The Oswego State women's track and field team took to the track on Friday and Saturday for the 2015 SUNYAC Outdoor Championships.
While day one was reserved for preliminary rounds in the track events, junior Amanda Perri scored the team's first points of the meet in the javelin. Perri's lifetime-best throw of 29.68 meters in the third round of competition launched her into fifth place overall.
On day two, Abigail Boyce became the first athlete in school history to triple jump beyond the 11-meter mark. Her final round performance of 11.09 meters helped her climb up a spot to seventh overall and earned the sophomore her first points in a major championship.
In the 400, it was a pair of seniors who earned 10 points for the Lakers. Marissa Pariseau broke her own school record, taking fourth place in the event with a time of 57.89. Edging her way into the finals seeded in eighth place, Kristen Harrigan moved up to fifth place with a time of 59.68.
Fresh off her performance in the triple jump, Boyce took to the track for the finals of the 400 hurdles, where she entered the day seeded eighth. Running out of lane one, Boyce slowly crept up on the field, using a strong finish powering over the last two hurdles, moving into fifth place in a career-best time of 1:07.73. Closing out the meet, Boyce teamed up with Pariseau, Harrigan and Valeria Kudinov to take fourth in the 4x400 relay.
Other notable performances on the weekend came from two pairs of wildcard entries. During the first day, freshman Emily Shaben ran a two-second career best in the 400, moving up to 16th overall in a time of 1:01.47. Lauren MacNamara moved up from 18th to 12th in the competition with a 20" lifetime best of 12:24.65. In the 400 hurdles, Kudinov and freshman Alanna Sieb ran career bests of 1:09.91 and 1:11.83, finishing in 14th and 15th.
Now in the midst of championship season, the Lakers will turn their attention to improving individual performances as they begin qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Championships this Saturday at Oneonta.
