AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Dayton women's track and field team finished in third place in the team standings of the 2017 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships at the UMass Track and Field Facility.

George Mason won the team title with 118 points, followed closely by Duquesne with 112 and Dayton was third with 105 points.

Highlights
•    Erin Reese was named A-10 Championship Field Performer of the Meet after taking first place in the hammer throw, second in the shot put and third in the discus. 
•    Jenni Rossi became the third Flyer to win an individual title with her mark of 15.05m in the shot put. Reese, already a champion in the hammer throw, was runner-up with a PR mark of 14.82m. Lillian Cook also earned an individual title Saturday with a record-breaking performance in the javelin.
•    Other podium finishers for the Flyers included: Taylor Vernot (3rd in the 5,000m and 10,000m runs), and Jordan Hoffman (3rd in the 100m Hurdles).
•    Senior Adria Butler picked up two Top 5 all-time marks in UD program history: she took fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 11.86m, the second-best, all-time at UD; and she earned fifth in the heptathlon with 4,385 points, fifth-best at Dayton.
•    Freshman Lillian Cook won the javelin with a school-record and UMASS Track and Field facility-record mark of 47.84m.
•    Erin Reese also picked up an A-10 Championship with her mark of 61.37m in the hammer throw. Jenni Rossi won bronze with a mark of 52.17m and Alyssa Ramstetter was fourth with a PR of 52.13m.

Director of Women's Track & Field and Cross Country Sarah Haveman's Quotes
•    "There are many things from this year's championship the team can use to grow and get better. How they respond will be vital."

"We finished the year still as the most balanced program in the conference: finishing second (A-10 Cross Country Championship), third (A-10 Indoor Track and Field Championship), and third (A-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championship). This is great, but the coaching staff and team knows we can do better and we are excited to do so."
 
Event by Event

Sunday, May 7
•    Shot Put
•    1. Jenni Rossi – 15.05m
•    2. Erin Reese – 14.82m   PR  - 4^th ALL-TIME AT UD
•    6. Kris Lindow – 13.86m  PR

•    5000m Run
•    3. Taylor Vernot – 16:58.39
•    11. Emily Leonard – 17:26.44  PR
•    17. Kassidy Manning – 17:38.03 
 
•    100m Hurdles Finals
•    3. Jordan Hoffman – 14.44
 
•    Discus
•    3. Erin Reese – 48.80m
•    4. Jenni Rossi – 46.76m
•    10. Alyssa Ramstetter – 39.31m

•    Triple Jump
•    4. Adria Butler – 11.86m  PR  - 2^nd ALL-TIME AT UD
•    15. Meghan Krawiec – 10.82m

•    Heptathlon
•    4. Sarah Sepanski – 4532 Points
•    5. Adria Butler – 4385 Points  PR  - 5^th ALL-TIME AT UD

•    4x100 Relay
•    9. Dayton (Anna Laudizio, Meghan Krawiec, Jordan Hoffman, Sarah Sepanski) – 48.67

•    4x400 Relay
•    11. Dayton (Jordan Hoffman, Grace McDonald, Olivia Hummel, Maggie Pryslak) – 3:55.32

•    4x800 Relay
•    10. Dayton (Emily Borchers, Brittany Fisher, Maggie Pryslak, Olivia Hummel) – 9:10.42  - 4^th ALL-TIME AT UD

•    1500m
•    21. Grace McDonald – 4:44.66
 
Saturday, May 6
•    Javelin
•    1. Lillian Cook – 47.84m  PR  UD RECORD – FACILITY RECORD
•    10. Jessica Birdsong – 35.16m
•    13. Elizabeth Michalenko – 33.75m

•    Hammer Throw
•    1. Erin Reese – 61.37m
•    3. Jenni Rossi – 52.17m
•    4. Alyssa Ramstetter – 52.13m  PR
 
•    10000m Final
•    3. Taylor Vernot – 36:04.66  PR   TOP 5 AT UD
•    7. Kassidy Manning– 36:49.04
•    14. Nicole Steinbicker– 38:40.76

•    Pole Vault
•    4. Leah Frischmann – 3.55m
 
•    3000m Steeplechase Final
•    6. Allison Triskett – 11:03.32  PR

•    100m Dash (preliminaries)
•    11. Sarah Sepanski – 12.28
•    15. Jordan Hoffman – 12.33
 
•    800m (preliminaries)
•    9. Grace McDonald – 2:11.34   PR  TOP 5 AT UD
 
•    100m Hurdles (preliminaries)
•    5. Jordan Hoffman – 14.54 (qualified for finals)

•    High Jump
•    10. Jamie Rachek – 1.60m
•    11. Marie Harla – 1.60m

•    Long Jump
•    18. Meghan Krawiec – 5.22m  PR
•    22. Anna Laudizio – 5.15m  PR