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Track & Field Competes at Raleigh Relays, Bobcat Invitational

March 29, 2025

BOSTON — Highlighted by 10 top 10 marks, the Boston University track & field program wrapped up the Bobcat Invitational at Texas State and the Raleigh Relays at North Carolina State Saturday. Both meets began Thursday and lasted three days.

TOP 10 TERRIERS
  • Freshman Zoe Goldberg threw her javelin 43.51m in her collegiate debut, marking the second-best mark of a Terrier all-time. She finished fourth in the event.
  • In the triple jump, junior Peace Omonzane reached 12.85m to take fourth place and improve to second all-time at BU. She is now either first or second all-time at BU in each of the horizontal jumps, indoor and outdoor.
  • Sophomore Karsen Vesty secured two top 10 Terrier marks at the Raleigh Relays, running a 3:40.21 time in the 1500m to finish 13th in the event and move into third all-time at BU. He also ran a 1:48.21 in the 800m, a new outdoor personal best and fifth all-time at BU. His 800m time is third in the NCAA East Region and his 1500m time is 11th.
  • Junior Parker Schneider ran a 3:41.14 in the 1500m at the Raleigh Relays, finishing 17th and moving into fourth all-time at BU.
  • Junior Freddy Collins had a great day in the 5000m, improving upon his own fourth all-time mark at BU with a 13:41.32 time.
  • Freshman Olivia Hughes completed her first collegiate pentathlon with 4,655 points, moving into fourth all-time at BU. She finished third at the meet and had top-five finishes in the heptathlon section of the long jump (5.32m - 4th), shot put (10.98m - 1st) and 800m (2:27.63 - 4th). 
  • Freshman Thomas Cowan had a great 800m run, finishing fifth at the Raleigh Relays and notching a 1:48.62 time. That mark is eighth all-time at BU.
  • Sophomore Olivia Dodds ran 2:09.98 in the 800m at the Raleigh Relays to move into ninth all-time at BU.
  • In the 1500m, freshman Caroline Collins posted a 4:24.74 time to slide into 10th all-time at BU.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
  • Senior Samuel Roszak won the B section of the long jump with a 7.19m leap.
  • In the women's long jump section A, junior Omonzane reached 6.24 meters, finishing second. She was just .03m from her personal best.
  • Schneider also ran the 800m at the Raleigh Relays, finishing 18th with a 1:50.06 time.
  • Junior Ellie Roan threw her hammer 58.63m, taking fourth in the hammer throw.

RALEIGH RELAYS
PL NAME EVENT TIME/MARK NOTES
52 Shamiso Sikaneta 400m 49.11
59 Thomas Cowan 400m 49.36
43 Olivia Dodds 800m 2:09.98 9th All-Time
61 Lily Borin 800m 2:11.16
71 Maura Woodland-Medenilla 800m 2:11.80
90 Adrienne Buettner-Cable 800m 2:13.07
2 Karsen Vesty 800m 1:48.21 5th All-Time
5 Thomas Cowan 800m 1:48.62 8th All-Time
18 Parker Schneider 800m 1:50.06
63 Caroline Collins 1500m 4:24.74 10th All-Time
112 Sammy Seabury 1500m 4:29.75
130 Adrienne Buettner-Cable 1500m 4:31.52
155 Kelly Jones 1500m 4:33.93
13 Karsen Vesty 1500m 3:40.21 3rd All-Time
17 Parker Schneider 1500m 3:41.14 4th All-Time
126 Ola Szulska 5000m 17:06.12
157 Abby Waddington 5000m 17:27.19
21 Freddy Collins 5000m 13:41.32 4th All-Time (Improvement on his own mark)
151 Dan Hruska 5000m 14:28.43
163 Tucker Bowerfind 5000m 14:32.77

BOBCAT INVITATIONAL RESULTS
 
PL NAME EVENT TIME/MARK NOTES
28 Iman Roka 100m Section B 12.83
5 Ellie Roan Discus Throw Section B 42.38
4 Ellie Roan Hammer Throw Section A 58.63m
19 Olivia Hughes High Jump 1.61m
19 Asia Hamilton High Jump 1.61m
4 Zoe Goldberg Javelin Throw Section A 43.51m 2nd All-Time
13 Ryan Rosenberger Long Jump Section A 7.13m
1 Samuel Roszak Long Jump Section B 7.19m
2 Peace Omonzane Long Jump Section A 6.24m
20 Asia Hamilton Long Jump Section A 5.51m
22 Jamie Chamberlain Long Jump Section A 5.47 m
13 Alli Lofquist Pole Vault Section B 3.45m
11 Kiana Lino Shot Put Section A 14.16m
13 Ellie Roan Shot Put Section A 14.12m
14 Guy Margalit Triple Jump 14.52m WIND +2.2m/s
4 Peace Omonzane Triple Jump 12.85m 2nd All-Time
13 Emma Lawrence Triple Jump 12.15m
7 Steven Franco Decathlon TOTAL: 5762 points
100m - 11.04 (5)
110mH - 15.43 (7)
400m - 50.69 (4)
1500m - DNF
Discus - FOUL
High Jump - 1.88m (2)
Javelin Throw - 48.54m (5)
Long Jump - 6.69m (4)
Pole Vault - 4.35m (1)
Shot Put - 12.05m (5)
 
3 Olivia Hughes Pentathlon TOTAL: 4655 points
100mH - 15.22 (11)
200m - 26.52 (6)
High Jump - 1.52m (8)
Javelin Throw - 30.22m (6)
Long Jump - 5.32 (4)
Shot Put - 10.98m (1)
800m - 2:27.63 (4)
4th All-Time
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