BOSTON – The Boston University track & field teams opened day one of the Patriot League Championships with four gold-medal performances and five additional podium appearances. At the close of day one, the women's squad is in first with 70 points and the men's group sits in third with 37 points.
 
Top Dogs

• Sophomore Ellie Roan earned BU's first medal of the meet in the women's weight throw with a mark of 19.93m (65' 4.75") to re-break her own school record she set a weekend ago.
• Sophomore Peace Omonzane earned BU's next gold medal in the long jump with a 5.95m (19' 6.25") mark.
• Continuing the sophomore success was Vera Sjöberg who took home first in the 5,000m with a time of 16:11.33. That makes her fifth all-time in BU history. 
• The final gold medal of the day came from junior Ryan Rosenberger who secured his first-ever Patriot League gold medal in the long jump with a mark of 7.16m (23' 6").

 
Podium Appearances

• Senior Emma Kowalski placed second in the weight throw with a mark of 18.65m (61' 2.25").
• Junior Asia Hamilton took third in the long jump with a 5.75m (18' 10.5").
• Sophomore Freddy Collins earned second in the 5,000m with a time of 14:09.18, the tenth-best all time BU time.
• Both of BU's 4x800m squads finished in the top three. Sophomores Moritz Ebbeskotte, Parker Schneider, freshman Daniel Demonte and graduate student Foster Malleck (7:33.03) placed second while sophomores Lily Borin, Olivia Dodds, Kate Edenson and freshman Adrienne Buettner-Cable (8:59.47) placed third.

 
Top 10 Terriers

• The women's 4x800m squad ran the fourth-best mark in BU history and the men's 4x800m ran the fifth-best mark in BU history.
• Sophomore Uchenna Uba set the third-best mark in the weight throw with a 18.27m (59' 11.25").
• Freshman Abigail Wagner set the second-best mark in BU history in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.70m (12' 1.5").
• Freshman Shamiso Sikaneta ran the seventh-fastest time in the 800m with a 1:50.01
• Rosenberger ran 8.38 in the 60m hurdles for the sixth-fastest time in BU history.
• Senior Stuart Bladon also ran a top-10 mark in the 60m hurdles with a 8.55 for the seventh-fastest mark.
• Junior Allison Schneider made her Terrier debut in the pentathlon, scoring 3,335 for the seventh-best points total in BU history.

 
Event Final Qualifiers

• Men's Mile: Malleck, Ebbeskotte
• Women's Mile: Sjöberg, Samantha Seabury, Buettner-Cable
• Men's 800m: Sikaneta
• Women's 800m: Edenson, Dodds, Niglio
• Men's 60m Hurdles: Uchenna Nwosu
• Women's 60m Hurdles: Obiageli Akubude
• Men's 60m Dash: Dakota Jackson

 
BU WOMEN'S RESULTS

PL	NAME	EVENT	TIME/MARK
10	Ijeoma Ezechukwu	60m Prelims	7.81
20	Chinonye Moneme	60m Prelims	8.01
9	Obiageli Akubude	200m	24.99
16	Ijeoma Ezechukwu	200m	25.40
17	Chinonye Moneme	200m	25.52
24	Imari Johnson	200m	26.11
21	Kathleen Overbaugh	400m	1:02.94
5	Kate Edenson	800m	2:12.55 - Q
6	Olivia Dodds	800m	2:12.70 - Q
7	Kelsey Niglio	800m	2:12.92 - Q
10	Lily Borin	800m	2:13.68
5	Vera Sjöberg	Mile	4:53.95 - Q
8	Samantha Seabury	Mile	4:55.45 - Q
9	Adrienne Buettner-Cable	Mile	4:56.20 - Q
1	Vera Sjöberg	5000m	16:11.33 - fifth all-time
7	Molly Kiley	5000m	17:10.36
10	Abby Waddington	5000m	17:25.00
8	Obiageli Akubude	60m Hurdle Prelims	8.92 - Q
10	Jamie Chamberlain	60m Hurdle Prelims	9.12
3	Borin, Buettner-Cable, Dodds, Edenson	4x800m Relay	8:59.47 - fourth all-time
1	Peace Omonzane	Long Jump	5.95m (19' 6.25")
3	Asia Hamilton	Long Jump	5.75m (18' 10.5")
5	Emma Lawrence	Long Jump	5.56m (18' 3")
4	Allison Schneider	Pentathlon	3335 - seventh all-time
12	Abigail Wagner	Pole Vault	3.70m (12' 1.5")
16	Alli Lofquist	Pole Vault	3.40m (11' 1.75")
1	Ellie Roan	Weight Throw	19.93m (65' 4.75") - school record
2	Emma Kowalski	Weight Throw	18.65m (61' 2.25")
4	Uchenna Uba	Weight Throw	18.27m (59' 11.25")
5	Juliana Nakouzi	Weight Throw	17.83m (58' 6")

BU MEN'S RESULTS

PL	NAME	EVENT	TIME/MARK
2	Dakota Jackson	60m Prelims	6.86 - Q
2	Shamiso Sikaneta	800m	1:50.01 - Q - seventh all-time
14	Daniel Demonte	800m	1:53.34
19	Nate Somers	800m	1:55.87
1	Foster Malleck	Mile	4:07.26 - Q
5	Moritz Ebbeskotte	Mile	4:08.93 - Q
12	Parker Schneider	Mile	4:12.21 - Q
19	Will Loggia	Mile	4:17.41
24	Glenn Bell	Mile	4:36.68
2	Freddy Collins	5000m	14:09.18 - tenth all-time
4	Matthew Mason	5000m	14:17.96
6	Rob Hannon	5000m	14:20.04
7	Alex Brown	5000m	14:24.17
19	Tucker Bowerfind	5000m	16:03.80
4	Uchenna Nwosu	60m Hurdle Prelims	8.05 - Q
10	Ryan Rosenberger	60m Hurdle Prelims	8.38 - sixth all-time
11	Stuart Bladon	60m Hurdle Prelims	8.55 - seventh all-time
2	Ebbeskotte, Schneider, Demonte, Malleck	4x800m Relay	7:33.03 - fifth all-time
1	Steven Franco	Heptathlon ** cont. Sunday	2961 after four events
1	Ryan Rosenberger	Long Jump	7.16m (23' 6")
13	Stuart Bladon	Long Jump	6.61m (21' 8.25")
8	Stuart Bladon	Pole Vault	4.45m (14' 7.25")
9	Cole Tucker	Weight Throw	16.27m (53' 4.5")