HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- The top three teams at the 2022 Landmark Outdoor Championships finished within three points of one another as the Elizabethtown College women's track & field team took third with 159 points.
Marissa Lapinsky broke the program's 800m record as the Blue Jays amassed 13 medals over the weekend.
While
Kelty Oaster took the 1500m yesterday with Lapinsky right behind her, on Sunday it was Lapinsky that crossed first in the 800m. Lapinsky won the race in 2:13.44 to set a new Elizabethtown outdoor record. Oaster took the silver in 2:14.35.
Laura Cardona was a double medal winner for Etown this weekend, first qualifying for the 100m hurdles on Saturday and taking third in the event on Sunday. She broke 17 seconds for the first time and moved from fifth to fourth all-time at 16.41. She was the runner-up in the 400m hurdles at 1:08.33.
Hallie Weaver won the steeplechase for the second time in a row. Her winning time was 11:28.45, which was a new PR and improves her sixth-place standing on the program's all-time list.
Brooklyne Wiley was fifth and
Katie Guelcher took seventh.
Sydney Detky made the podium in all of her events. She was the runner-up in the high jump at 1.58m, sixth in the 100m (13.16), sixth in the 4x100m (52.48), and eighth in the 200m (27.80).
Jocelynn Itterly gave the Jays a second place-finisher in the high jump. She was fifth at 1.50m.
Bridget Kennedy placed fifth in the 5k and
Madison Webber was eighth.
Victoria Wert finished fifth in the 400m at 1:01.95.
Devin Riss was fifth in the pole vault at 2.75m (5'2-1/4"), tied for the tenth-best vault in program history.
Trinity Soto took seventh in the hammer and
Abigail Buffington was eighth in the triple jump.
Plenty of excitement at the end as the 4x400m capped off the meet in thrilling fashion. Lapinsky led off to put Etown in front and handed off to
Melissa Patton. The Blue Jays were in a tight race with Catholic and Wert kept them right there over the course of her third leg. Oaster, the anchor, came around the first turn and used her long stride to overtake the Cardinals' anchor and around the final 200m, she pulled away to give Etown the gold in 4:00.93, the school's ninth-fastest 4x400m all-time.
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