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Women's Track & Field Wins Four Events to Finish Fifth at Jaylin Rainford Invitational

3/27/2026 7:35:00 PM

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Connecticut College women's track and field team won four events, en route to a fifth place finish at the Jaylin Rainford Invite hosted by Bryant University.

200 Meters

  • Blessing Kieh (Monrovia, Liberia) claimed victory with a time of 24.76 earning NESCAC and NE D3 qualification.

  • Sindi Khumalo (Uxbridge, Mass.) finished 18th with a time of 27.93 earning NESCAC qualification.

  • Naomi Brightman (Cornwall, Vt.) finished 19th with a time of 27.93 earning NESCAC qualification.

400 Meters

  • Alexis Melvin (Wilmington, Mass.) finished seventh with a time of 56.69 earning NESCAC and NE D3 qualification.

  • Kailin Fuller (Bowdoinham, Maine) finished eighth with a time of 59.73 earning NESCAC and NE D3 qualification.

  • Brightman finished 16th with a time of 1:02.54 earning NESCAC qualification.

  • Brooke Schulze (Oceanport, N.J.) finished 18th with a time of 1:04.30 earning NESCAC qualification.

  • Katie Keating (Dorchester, Mass.) finished 19th with a time of 1:04.88 earning NESCAC qualification.

400m Hurdles

  • Alina Newman (Santa Monica, Calif.) claimed victory with a time of 1:05.79 earning NESCAC and NE D3 qualification.

  • Liz Freeman (Maynard, Mass.) finished eighth with a time of 1:08.01 earning NESCAC and NE D3 qualification.

  • Mia Wolpe (Sudbury, Mass.) finished 15th with a time of 1:14.21 earning NESCAC qualification.

800 Meters

  • Alexa Estes (Virginia Beach, Va.) claimed victory with a time of 2:14.59 earning NESCAC and NE D3 qualification.

  • April Schilling (Amherst, Mass.) finished ninth with a time of 2:19.50 earning NESCAC and NE D3 qualification.

1500 Meters

  • Grace McDonough (Londonderry, N.H.) claimed victory with a meet record time of 4:27.92 earning NESCAC and NE D3 qualification.

  • Freeman finished 34th with a time of 5:02.50 earning NESCAC qualification.

Steeplechase

  • Annika Hegde (New York, N.Y.) finished eighth with a time of 12:32.75 earning NESCAC qualification.

  • Cleo Kilpatrick (Minneapolis, Minn.) finished ninth with a time of 12:36.96 earning NESCAC qualification.

  • Julia Coyle (Pomfret Center, Conn.) finished 10th with a time of 12:39.92 earning NESCAC qualification.

5000 Meters

  • Kiera Tallas (Fountain Valley, Calif.) finished third with a time of 17:08.21 earning NESCAC and NE D3 qualification.

  • Mary Lonergan (Andover, Mass.) finished 16th with a time of 18:44.19 earning NESSCAC and NE D3 qualification.

5000 Meters Unseeded

  • Lilla Kate Tucker (Marietta, Ga.) finished first with a time of 18:49.84 earning NESCAC qualification.

  • Caitlin Bird (Shrewsbury, Mass.) finished fifth with a time of 19:38.19 earning NESCAC qualification.

  • Eliza McCoole (Guilford, Conn.) finished eighth with a time of 19:45.64 earning NESCAC qualification.

  • Phoebe Drohan (Holliston, Mass.) finished 10th with a time of 19:52.44 earning NESCAC qualification.

  • Gabbie Mogavero (West Springfield, Mass.) finished 12th with a time of 20:00.67 earning NESCAC qualification.

4x100 Relay

  • The group of Kieh, Melvin, Schulze, and Khumalo finished second with a time of 50.11.

4x400 Relay

  • The group of Estes, Schilling, Keating, and McDonough finished third with a time of 4:04.94.

Long Jump

  • Brie Bruetsch (Gainesville, Va.) finished 15th with a jump of 4.62m earning NESCAC qualification.

Triple Jump

  • Brenna O'Brien (North Andover, Mass.) finished ninth with a jump of 9.70m earning NESCAC qualification.

Shot Put

  • Kate Stone (Audubon, Pa.) finished 24th with a throw of 9.45m earning NESCAC qualification.

  • Marly Jane Kasdon (Weston, Mass.) finished 25th with a throw of 9.33m earning NESCAC qualification.

Discus

  • Stone finished 23rd with a throw of 27.59m earning NESCAC qualification.

Conn returns to action next weekend as the Camels make the short trek to the neighboring Coast Guard Academy for the Coast Guard Spring Invite.

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