WORCESTER, Mass. – The Boston University track & field team took home five gold medals on day one of the 2025 Patriot League Outdoor Track & Field Championships on the Hart Track on Friday.
BU earned 11 medals in total, broke two meet records, three school records and notched 16 finals qualifiers.
After day one, the BU women are in the lead with 59 points. Army West Point has 49 points and Navy has 41 points. On the men's side, BU is in third with 39 points, trailing Army West Point (68 points) and Navy (56 points).
Top Dogs
- Junior Ellie Roan won the first gold medal of the day for BU, launching her final throw 59.72m in the hammer throw to take gold in the event in back-to-back years at the Championships. As the first Terrier to win the event at the PL Championships, she is also the first to ever go back-to-back in the event.
- In the men's javelin, junior Owen Faulha picked up a gold medal with a 64.00m throw - the Terriers' first-ever gold medal in the event and Faulha's first career gold.
- In the long jump, junior Peace Omonzane had a monster day, reaching 6.44m in the event. That mark broke a school record from 2009 and set a new meet record by .36 meters. Omonzane has now won three of the four horizontal jumps during the indoor and outdoor championship meets this year after sweeping the long and triple jumps at the indoor championships.
- The Terriers swept the 4x800m relays, beginning with the men's squad of Thomas Cowan, Karsen Vesty, Shamiso Sikaneta and Parker Schneider taking gold with a 7:29.61 time.
- On the women's side, it was Lily Borin, Olivia Dodds, Maura Woodland-Medenilla and Vera Sjöberg who took home the crown, running a school record and meet record time of 8:39.22 to win. Sjöberg's final 800m of 2:05.77 was enough to outkick Army West Point and best the 27-year-old school record.
Podium Appearances
- In the men's long jump, seniors Samuel Roszak and Ryan Rosenberger won silver and bronze, respectively. Roszak reached 7.53m on his final jump to earn silver and Rosenberger also used his final jump, reaching the sand at 7.51m, to take bronze.
- The women's long jump saw a podium sweep for the second straight year by the Terriers, as following Omonzane were seniors Asia Hamilton (6.10m) and Emma Lawrence (6.07m), who took silver and bronze, respectively.
- Merem Gabriel-Rodriguez earned bronze in the women's 10000m, crossing the line in 37:12.55.
- Graduate student Alli Lofquist found herself on the podium with a bronze medal after eclipsing a 3.97m bar in the pole vault, breaking her own school record.
Finals Qualifiers
MEN'S RESULTS
| PL |
NAME |
EVENT |
TIME/MARK |
NOTES |
| 2 |
Michael Onilogbo |
100m Prelims |
10.42Q |
2nd All-Time |
| 5 |
Thomas Lamkin |
100m Prelims |
10.52Q |
T-8th All-Time |
| 9 |
Leon Christian |
100m Prelims |
10.60 |
|
| 18 |
Micah Perry |
100m Prelims |
10.85 |
|
| 4 |
Micah Perry |
110m Hurdles Prelims |
14.45Q |
8th All-Time |
| 1 |
Michael Onilogbo |
200m Prelims |
21.21Q |
|
| 3 |
Leon Christian |
200m Prelims |
21.27q |
|
| 16 |
Thomas Lamkin |
200m Prelims |
21.93 |
|
| 3 |
Shamiso Sikaneta |
800m Prelims |
1:51.49Q |
|
| 4 |
Thomas Cowan |
800m Prelims |
1:51.66Q |
|
| 12 |
Marcus Guidry |
800m Prelims |
1:53.15 |
|
| 15 |
Zac Segal |
800m Prelims |
1:53.67 |
|
| 1 |
Parker Schneider |
1500m Prelims |
3:50.54Q |
|
| 9 |
Karsen Vesty |
1500m Prelims |
3:55.64Q |
|
| 15 |
Moritz Ebbeskotte |
1500m Prelims |
3:58.01 |
|
| 4 |
Freddy Collins |
10000m |
31:11.60 |
|
| 9 |
James American Horse |
10000m |
31:20.88 |
|
| 1 |
Thomas Cowan, Karsen Vesty, Shamiso Sikaneta, Parker Schneider |
4x800m Relay |
7:29.61 |
Gold Medalists, 3rd All-Time |
| 14 |
Luke Riordan |
Hammer Throw |
48.14m |
|
| 15 |
Mykhaylo Hychka |
Hammer Throw |
47.10m |
|
| 1 |
Owen Faulha |
Javelin Throw |
64.00m |
Gold Medalist |
| 2 |
Samuel Roszak |
Long Jump |
7.53m |
Silver Medalist |
| 3 |
Ryan Rosenberger |
Long Jump |
7.51m |
Bronze Medalist |
| 11 |
Guy Margalit |
Long Jump |
6.79m |
|
| 1 |
Steven Franco |
Decathlon - Day One |
3880 points (5 of 10 events):
100m - 11.17 (2nd)
LJ - 6.87 (1st)
SP - 13.18m (3rd)
HJ - 1.92m (3rd)
400m - 48.92 (1st) |
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WOMEN'S RESULTS
| PL |
NAME |
EVENT |
TIME/MARK |
NOTES |
| 15 |
Chinonye Moneme |
100m Prelims |
12.44 |
|
| 1 |
Iman Roka |
100m Hurdles Prelims |
13.87Q |
3rd All-Time |
| 11 |
Kendall Barnhart |
100m Hurdles Prelims |
14.89 |
|
| 2 |
Ijeoma Ezechukwu |
200m Prelims |
24.30Q |
7th All-Time |
| 17 |
Alexis Caggiano |
200m Prelims |
25.23 |
|
| 10 |
Alexis Caggiano |
400m Prelims |
56.83 |
|
| 2 |
Kendall Barnhart |
400m Hurdles Prelims |
1:01.39Q |
|
| 5 |
Olivia Dodds |
800m Prelims |
2:08.34Q |
|
| 9 |
Lily Borin |
800m Prelims |
2:09.36 |
|
| 12 |
Maura Woodland-Medenilla |
800m Prelims |
2:10.67 |
|
| 19 |
Olivia Duca |
800m Prelims |
2:15.21 |
|
| 1 |
Vera Sjöberg |
1500m Prelims |
4:25.32Q |
|
| 2 |
Caroline Collins |
1500m Prelims |
4:25.48Q |
|
| 8 |
Adrienne Buettner-Cable |
1500m Prelims |
4:31.81Q |
|
| 16 |
Kelly Jones |
1500m Prelims |
4:38.82 |
|
| 17 |
Anna Fawcett |
1500m Prelims |
4:40.38 |
|
| 3 |
Merem Gabriel-Rodriguez |
10000m |
37:12.55 |
Bronze Medalist |
| 9 |
Abby Waddington |
10000m |
37:42.35 |
|
| 1 |
Lily Borin, Olivia Dodds, Maura Woodland-Medenilla, Vera Sjöberg |
4x800m Relay |
8:39.22 |
Gold Medalists, School Record, Meet Record |
| 1 |
Ellie Roan |
Hammer Throw |
59.72m |
Gold Medalist |
| 6 |
Uchenna Uba |
Hammer Throw |
49.90m |
|
| 11 |
Carly Sarisky |
Javelin Throw |
38.27m |
8th All-Time (Improves upon own mark) |
| 12 |
Savannah Gao |
Javelin Throw |
37.73m |
|
| 1 |
Peace Omonzane |
Long Jump |
6.44m |
Gold Medalist, School Record, Meet Record |
| 2 |
Asia Hamilton |
Long Jump |
6.10m |
Silver Medalist |
| 3 |
Emma Lawrence |
Long Jump |
6.07m |
Bronze Medalist, T-6th All-Time |
| 9 |
Jamie Chamberlain |
Long Jump |
5.56m |
|
| 3 |
Alli Lofquist |
Pole Vault |
3.97m |
Bronze Medalist, School Record |
| 3 |
Olivia Hughes |
Heptathlon - Day One |
3002 points (4 of 7 events):
100mH - 14.73 (2nd)
HJ - 1.61m (1st)
SP - 11.65m (2nd)
200m - 26.56 (6th) |
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