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LEWISBURG, PA. – The 51·çÁ÷ women’s track and field team placed seventh at the Patriot League Championship this past weekend. Freshman Danielle Whicher (N.Reading, Mass.) brought home a gold medal in the 5,000 meters setting a new freshman record of 17:27.03. Whicher was also second in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:06.63.
Lisa Germain (Queensbury, N.Y.) came in third in the long jump with a mark of 5.34 meters. Germain also came in fourth in the 60-meter dash in 7.98 seconds. Shannon O’Hagan (Sarnia, Ont.) tied for second in the high jump with a leap of 1.60 meters. Emily Thompson (Billerica, Mass.) came in seventh in the same event with a mark of 1.50 meters.
Nolana Quince (Syracuse, N.Y.) placed sixth in the pentathlon with a total of 3008 points and was eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 10.94 meters. The women are back in action on March 6 as they head to the head to the ECAC Championship at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Mass.