Setting multiple seasons' bests, the University of Rhode Island's women's track and field had an impressive meet in Boston on Friday when it competed in the Boston University Valentine Invitational.
Leading the Rams was junior Genevieve Rybicki who placed second in the shot put with a score of 13.38 meters. This was Rybicki's personal best and tied her for ninth URI individual all-time.
Sophomore Kim Ezeama and freshman Emily Renna each topped their seasons' bests in the triple jump with Ezeama placing fourth and marking 11.49 meters and Renna behind her hitting 10.55 meters. Senior Najla Singleton qualified for New England's, running the 500m dash in 1:17:55.
Junior Hayley Madsen had her season best in the 1,000m run finishing with 2:55:29. This qualified her for New England's, ECAL and makes her the eighth URI individual in the 1,000m run of all time.
Among season's bests in pole vault were sophomore Kaylan Pickford (3.50m),
junior Lexi Harrington and senior Jill Pizzo.
URI will be the home team of this season's Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championship, which will be held this Friday, Feb. 17 and Saturday, Feb 18. When asked about the big meet this weekend, senior Siobhan Breagy said that it's not all about winning a title, but that the team just does its best and performs well overall.
"It's been a great season so far," Breagy said. "I'm excited to compete this weekend, but we're third in the poles and obviously we'd like to do better than that…so I see it more as getting points to get to the team goal."
As far as her own performance, Breagy said, "I'd like to run faster, obviously, but I also want to run a competitive race."
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