Women’s Indoor Track & Field 10th in East, Two Events Ranked Nationally
Suffolk women’s indoor track & field remains in the U. S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association East Regional top 10 in tenth, the national organization unveiled this week. In the first event top-25 list of the season, the Rams pole vault sits 13th with the blue-and-gold 23rd in the 400.
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NEW ORLEANS – Suffolk women's indoor track & field remains in the U. S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association East Regional top 10 in tenth, the national organization unveiled this week. In the first event top-25 list of the season, the Rams pole vault sits 13th with the blue-and-gold 23rd in the 400.
The Rams made their debut in the regional top-10 in ninth last week. Regional team rankings are based on a point system. Suffolk slipped a spot this week to 10th with 113.40 points. The blue-and-gold has eight top-10 individual regional performances, which are outlined below. For a full list of the Rams finishes and where they rank regionally click here.
| Amanda Walden Amy Pattelena Devyn Battistoni Ellie Davis Sasha Helfgott-Waters Emily Concepcion DMR (Mallory Taylor / Jaenelle Bryant / Bailey Ford / April Baneulos) |
200 - 5th 60 - 9th 800 - 3rd PV - 6TH 5000 - 9TH PV - 7TH 400 - 6TH 5TH |
Through six events this season, seven Rams have punched their tickets to NCAA Division III New England Regionals. Walden earned a spot in three events – 60, 200 and 400. Pattelena (mile, 800) and Davis (3000, 5000) received the nod in two events, respectively, with Concepion (400), JJ Conteh (60), Devyn Battistoni (pole vault) and Sydney Fogg (1,000) all with one bid to regionals.
Event wise, ranks are determined by the top four athletes in each event from each team. The women's pole vault foursome of Sasha Helfgott-Waters, Battistoni, Molly Hennegan and Kara Sickle have combined for the 13th-best in the country, the highest national mark by an event in Suffolk's track history, upstaging the previous held mark of No. 18 by the same event received in the Week 2 edition of the 2023 poll.
Suffolk's sprinters Walden, Concepcion, Kaylie Groom and Alyssa Rodriguez, meanwhile, are the 23rd best in the 400. It is the first time in the Rams' record book that they cracked the top-25 in the 400. Both Walden and Concepcion have earned their bids to regionals in the event.
The Rams return to action this weekend Feb. 2-23 with a pair of events on the schedule: Boston University's Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invitational and Plymouth State's Panther Invitational II.