3 New PRs Highlight Utica Invite

Saturday, February 8

Utica, NY

TBA

Syracuse University

Blue and Orange Invitational & Multi

2/8/2025 5:09:00 PM | Track and Field

The Syracuse track and field teams competed in their second meet of the weekend, traveling down the Thruway to the Utica Blue and Orange Invitational. 'Cuse posted a trio of new PRs, set a facility record and came away with an event win on the afternoon.

Marissa Saunders set a new facility record and won the 60-meter hurdles by 0.23 seconds. She posted a time of 8.92 seconds to win the final. Her prelim time of 8.90 seconds was a new career best. Madison Ceasar also qualified for the finals, with a prelim time of 8.91 seconds. Kirstyn Schechter finished ninth, narrowly missing qualifying for the finals by one spot.

Isaiah Hayes was runner-up in the men's 60-meter hurdles, with a time of 8.22 seconds, a new personal best for the Orange freshman.

Olivia Garner also took second in the 60-meter dash, finishing in 7.73 seconds. She'd also be the runner up later in the meet in the 200, with a time of 25.87 seconds.

Caroline Kirby was second in the mile (5:08.29), leading the Orange to take three of the top-six spots in the event. Lauren Augustyn (5:11.50) was fourth, followed by Leah Futey (5:13.43) in sixth. Lizzie Bigelow also turned in a top-10 finish, taking ninth in 5:18.13. Lucy Zombek (5:45.98) and Kayla Harding (6:09.18) also competed, with Harding breaking her previous personal best.

Mia Hernandez placed 14th in the 400, finishing in 1:04.41.

In the 800, Blake Parker led the way with a time of 2:28.04, followed by Emily Rutkowski (2:32.30) and Maya Dubrovsky (2:38.94).

'Cuse is back in action next weekend, starting with the Boston University Valentine Invitational.