AMHERST, Mass. -- On a day with mixed conditions, the Mount Holyoke track and field team had seven student-athletes competing in eight events at the NEICAA Outdoor Championships, also known as Open New Englands, Saturday at UMass-Amherst.
The Lyons did not score any team points for top-eight performances, but had at least two career-best marks at the all-divisions meet.
Lyons highlights included:
- Senior Elizabeth Gerbi (Orono, Maine) placed 12th in the 3,000 steeplechase in a time of 11:46.43. First-year Megan Gerbi (Orono, Maine) took 17th place in the event in a season-best 12:10.51, with senior Tessa Lancaster (Mansfield, Mass.) coming in 18th place (12:10.70). Megan Gerbi's nearly 10-second PR moved her ahead of Brianna Weir (2015) into fifth place in the event all-time at Mount Holyoke. Lancaster and Elizabeth Gerbi already rank 1-2 in the event all-time at MHC.
- Junior Elle Rimando (Mililani, Hawaii) placed 13th in the triple jump at 11.08 meters (36'4.25").
- Junior Katie Earle (East Kingston, N.H.) finished 16th in the 10,000 meters (40:46.36).
- First-year Sachi Robinson (Staten Island, N.Y.) took 16th place in the 400 hurdles in a season-best time of 1:07.79, remaining fourth on MHC's all-time performance list.
- Sophomore Ioanna Tsoni (Athens, Greece) took 16th place in the triple jump at 10.93 meters (35'10.5") and 17th place in the long jump at 5.22 meters (17'1.5").
Mount Holyoke will have at least one athlete competing at the UMass-Amherst Final Chance meet on Thursday.
