NEW YORK, NY - The Iona College women's indoor track & field program opened the 2022 calendar year at the TCNJ Lions Indoor Invitational at the Armory Track & Field Center in Manhattan. Red shirt freshman
Madison Klein finished third in the mile and true freshman
Kedarjah Lewis was fourth in the 60-meter dash to lead the Gaels.
MILE
Klein ran a time of 5:13.45, less than three seconds behind the race winner, Swarthmore senior Nora Blodgett. Teammate
Maya Richardson, a red shirt sophomore, was fifth overall in 5:16.45. Rookie
Kate Sherman finished 13th in the 27-runner race field.
60-METER / LONG JUMP
Lewis, in her Iona debut, finished first in her heat and ran the fourth fastest time in the qualifying round with a time of 7.93. Lewis is a dual-sport athlete at Iona after earning MAAC Rookie of the Year honors in women's soccer in the fall. She also finished sixth in the long jump, with a top performance of 5.44 meters. It was the second longest jump in Iona women's indoor history.
800-METER
Senior
Olivia Lazarou earned a top 10 finish in the 800-meter event with her time of 2:26.85 as the eighth runner to cross the line.
IONA PERFORMERS
60:
Kedarjah Lewis, 4th, 7.93;
Kristen Guelcher, 19th, 8.39;
Tonian Fullerton, 27th, 8.95. Mile:
Madison Klein, 3rd, 5:13.45;
Maya Richardson, 5th, 5:16.45;
Kate Sherman, 13th, 5:35.60.
200:
Bria Oatman, 18th, 27.47;
Kristen Guelcher, 24th, 28.59;
Sophie Murphy, 34th, 30.01;
Holly Smith, 42nd, 32.18.
400:
Megan Sterbenz, 12th, 1:03.09;
Gemma Nuttall, 15th, 1:04.54.
500:
Gabrielle Toth, 13th, 1:23.14;
Jamie Gudyka, 14th, 1:24.36.
800:
Olivia Lazarou, 8th, 2:26.85;
Katie Menard, 13th, 2:28.21.
4x400: Iona, 11th, 4:22.49. Long Jump:
Kedarjah Lewis, 6th, 5.44m;
Tonian Fullerton, 14th, 4.43m.
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