Women's Track & Field Posts Impressive Performance at River Hawk Classic

Christina
Piscitelli

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – The University of Scranton women's track and field team put together an impressive performance at the River Hawk Classic hosted by Susquehanna University on Saturday as six different student-athletes won individual events.

Here are some of the highlights from Saturday's action.

On the track, junior Jessica Hoffmann (Millington, N.J./Watchung Hills) captured the 800 meters in a time of 2:32.78, just edging out freshman Olivia Tullman (Chester Springs, Pa./The Hill School) who finished second in 2:33.00. Sophomore Ashley Benham (Portland, Conn./Portland) won the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:14.87 and classmate Abigail Sheehan (Wyckoff, N.J./Academy of The Holy Angels) finished second in a time of 1:15.69, while junior Lindsay Notarianni (Scranton, Pa./Scranton Prep) captured the 5000 meter run with a time of 19:16.94.
In the field events, junior Ally Maniscalco (Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park) captured the pole vault with a mark of 2.66m, fellow junior Meghan McGonigle (Mullica Hill, N.J./Gloucester Catholic) won the high jump at 1.47m and classmate Christina Piscitelli (New City, N.Y./Clarkstown South) broke her own outdoor program record in the hammer throw with a mark of 39.33m.
Piscitelli's mark of 39.33m is the second best in the Landmark Conference this season and the 10^th best in the entire Division III Mideast Region.
This is the third straight week that Maniscalco has won the pole vault.
The Royals' 4x100 relay team of junior Ariana Baldwin (Far Rockaway, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial), sophomore Fiona Burke (Exton, Pa./Bishop Shanahan), sophomore Lauren Tokash (Coatesville, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) and sophomore Noelle Gonzalez (Harrington Park, N.J./Northern Valley-Old Tappan) broke a program record with a winning time of 52.24.
Burke finished second in the 100 meter dash in 13.54 seconds and Gonzalez took second in the 200 meter dash with a time of 27.55 seconds.
Benham took second in the 100 meter hurdles in a time of 18.15 seconds and sophomore Jasmine Ahmed (Farmingville, N.Y./Sachem East) finished third in 18.30.
Freshman Jessica Tsu (Valley Stream, N.Y./Valley Stream North) finished second in the triple jump with a mark of 9.88m.