Women’s Track Finishes Fourth at Bucknell Quadrangular
Hildebrand and Quince topple two school records 

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April 19, 2003 

Results

LEWISBURG, PA. – The Colgate women’s track and field team placed fourth at the Bucknell Quadrangular on Saturday, April 19 in Lewisburg, Pa. The Raiders, who traveled a skeleton team of 15 girls due to injuries, managed 43 points as Kent State won the meet with 246.

The highlight of the day for Colgate came as two school records fell. Sarah Hildebrand (Fairport, N.Y.) broke the freshman record in the 1,500-meter run as she took third place with a time of 4:49.22. Sophomore Nolana Quince (Syracuse, N.Y.) later topped the school record in the triple jump by over a foot, taking second place with a jump of 37’ 7.25”.

Seven individuals scored points for the Raiders. Freshman Shannon O’Hagan placed fourth in the high jump with a height of 5’ 3”.  Senior co-captains Leeann Teager (Holliston, Mass./Holliston) and Danielle Gabey took fifth in the 400- and 800-meter dashes, respectively. Teager finished with a time of 58.95 while Gabay clocked a 2:16.95. Quince finished in fifth place in the 100 hurdles with a time of 15.50 while sophomore Kaitlyn Wood (Houghton, Mich.) finished fifth with a time of 1:07.64 in the 400 hurdles. Freshman Lisa Germain (Queensbury, N.Y.) took sixth in the long jump and freshman Emily Tansey (Scitvate, Mass.) finished the 1,500 in sixth place with a time of 4:53.95.

In the relays, Colgate placed second in the 4x800 with a time of 9:43.60, fourth in the 4x400 with a time of 4:08.00 and fourth in the 4x100 with a time of 51.00.

The Raiders are back in action on Saturday, April 27 as they travel to Ithaca, N.Y., to take part in the Cornell Invitational.

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