South Hadley, MA – Sage's women's track and field squad travelled to Massachusetts to compete at the Mt. Holyoke Spring Invitational. For Sage's women's team, the team crown went to Eastern Connecticut State University with a score of 148, while Sage took home 12^th place with 6 points.

Rookie Olivia Leonard (Waterford, NY/Waterford-Halfmoon) picked up a sixth place finish in the 400 meter hurdles with her time of 1:19.97.  In the 200 meter run, rookie Tariziana Thompson (Brussels, BE/Brussels American) made her debut and was 14^th in 28.26.

Another Sage rookie Heather Dilcher (Colonie, NY/Colonie Central) had a banner day as well as she was 16^th in the 400 meter run in 1:12.35. She added a 29^th place in the 200 meter run in 31:35 as well.

Junior Victoria Opalka (Fort Johnson, NY/Broadalbin-Perth) took 13^th place in the 800 meter run in 2:45.70,  and added an 11^th place finish in the 1,500 meter run in 5:35.93.

Newcomer Avian Pope (New York, NY/Manhattan Center for Science and Math) was the top finisher for the Gators in the 100 meter run in 14.03 and took 18^th place. She added 17^th in the 200 meter run in 29.28.  Junior Kadedra Allen (Troy, NY/Troy) added a 34^th in the 100 meter run in 17.01.

Junior Sagan Leggett (Valatie, NY/Ichabod Crane) posted a ninth place finish in the 1,500 run in 5:32.00.  She was 13^th in the 5,000 meter run in 21:33.87. 

In the discus, rookie Arianna Burns (Malden Bridge, NY/Tech Valley) finished in sixth with her throw of 23.82 meters. She added a 13^th place showing in the shot put with her mark of 6.33 meters.

In the women's 4 x 400 meter relay, Sage took 10^th in 4:52.75. On the relay were Leonard, rookie Sevi Travis (Cohoes, NY/Shaker), sophomore Amanda Jones (West Sand Lake, NY/Columbia), and Dilcher.

Jones added a 14^th place finish in the 1,500 meter run in 5:39.11.

Next up for the team, they will compete on April 17 at the Hamilton College Mid-Week Meet at 4 p.m.