

Shannon O'Connell came away with fourth place in the 3k with a time of 11:45.35. 

Alison Fairbairn clocked in with a personal best time of 5:45.46 to place seventh in the mile.

Hope Higgins placed sixth in the triple jump at 9.08 meters. 

In the weight throw, Emily Vrooman finished seventh with a mark of 9.96 meters. Izzy Poulson posted a personal best distance by more than two meters to place ninth at 9.13 meters. 

The Chargers ended the meet with a third place finish in the distance medley relay. The team of Fairbairn, Lapan, Amanda Boyd and O'Connell combined for a time of 14:25.58. 

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