Weston, MA: Lesley's men and women's track and field athletes competed in the GNAC & NECC Championship Meet at Regis College on Sunday, April 29. Lesley's women's team were tied sixth out of eight schools as they secured 16 points on the day. The women's best performance was in the 4x800m relay in which they came second. The members of that relay team were Nicole Footer, Anne Cooper, Alexandra Dimauro and Julia Fagundes. Lesley's men's team came last of eight in the scoring with just a single point, gained by Mike Fleming's sixth place finish in the long jump.
Women 100m Dash: Lesley had three competitors in this event. Kelly Flynn finished last of six, 27th overall, in heat one with a time of 18.67. In heat two, Rachel Piontkewicz was placed sixth, 23rd overall, as she finished in 15.13. In heat three, Emma De Oliveira also finished in sixth place, 20th overall, with a time of 14.81. Only the eight quickest finishers of the 27 participants qualified for the final.
Women 200m Dash: Lesley's four athletes in this event were all pitted together in heat one of the finals. Emma De Oliveira finished best in second, 22nd overall, in 31.34. Kayla Ranere was next best in third, 24th in overall standings, in 33:07. Caitlin Sugrue raced to a fourth-place finish, 25th overall, in 33.28. Kelly Flynn finished last of six, 27th overall, in a time of 41.51.
Women 400m Dash: The Lynx had a single competitor in each of the three heat finals. Caitlin Sugrue was last of three, 18th overall, in heat one with a time of 1:15.31. In heat two, Kayla Ranere raced to a sixth place finish out of seven runners in a time of 1:12.48. Ranere was 16th overall. In heat three, Julia Fagundes was seventh out of eight in 1:05.41. That finish time gave Fagundes 10th place overall.
Women 1500m Run: Lesley had three competitors in the finals of this event. Alexandra Dimauro raced to a sixth-place finish in a time of 5:19.53. Dimauro secured one point for the Lynx for her finish. Nicole Footer finished just one place behind Dimauro in 5:38.63. Anne Cooper was 12th in 5:45.56.
Women 5000m Run: Beth Caronna secured Lesley six points with a third-place finish in 22:15.45. Lauren Deschrouer came last of six in a time of 29:21.46 which earned Lesley one point.
Women's 4x800m Relay: Lesley's team of Nicole Footer, Anne Cooper, Alexandra Dimauro and Julia Fagundes came second of five teams in a time of 10:58.89. The second-place finish added eight points to Lesley's overall tally.
Men 100m Dash: All three of Lesley's men's athletes competed in heat one of the preliminaries. Mike Fleming finished fifth, 12th overall, with a time of 12.20, Ethan Merians came seventh, 20th overall, in 13.53 while Will Erwin was the eight and final finisher, 22nd overall, in heat one in a time of 19.76. The three heats consisted of 22 athletes with the eight fastest finishers reaching the final.
Men 200m Dash: Mike Fleming raced to a second place finish out of six athletes in heat two of the finals. Overall, Fleming came 16th out of 24 competitors.
Men Long Jump: Mike Fleming jumped 5.74 metres which gave Lesley one point and a sixth place finish out of 15 participants.