Women’s Indoor Track & Field Opens Season at Suffolk Relays

BOSTON – Suffolk women's indoor track & field got its 2022-23 season underway Saturday at its own meet, the Suffolk Relays, at the Reggie Lewis Center. Five Rams set personal records in the meet, while three freshmen began their collegiate debuts.  

All three Suffolk student-athletes in the 60m dash rewrote their career-highs. Amanda Walden and Lauren Wood achieved the feat in the prelims to secure a spot in the finals. The former clocked an 8.13 preliminary time, while the latter crossed in 8.21. In the finals, Walden claimed sixth behind a time of 8.19, while Wood took eighth with her time of 8.40. Alyssa Rodriguez registered a personal-record 8.77. 

Walden paced the blue-and-gold contingent in the 200 with a fourth-place performance with her time of 26.73. Rodriguez, meanwhile, marked her second personal record of the day with a 28.58 in the 200. Alicia Bibi (30.69) logged a career-high of her own in the event, while Olivia Walker (28.64) and Alia Nigri (30.29) competed in the half lap for the first time in their careers. 

Rodriguez (1:06.22) and Bibi (1:12.02) participated in the 400 as well.  

Catherine Madden (10.51), Nigri (10.61) and Isabelle Slocum (10.78) sprinted the 60m hurdles. 

Gracie O'Connell represented the Rams in the field events. She notched a career-high in the weight throw with a 9.86-meter heave, good for 10th. In the shot put, she had an 8.40-meter toss to take 14th. 

In the jumping events, Grace Danehy and Nicole DiBenedetto represented the Rams in the high jump. The sophomore and senior both cleared 1.45 meters to share seventh. Sarah Forrister and Wood participated in the long jump. Forrister leapt 4.84 meters to take ninth in her collegiate debut and Wood finished 13th with a 4.71-meter jump. 

Suffolk will be back in action next Saturday, Dec. 10 at the UMass Invite at the Track at New Balance.