ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine track and field program hosted their Black Bear Invitational meet on Friday December 12. The Black Bears hosted the University of Maine at Fort Kent Bengals and the Husson University Eagles at the New Balance Indoor Track. The Black Bears took home 1st place with a score of 97 points.

Cheyenne Figueroa continued her strong start to the season with another 1st place finish in the weight throw event with a final distance of 16.93m (55' 7"). Ava Zollars took home second place overall finish with a distance of 13.96m (45' 10"). Sabine SItes rounded out the top three with a final distance of 13.06m (42' 10").

Julia Bassi took home 1st place in the shot put with a distance of 11.86m (38' 11"). Cheyenne Figueroa finished 2nd overall with a final distance of 11.83m (38' 9.75"). Riley Gavigan finished with a top 5 performance, finishing 5th with a distance of 9.19m (30' 1.75").

Athena Cusson got the Black Bears to the top of the leader board again with a 5.58m (18' 3.75") jump in the Long Jump event. Saphryn Humason took home a second place overall finish with a distance of 5.41m (17' 9"). Martha Baharova rounded out Maine's top 3 finishers, finishing 4th overall with a distance of 5.02m (16' 5.75").

Lydia White was the only Black Bear to compete in the Pole Vault event. White took home a first place overall finish with a height of 3.00m (9' 10").

Saphryn Humason took home 1st place in the Triple Jump with a distance of 10.87m (35' 8"), competing as the lone Black Bear in the event.

The Black Bears swept the competition in the Mile run as Megan Randall came out of the gates flying, finishing in 1st place with a time of 5:02.71. Ryan O'Connor took home a 2nd place overall finish with a time of 5:06.48. Lauren Hamilton rounded out the top three with a time of 5:08.41.

In the 600m, Addison Nelson took home a 1st place finish with a final time of 1:40.83. Searcy Mooney took home 2nd place with a final time of 1:42.51. Toni Vaillancourt wrapped up the top 3 with a time of 1:43.15.

Athena Cusson took home a 1st place finish in the 60m Hurdles as the only Black Bear to compete. Cusson finished with a final time of 10.47.

The Black Bears would once again take all three spots of the top 3 in the 60m Dash. Bayleigh Shanahan would take first place with a sub-8 second finish, finishing at 7.97. Catherine Primavera would finish with a time of 8.12, finishing in 2nd place. Maddie Chaput would round out the top three with a final time of 8.20.

Ruby Krasnow would run away with the 3000m Run with a final time of 9:58.32, finishing in 1st place. Freshman Kara Tschida and Natalie Johnson would round out the top three for the Black Bears. Tschida finished with a time of 10:29.42, while Johnson finished with a time of 10:47.70.

Maddie Cyr would finish with a time of 42.72 to capture a first place finish in the 300m Dash. Cassidy Novicka would take home a second place finish, finishing with a time of 43.16. Catherine Primavera, with a time of 43.25 would finish in 3rd place rounding out the top 3.

Meredith Walters would finish in 1st place with a time of 3:02.34 in the 1000m Run. Abby Rodriquenz would finish in 2nd place with a final time of 3:02.78. Emma Tessier would round out the top 3 with a final time of 3:09.71.

In the 4000m Distance Medley Relay, the group of Ryan O'Connor, Addison Nelson, Megan Randall and Ruby Krasnow would dominate the field finishing in 1st place with a time of 12:33.45. Natalie Johnson, Bri Harriman, Searcy Mooney and Kennedy Taylor would finish in 2nd place with a time of 12:49.99. Kara Tschida, Cassidy Novicka, Amy Rein and Lauren Hamilton would round out the top three with a final time of 12:55.76.

The 4x200 Meter Relay would end the evening as the group of Maddie Chaput, Lydia White, Catherine Primavera, and Saphryn Humason would take home a first place finish with a time of 1:50.13.

The Black Bears wrapped up their fall semester and will take on the Bates College Invitational to open up the spring semester on January 17th.

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