GORHAM, Maine – Fifth-year senior Zoe Barnes (New Gloucester, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester) took home event titles in both the shot put and weight throw on Saturday as the University of Southern Maine women's track & field program placed first at the Husky Invitational. Barnes had a throw of 13.75m in the shot put and set a personal-best in the weight throw at 16.37m, the second-best throw in program history.
 
Senior Riley Reitchel (Palermo, Maine/Erskine Academy) cleared 3.35m to win the pole vault and join Barnes as a field event winner. The Huskies also won four track events.
 
Senior Janiah Young (Perkinsville, Vt./Windsor) placed first in the 200 meters with a time of 25.80 seconds. The 4x400 relay team of sophomore Meghan Przybilla (St. Anthony, Minn./St. Anthony Village), senior AnnMarie Limberger (Vassalboro, Maine/Waterville), senior Whitney Davenport (Westbrook, Maine) and freshman Madi Sainis (Pierrefords, Quebec) placed first with a time of 4:34.55. Senior Lucy Depolito (North Andover, Mass.) won the 3000 meters with a personal-best time of 11:12.48. Sophomore Saya Breiting-Brown (Portland, Maine/Deering) won the 55-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 8.83 seconds.
 
Sophomore Khalysa Hammith (Windham, Maine) ran a personal-best time of 7.34 seconds to place third in the finals of the 55-meter dash. Her time is tied for second in program history. She also ran a time of 7.49 seconds in the prelims.
 
Track Event Highlights:

• Limberger, Davenport, Przybilla and senior Anabel Melanson (West Warren, Mass./Quaboag) placed third through sixth in the 800 meters with times of 2:28.86, 2:32.36, 2:32.51 and 2:32.78.
• Freshman Florence Guimont (Boisbriand, Quebec/Laval Senior) placed third in the 3000 meters with a time of 11:27.45. Junior Julia Szewc (Hermon, Maine) placed fifth at 11:59.42 and freshman Tanuja Khedkar (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) ran a time of 13:14.79 to place seventh.
• Freshman Addy Thibodeau (Steep Falls, Maine/Bonny Eagle) placed fourth in the mile with a time of 5:53.43.
• Sophomore Mya Austin (Sumner, Maine/Buckfield) placed sixth in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.62 seconds and finished seventh in the 200 meters at 27.38 seconds.
• Senior Alexis Karantza (Westbrook, Maine) placed ninth in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.71 seconds.
• Junior Allie Kimball (Winslow, Maine) placed 11th in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.83 seconds and 12th in the 200 meters with a time of 28.35.

 
Field Event Highlights:

• Freshman Emma O'Brien (Aurora, Colo./Eaglecrest) cleared a personal-best 3.25m to place second in the pole vault.
• Senior Jaigan Boudreau (Dayton, Maine/Thornton Academy) placed second in the shot put with a personal-best mark of 13.21m. She joins Barnes as the only athletes in program history with a mark greater than 13 meters.
• Hammith finished second in the long jump at 5.37m.
• Freshman Ava Gerrity (Windham, Maine) placed fourth in the triple jump with a personal-best mark of 10.55m. She also placed 11th in the long jump at 4.74m.
• Freshman Biel Deng (Lewiston, Maine) tied for fourth in the high jump with a mark of 1.40m, a new personal-best.
• Junior Wynter Simack (South Royalton, Vt./White River Valley) placed fifth in the pole vault with a mark of 1.95m.
• Freshman Ashley Arsenault (Winthrop, Maine) placed eighth in the high jump at 1.40m.
• Senior Lizzie Asman (Marlborough, Mass./Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter) placed ninth in the weight throw at 11.72m.

 
Up Next:
The Huskies will compete at the Maine State Meet next Saturday at Bates College in their final tune-up before the Little East Conference Championships.