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Senior Isabelle Demeritt is now 8th on the Bates all-time performance list in the 3,000 meters. (Charlie Pohl)

Women's Track and Field 2/15/2025 11:26:00 PM Aaron Morse

Women's indoor track and field wraps up busy week with three different meets

BOSTON, MEDFORD, Mass., and BRUNSWICK, Maine -- The Bates women's indoor track and field team split up Friday and Saturday as athletes competed at three different meets, with a number of standout performances.

Valentine Invitational Highlights

Senior Isabelle Demeritt (Acton, Mass.) recorded a personal-record time of 10:01.95 in the 3,000 meters, good for eighth on the Bates all-time performance list.
Sophomore Lia Traficonte (Cumberland, Maine) notched a personal-record time of 1:00.97 in the 400-meter dash, and junior Gabby Monaco (Pittsburgh, Pa.) was right behind her, also setting a personal record with a mark of 1:01.01.
Junior captain Lucy Paynter (Hillsborough, Calif.) placed second in her section with a personal-record time of 2:26.32 in the 800 meters.
Sophomores Meadow Gregory (Exeter, N.H.) and Leah White (Ann Arbor, Mich.) both recorded personal-record times in the mile, with Gregory crossing the finish line in 5:17.51 and White close behind at 5:18.15.

Tufts Stampede Open Highlights

Senior Sophie Demeritt (Acton, Mass.) qualified for the New England Division III Championships and took third in the 3,000 meters with a personal-record time of 10:30.56. Senior captain Lily Miller (Claremont, Calif. ) was seventh in the same race, recording a personal-record time of 10:44.07.

Lynn Ruddy Invitational Highlights

The Bobcats took second place out of nine teams, scoring 100.5 points over the course of two days at Bowdoin's Lynn Ruddy Invitational.

Sophomore Emily Cain (Burien, Wash.) won the 60-meter dash in 8.03 seconds.
Sophomore Alannah Ardrey (New York City) won the triple jump with a top mark of 36-3 (11.05m) and first-year Campbell Johnson (Naples, Maine) finished third at 34-8.25 (10.57m).
Junior captain Carli Ciavarelli (Ridgefield, Conn.) won the 20-pound weight throw with a top heave of 52-0.5 (15.86m).
Sophomore Carly Buck (Arlington, Mass.) won the high jump with a top clearance of 4-9 (1.45m).
First-year Kyra Buckley (Peabody, Mass.) placed second in the 1,000 meters in a personal-record time of 3:20.16.
Sophomore Jasmine Gray (Newton, Pa.) was fourth in the pole vault with a top clearance of 9-2.25 (2.80m), tying her for 10th on the Bates all-time performance list in the event.
First-year Alexia Zamora (North Salem, N.Y.) placed fifth in the 400 meters in a personal-record time of 1:04.86.
First-year Marie-Ève Maillet (Saint-Antoine, New Brunswick) placed fourth in the shot put at 37-1 (11.30m) and sixth in the weight throw at 40-10.5 (12.46m).
First-year Juno Rogers (Decatur, Ga.) took fourth Friday in the pentathlon, scoring 2,709 points. She won the 60-meter hurdles in 9.61 seconds and set personal records in the high jump with a mark of 4-9.75 (1.47m) and the shot put with a top throw of 29-10 (9.09m).