Six marks bypass New England standards, as two surpass NCAA provisional marks

AMHERST, Mass. (April 15, 2017) – The Stonehill College women's track and field team saw two first-place marks and four runner-up finishes at the Minuteman Invitational, hosted by UMass Amherst, on Saturday, April 15.

The Skyhawks saw two NCAA Division II Provisional marks in senior Nicole Borofski (Plymouth, Massachusetts/Plymouth North) in the 800-meter and the 1500-meter race. Olivia Dexter (East Calais, Vermont/Union 32) also recorded two school records as she crushed her own 100-meter record from last season and topped Maria Curit's time in the 200-meter sprint from 2015. Stonehill also completed the day with 22 personal bests throughout all events.

Dexter finished first in the 100-meter dash with a personal best time of 12.04 bypassing the New England standard. She also earned second with a time of 24.69 in the 200-meter sprint marking her second New England standard. Emily Polvere (Somers, New York/Somers) finished seventh with a personal best time of 25.64 behind Dexter in the 200-meter race.

Krista Fernandes (Taunton, Massachusetts/Coyle and Cassidy) took first place in the 400-meter run with a time of 58.40, while Megan Bobinski (Torrington, Connecticut/Holy Cross) was close behind with a personal best mark of fourth and a time of 59.83.

Borofski finished third behind three Division I competitors in the 800-meter run with a personal best time of 2:13.16, while Aisha McAdams (North Kingstown, Rhode Island/North Kingstown) finished in the top 10 with a time of 2:19.18, good for eighth. The Plymouth, Massachusetts native is now ranked 40^th in Division II in the 800m, bypassing the NCAA DII provisional mark.

Borofski also finished second in the 1500-meter run, also behind a Division I runner, with a time of 4:30.73, as McAdams followed right behind with a time of 4:39.80. Borofski is also 13^th in Division II in the 1500m race, surpassing the NCAA provisional by four seconds.

Anna Lastra (Bridgton, Maine/Fryeburg Academy) and Alexandra Buonfiglio (Lynnfield, Massachusetts/Lynnfield) placed sixth and seventh, respectively in the 1500-meter run with times of 4:45.08 and 4:46.73, respectively.

All four Skyhawks placed in the top 10 of the 5000-meter run including Emily Knox (Worcester, Massachusetts/Notre Dame Academy), Makenzie Cyr (Douglas, Massachusetts/Douglas), Jackie Cutillo (Foxboro, Massachusetts/Bishop Feehan) and Isabel Baker (Charlestown, Rhode Island/Chariho). Knox finished second in the field with a time of 18:02.72, as Cyr wasn't far behind with a time of 18:11.17, placing fourth. Cutillo placed fifth, as Baker took eighth with times of 19:20.96 and 19.21.30, respectively.

Azariah Boyd (Brockton, Massachusetts/Brockton) finished in the top 10 in the 100-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 15.07, good for fourth place in the field of 14 competitors.

Stonehill's 4x100-meter relay placed third in the field of four other Division I teams with a time of 48.35. The squad consisted of Tulie Finley-Moise (Lexington, Massachusetts/Lexington), Polvere, Hannah Ameen (Andover, Massachusetts/Andover), and Dexter.

The 4x400-meter relay team placed fourth among six Division I teams with runners Colleen Perry (Weymouth, Massachusetts/Weymouth), Fernandes, Claire Hurtado (Newington, Massachusetts/Northwest Catholic), and Bobinski finishing fourth in the field of seven.

Madison Ward (Holliston, Massachusetts/Holliston) placed third in the high jump with a mark of 1.61m, while Courtney Daggett (Attleboro, Massachusetts/Attleboro) followed right behind with a height of 1.56m, good for fourth.

Shayla Lyons (Westerlo, New York/Bishop Maginn/Berne-Knox Westerlo) was the first Division II thrower to finish in the shot put with a toss of 12.30m, as Gaelin Farrell (Baldwinville, Massachusetts/Narragansett Regional) measured a distance of 12.08m, good for third and fourth, respectively.

Jesica Litwa (Seymour, Massachusetts/Seymour) placed second among a field of 17^th with a personal best toss of 38.98m in the discus throw bypassing the New England standard. She also finished seventh in the hammer throw with a personal best mark of 41.15m.

Stonehill will send athletics to Worcester, Massachusetts to compete in the Holy Cross Heptathlon from April 19-20 and then for the Holy Cross Invitational on Saturday, April 22. Some student-athletes will also head to Princeton, New Jersey for the Larry Ellis Invitational, hosted by Princeton University, on April 21-22.

Polvere also clocked in at 12.52 in the 100-meter dash bypassing her first New England standard of the season, finishing eighth among 26 competitors. Finley-Moise, Ameen and Sinead O'Brien (Norwood, Massachusetts/Norwood) finished back-to-back in the sprint. Finley-Moise posted a time of 12.59 good for 10^th Ameen and O'Brien clocked in at 12.72 good for 11^th and 12^th. Ameen and O'Brien finished with personal best times. Ashley Colarusso (Tewksbury, Massachusetts/Tewksbury) finished 22^nd among the field with a time of 13.41.

Boyd took 13^th in the 200-meter dash with a personal best time of 26.23, while O'Brien followed her with a time of 26.28.

Buonfiglio clocked in a time of 2:22.43, good for 13^th in the 800-meter sprint. Hurtado earned 29^th in the same event with a time of 2:37.03.

Elizabeth Hannon (Franklin, Massachusetts/Bishop Feehan) finished 12^th in the 1500-meter race with a time of 4:56.65 among the field of 33 competitors, while Alyssa Freeman (Billerica, Massachusetts/Billerica Memorial) came in 13^th with a personal best time of 4:57.87. Danika Wayss (Warwick, Rhode Island/Pilgrim) earned 20^th with a time of 5:01.96, followed by Julie Schultz (Billerica, Massachusetts/Billerica) and Jillian Caiazzi (Marlborough, Massachusetts/Marlborough) with marks of 5:02.34 and 5:03.13, respectively. Kelly Higgins (Weymouth, Massachusetts/Weymouth) was the final Skyhawk to cross the finish with a time of 5:06.55, good for 24^th.

Zoe Smith (Rochester, Massachusetts/Old Rochester Regional) earned ninth in the 100-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 15.90, while Perry finished 11^th with a personal best mark of 16.83.

Ashley Daggett (Attleboro, Massachusetts/Attleboro) and Smith tied for 11^th in the high jump with a height of 1.51m.

Colarusso finished fifth in the pole vault with a mark of 3.10m. Ward took 14^th in a field of 17 competitors with a height of 4.90m in the long jump.

Elizabeth Balzarini (Dedham, Massachusetts/Dedham) took 10^th in the shot put with a personal best mark of 11.12m.

Lyons placed ninth in the discus throw with a mark of 34.03m, while Julianne Holbrook (Pembroke, Massachusetts/Pembroke) and Balzarini finished 11^th and 12^th, respectively. Holbrook measured a mark of 30.88m, as Balzarini tossed a distance of 30.87m.

Margaret Lepley (Lynn, Massachusetts/Bishop Fenwick) finished ninth among 14 competitors with a mark of 40.56m in the hammer throw, as Holbrook finished with a distance of 30.05m. Lepley was the first Skyhawk to finish in the top 10 of the javelin throw with a distance of 35.63m, good for fifth, while Jessica Vining (Woburn, Massachusetts/Woburn) followed in sixth place with a personal best mark of 34.86m.

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