Men's and Women's Track & Field Teams Take Part in URI's Sorlien Invitational

The Wheaton College men's and women's track & field teams continued their indoor seasons at the University of Rhode Island's Division I-heavy Sorlien Invitational over the weekend, as the women's meet occurred on Friday before the men competed on Saturday.

After earning an automatic qualification for the NCAA Championship in the triple jump during her first collegiate meet on January 11, freshman Mickey Jusme (Providence, RI/Classical) surpassed a provisional standard in the long jump at URI. Her distance of 18′ 5″ was good for first in the 19-athlete event, and just 3 1/2″ shy of an automatic qualifying mark, as she topped a field that included eight Division I competitors. Jusme also took second in the 55-meter dash in 7.36, just 0.06 seconds short of provisional status. Freshman Lauren McGrath (Wading River, NY/Shoreham-Wading River) recorded a provisional qualifying height for the NCAA meet during the high jump, as her showing of 5′ 5 3/4″ was good for second in the event and tied for the top leap during the competition. Freshman Ashley Dell'Aira (Shoreham, NY/Shoreham-Wading River) took third in the triple jump at 36′ 7″, falling just 1 1/4″ short of an NCAA mark. For the men, freshman Kyle Ricci (Warwick, RI/Bishop Hendricken) had the top individual showing with a sixth-place finish in the 500M, and he joined seniors Brian Dundon (Mansfield, MA/Mansfield) and Michael Wright (Baldwin, NY/Uniondale) and freshman Cailean Robinson (Newton, MA/Phillips Exeter Academy) on the eighth-place 4×400M relay quartet.