NEW YORK, NY - Junior
Cosmina Spiridon paced the Iona University women's indoor track & field team in its 2024 debut at the Ramapo College Opener at the Armory Track & Field Center. Spiridon earned a first place finish in the 3,000-meter event and led three Gaels with top four finishes in their respective races.
WOMEN'S 3,000-METER RUN
Spiridon ran a time of 10:29.50 in the 3k event and won the race by more than five seconds in the 16-runner race field. Fordham and Manhattan took the second and third spots at 10:34.54 and 10:34.66.
WOMEN'S MILE RUN
Sophomore
Holly Smith earned a third pace finish in the mile, posting a 5:03.17. She lowered her personal best time by more than six seconds in a time set last year at the same event. Freshman
Claragh Keane made her indoor collegiate debut with a fourth place finish, just behind her teammate in 5:11.82. Freshman
McKenna Arguien also made her Iona indoor debut with an eighth place finish posting a 5:21.44. Thirty-eight runners competed in the mile event.
WOMEN'S 800-METER RUN
Freshman
Lily Overton finished seventh overall in the 800-meter run, posting a 2:22.42 in her indoor 800 debut. She was seventh in the top section. Junior
Jamie Gudyka was fourth in her heat and 11th overall with a 2:25.12. It was a three-second personal best time, lowering her finish from last year's MAAC Championship.
IONA PERFORMERS
60 prelim:
Lauren Sonski, 18th, 8.32.
60 unseeded:
Tonian Fullerton, 4th, 8.68;
200:
Nadine Jefremow, 23rd, 27.80;
Madison Klein, 52nd, 35.81.
400:
Megan Sterbenz, 16th, 1:02.16;
Lauren Sonski, 17th, 1:02.29.
800:
Lily Overton, 7th, 2:22.42;
Jamie Gudyka, 11th, 2:25.12.
mile:
Holly Smith, 3rd, 5:03.17;
Claragh Keane, 4th, 5:11.82;
McKenna Arguien, 8th, 5:21.44.
3k:
Cosmina Spiridon, 1st, 10:29.50.
4x400: J. Gudyka, K. Menard, N. Jefremow, M. Sterbenz, 10th, 4:16.53.
Long Jump:
Tonian Fullerton, 16th, 4.87m.
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