WT/F Heads to B1G Indoor Champs
Feb 25 | Women's Track & Field
ATHENS, Ohio - The Rutgers women's indoor track and field team is gearing up for the 2015 Big Ten Indoor Championships being held Feb. 27-28 at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
KEEP AN EYE ON:
Gabrielle Farquharson (Williamstown, N.J.) - 60m, 200m, Long Jump, 4x400m Relay
Farquharson already has a long list of impressive accomplishments this indoor season. She currently leads all Big Ten long jumpers and ranks 13th nationally in the event after going 6.31m (20' 8 ½") at both the Penn State Invitational and Metro Team Challenge. Twice this season Farquharson has reset the 200m school record, first with a time of 23.95 at the Penn State Invitational and then again at the Valentine's Invitational with a first place time of 23.62. In the 200m at the Valentine's Invitational, she placed first out of 230 competitors, also setting the top time thus far in the Big Ten. Farquharson's 60m time of 7.48 from the Metro Team Challenge was a new PR and put her name seventh in the Big Ten. She also anchored the 4x400m relay team where the squad picked up an ECAC qualifying mark of 3:48.36 in its third place performance at the Penn State Invitational and a second place finish at the Metropolitan Championship.
Paige Senatore (Delsea, N.J.) - 5000m
Senatore took home the 5000m title at the Metropolitan Championships with a new PR, obliterating her previous time. After logging a time of 17:48.15 as the runner-up at last year's Met Championship. Senatore claimed this year's 500m title with a finish of 17:27.37. At the Penn State Invite, she placed second in the 3000m clocking an ECAC qualifying mark of 9:53.21, while she captured the top collegiate finish in the mile at the Rutgers Invitational with a new PR of 5:08.22. During the cross country season, Senatore was RU's top performer in which she captured the Metropolitan Championship individual title and was named Mid-Atlantic All-Regional after a top 25 finish at the NCAA Regional.
Bria Saunders (Parsipanny, N.J.) - 60m, 200m, 4x400
Saunders took second in the 200m at the Metropolitan Championship with a PR of 24.57. She has reached the finals of the 60m at the Metro Team Challenge and Rutgers Invitational. Saunders also ran the second leg of the 4x400m relay in their second place performance at the Metropolitan Championship and at the Penn State Invitational, where the squad picked up an ECAC qualifying mark of 3:48.36 in their third place finish.
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