Terriers Post Four Top 10 Marks at Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener

Saturday, December 6

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Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener

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Terriers Post Four Top 10 Marks at Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener

December 6, 2025 | Men's Track & Field

Live Results Thomas Cowan and Leonni Griffin - Postmeet Audio

BOSTON — The Boston University track & field programs opened their seasons at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener on Saturday and posted four top 10 marks in the process.

Top 10 Terriers

The 4x400m relay crew of freshman Molly Bennett, senior Ijeoma Ezechukwu, senior Jada Smith and sophomore Kendall Barnhart finished in 3:48.21, moving that group into eighth all-time at BU.
The next top 10 mark came from senior Freddy Collins, who posted a 7:58.95 time in the 3000m to move into 8th all-time.
During the elite window, sophomore Thomas Cowan dropped a 1:47.88 mark in the 800m run to slide into second all-time at BU.
Also in the elite window, junior Karsen Vesty ran his first-ever sub-4 minute mile, crossing the line in 3:59.36 and taking fifth all-time at BU.

Top Performers

Freshman Zachary Cox took third in the 300m during his collegiate debut, finishing in 34.23.
Cox, along with fellow freshmen Nicholas Masters, Thaden Leomensah and Nicholas Cappucio, won the men's 4x400m as Cappucio used a final push to pull ahead of the pack on the last lap.
Making her collegiate debut, freshman Samantha Lascelles finished third in the 600m with a 1:32.18 mark.
Senior Ijeoma Ezechukwu finished fifth in the 300m with a 38.86 mark.

Records Fall

Josh Hoey of Adidas set a new world best in the indoor 600m, finishing in 1:12.84 and besting the previous record of 1:13.77, set by Donovan Brazier in 2019. His mark was .03 seconds off the all-conditions world record of 1:12.81.
Freshman Jane Hedengren of BYU broke the collegiate record in the 5000m, running a 14:44.79 to beat the previous record of 14:52.57, set by Alabama's Doris Lemngole just a year ago at the Season Opener.

FULL RESULTS
Track results are listed in order of distance - field results are listed alphabetically

Men's Results

PL	NAME	EVENT	TIME/MARK	HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
3	Zachary Cox	300m	34.23
6	Nicholas Cappucio	300m	34.50
11	Micah Perry	300m	35.02
17	Thaden Leomensah	300m	35.59
21	Nicholas Masters	300m	35.94
24	Ascanio Andreis De Gregorio	300m	36.67
3	Thomas Cowan	Elite 800m	1:47.88	2nd All-Time
11	Karsen Vesty	Elite Mile	3:59.36	5th All-Time
22	Freddy Collins	3000m	7:58.95	8th All-Time
31	Parker Schneider	3000m	8:04.38
1	Nicholas Masters, Zachary Cox, Thaden Leomensah, Nicholas Cappucio	4x400m	3:20.46

Women's Results

PL	NAME	EVENT	TIME/MARK	TOP-10 TERRIER
12	Elliana Tweedie	200m	26.99
5	Ijeoma Ezechukwu	300m	38.86
6	Jada Smith	300m	38.94
12	Kendall Barnhart	300m	39.75
16	Nia McCurdy	300m	40.38
19	Molly Bennett	300m	40.99
21	Alexis Caggiano	300m	41.56
22	Marina Armour	300m	41.76
27	Chinonye Moneme	300m	42.74
3	Samantha Lascelles	600m	1:32.18
5	Leonni Griffin	600m	1:32.90
16	Uma Sanker	800m	2:25.05
16	Olivia Dodds	Mile	4:57.71
20	Olivia Duca	Mile	5:01.91
126	Merem Gabriel-Rodriguez	5000m	16:46.90
1	Molly Bennett, Ijeoma Ezechukwu, Jada Smith, Kendall Barnhart	4x400m	3:48.21	8th All-Time
3	Alexis Caggiano, Nia McCurdy, Marina Armour, Chinonye Moneme	4x400m	4:01.17