Women's Track & Field

FREDERICKSBURG, VA – The York College women’s track & field squad competed in the two-day Battleground Relays hosted by the University of Mary Washington. The Green and White picked up a pair of individual victories while securing eight top-three finishes.
      Junior Melody Parshall (Dover, Pa./Homeschooled) grabbed a dominating victory in the 5,000 meters. Parshall, who recorded a time of 20:01.41, won the race by over 40 seconds.
      Caitlin Rizzardo (Jacobus, Pa./Dallastown), the reigning Capital Athletic Conference pole-vault champion, recorded the meet’s best height in her signature event registering 10’ 6” to take first. Fellow pole-vaulter Anna Hershner (Glen Rock, Pa./Susquehannock) took third in the event with a 7’ 6” height.
      York’s lone second-place finish belonged to the Spartans’ 4x400 “A” squad. The foursome combined for a solid time of 4:18.35 to secure the second spot. The 4x800 and 4x100 teams notched third- (10:09.02) and fifth-place (53.93) finishes respectively.
      In the 400 hurdles, Rachelle Geesey (Thomasville, Pa./Christian School of York) recorded third in the event with a time of 1:20.59. Geesey also took eighth in the 110 hurdles (18.54) while teammate Katrina Cooper (Piedmont, Calif./Piedmont) notched sixth in the event with an 18.39.
      Megan Verde (Toms River, N.J./Toms River North) notched a third-place finish of her own in the high jump. Verde recorded a height of 4’ 5” to take the #3 spot.
      Mary Riley (Brookeville, Md./Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart) followed Parshall in the 5,000 meters, coming in fourth with a time of 21:11.04. In the 1,500 meters Corie Thompson (Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) and Mackenzie Kauffman (Belleville, Pa./Indian Valley) registered fourth- and sixth-place finishes respectively. Thompson crossed the line at 5:27.29 while Kauffman clocked a 5:34.91.
      In the javelin throw, Laura Zimmerman (Enola, Pa./East Pennsboro) recorded a toss of 97’ 11” while she also picked up a tenth-place finish in the 100 meter dash (13.93).
      Caitlin Mahan (Delran, N.J./Delran), one of the Spartans’ top throwers, recorded top-eight finishes in each of the four throwing events. Mahan’s best two finishes came in the discus and hammer throws where she finished fourth by notching distances of 92’ 9” and 105’ 3” respectively. Mahan also took sixth in the javelin (93’ 4”) and eighth in the shot put (29’ 1.25”). Mackenzie Dolan (Toms River, N.J./Toms River East) grabbed sixth in the hammer (102’ 1”) and seventh in the shot put (29’ 4.5”).
      In the triple jump, Alaina Smelko (Punxsutawney, Pa./Punxsutawney) recorded a 32’ 9” distance for sixth place while Ally Montello (Adamstown, Md. /Urbana) came in eighth with a trio of bounds equating to 31’ 10.”
      The Spartans now return to training in preparation for next Saturday’s Goucher College Classic. The meet in Baltimore is slated for a 10:00 am start.

MEET RESULTS

Mackenzie Dolan photo courtesy of Scott Guise