Results
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – Freshman
Sage Hendershot and sophomore
Kate Rice each scored points by virtue of their top-eight performances for the Drew University women's track & field team on the opening day of the Landmark Conference Outdoor Championships on Saturday at a rainy Elizabethtown College.
The Rangers, competing in their inaugural season, are participating in their first-ever outdoor championship and opened with three points on the day.
Hendershot placed seventh in the long jump, soaring 17 feet, 2 1/4 inches while Rice took eighth in the 1,500-meter run with a time of four minutes, 59.25 seconds, less than a second shy of her season-best time.
Finishing just outside of scoring position was freshman
Lauren Rizzolo, who placed ninth out of 19 competitors with a toss of 96-0.
Meanwhile, in preliminaries, sophomore
Emily Camlet registered the fastest time of the day with a mark of 25.98, just 0.2 seconds shy of her season-best. She will compete in the final of the event on Sunday.
Hendershot also finished among the top half of the field in prelims of the 100-meter dash, placing 10th of 24 competitors with a time of 13.04.
The second and final day of the meet will be held on Sunday at Elizabethtown, starting at 11 a.m.