Women’s Track & Field Places Second at Patriot League Championships

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Women’s Track & Field Places Second at Patriot League Championships

February 25, 2024 | Women's Track & Field

Results Coach Sanders Postmeet

BOSTON – The Boston University women's track & field team took second at the Patriot League Championships with a score of 148. Overall, the program brought home 10 individual titles with four on the men's side and six on the women's side.

Navy won the meet on both sides with the men scoring 242.5 points and the women scoring 188. Army West Point took second on the men's side with 152.5 points.

Major Awards

Sophomore Vera Sjöberg was awarded the Women's Track Athlete of the Meet and the Highest Points Scorer awards after her gold medals in the mile, 3,000m and 5,000m helped her score 30 points.
Sophomore Peace Omonzane was selected as the Women's Field Athlete of the Meet after winning gold in the long and triple jumps and setting the meet record in the triple.

Top Dogs

Sjöberg won the gold in the mile (4:44.83) and followed with gold in the 3,000m (9:32.05) to sweep the individual distance events, becoming the first Terrier to do so since joining the Patriot League.
Graduate student Foster Malleck led the pack in the mile, running 4:11.19 for the gold.
Omonzane swept the horizontal jumps with a gold medal in the triple jump (12.79m (41' 11.5").
Sophomore Freddy Collins claimed gold in the 3,000m with a time of 8:02.00 to break the meet record and set the tenth-best mark in BU history.
Junior Steven Franco scored 5,088 in the heptathlon to earn the gold medal and reach the podium for the second indoor season in a row.

Podium Appearances

Senior Dakota Jackson ran 8.61 in the 60m dash to place second in the event.
Senior Uchenna Nwosu finished the 60m hurdles in 8.07 to place third.
Malleck also made the podium in the 3,000m with a third-place time of 8:06.99.
Sophomore Kate Edenson finished the 800m in 2:09.94 to take home second place.
Junior Emma Lawrence took second in the triple jump with a mark of 11.97m (39' 3.25").
Malleck, freshmen Daniel Demonte, Shamiso Sikaneta and sophomore Parker Schneider ran 9:53.09 in the distance medley relay to take second with the third-best time in BU history.
Freshman Adrienne Buettner-Cable, Edenson, sophomore Lily Borin and junior Alex Vellekoop finished the distance medley relay in 11:47.82 to take second and set the fourth-best time in BU history.

Top 10 Terriers

In the women's shot put, sophomore Madison Sorrell threw for 13.07m (42' 10.75") to set the ninth-best mark in BU history.

First Team All-Patriot League

Vera Sjöberg: mile; 3,000m; 5,000m
Peace Omonzane: long jump, triple jump
Ellie Roan: weight throw
Foster Malleck: mile
Freddy Collins: 3,000m
Ryan Rosenberger: long jump
Steven Franco: heptathlon

Second Team All-Patriot League

Kate Edenson: 800m; DMR
Emma Lawrence: triple jump
Emma Kowalski: weight throw
Alex Vellekoop: DMR
Lily Borin: DMR
Adrienne Buettner-Cable: DMR
Foster Malleck: 4x800m; DMR
Freddy Collins: 5,000m
Daniel Demonte: 4x800m; DMR
Parker Schneider: 4x800m; DMR
Shamiso Sikaneta: DMR
Dakota Jackson: 60m
Moritz Ebbeskotte: 4x800m

BU WOMEN'S RESULTS

PL	NAME	EVENT	TIME/MARK
2	Kate Edenson	800m	2:09.94
5	Kelsey Niglio	800m	2:12.37
8	Olivia Dodds	800m	2:13.88
1	Vera Sjöberg	Mile	4:44.83
9	Samantha Seabury	Mile	4:58.64
10	Adrienne Buettner-Cable	Mile	5:00.49
1	Vera Sjöberg	3,000m	9:32.05
7	Molly Kiley	3,000m	9:51.20
13	Samantha Seabury	3,000m	9:57.75
14	Abby Waddington	3,000m	9:59.53
8	Obiageli Akubude	60m Hurdles	9.08
6	Ijeoma Ezechukwu, Niglio, Dodds, Akubude	4x400m Relay	3:53.48
2	Buettner-Cable, Edenson, Borin, Vellekoop	Distance Medley Relay	11:47.82 - fourth all time
4	Asia Hamilton	High Jump	1.60m (5' 3")
11	Dakota Wang	High Jump	1.60m (5' 3")
5	Juliana Nakouzi	Shot Put	14.22m (46' 8")
7	Ellie Roan	Shot Put	13.99m (45' 10.75")
10	Madison Sorrell	Shot Put	13.07m (42' 10.75") - ninth all-time
12	Emma Kowalski	Shot Put	13.03m (42' 9")
18	Carly Sarisky	Shot Put	10.97m (36' 0")
1	Peace Omonzane	Triple Jump	12.79m (41' 11.5")
2	Emma Lawrence	Triple Jump	11.97m (39' 3.25")
6	Asia Hamilton	Triple Jump	11.82m (38' 9.5")

BU MEN'S RESULTS

PL	NAME	EVENT	TIME/MARK
2	Dakota Jackson	60m Dash	6.81
4	Shamiso Sikaneta	800m	1:50.42
1	Foster Malleck	Mile	4:11.19
7	Moritz Ebbeskotte	Mile	4:15.83
1	Freddy Collins	3000m	8:02.00 - meet record - tenth all-time
3	Foster Malleck	3000m	8:06.99
7	Matthew Mason	3000m	8:17.72
10	Rob Hannon	3000m	8:19.12
13	Alex Brown	3000m	8:20.41
19	Mike Hagen	3000m	8:27.19
27	Glenn Bell	3000m	8:58.60
3	Uchenna Nwosu	60m Hurdles	8.07
7	Nate Somers, Bladon, Ebbeskotte, Mason	4x400m Relay	3:25.95
2	Malleck, Daniel Demonte, Sikaneta, Parker Schneider	Distance Medley Relay	9:53.09 - third all time
1	Steven Franco	Heptathlon	5088 points
12	Stuart Bladon	High Jump	1.88m (6' 2")
5	Cole Tucker	Shot Put	16.32m (53' 6.5")
9	Sam Dennerlein	Shot Put	15.12m (49' 7.25")
10	Sam Roszak	Triple Jump	13.90m (45' 7.25")