Kelsey Miskimins runs the track at the 2022 Patriot League Outdoor Track Championships
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Track and Field

Outdoor Track Starts Season at Richmond’s Fred Hardy Invite

WASHINGTON – The American University track team is taking things outdoors, kicking off their outdoor season on Friday at the Fred Hardy Invitational hosted by Richmond on Friday, March 17.
 
FRED HARDY INVITATIONAL – MEET INFORMATION NOTES
  • American is back on the track this week after closing its indoor season at the Patriot League Indoor Championships on February 26.
  • The Eagles will travel 37 to Richmond's Robins Stadium. Events will begin at 11:30 a.m. with the women's 3000m steeplechase and the day will close with the women's and men's 4x400m relays at 5:00 and 5:10 p.m.
  • Senior Row Sullivan will look to continue making their way through the program record books as they take to the track in the 1500m run. Currently they sit in seventh in the 3000m run with their 8:23.37 personal record (PR) last season and in sixth in the 10k run with a time of 30:16.10 from their freshman season.
  • Junior June Mwaniki, who last year during her sophomore campaign broke into the record books with her 3000m PR (10:20.62).
  • Mwaniki will be taking to the track in the women's 5000m run which will also field four other members of the women's team, including senior Rachael Potter who's eighth in the record books for the 10k from her freshman season.
  • On the men's side, Tucker Zullo and Nate Reeves, who sit at eighth and ninth respectively in the record books for the 800m run, are going to be hitting the track in a much shorter distance race, the 200m dash, joining fellow indoor track standouts freshmen Fernando Ibarra and Kaden Kluth, and junior Ethan Puc.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY, MARCH 18
TIME EVENT ENTRIES
11:45 a.m. 3000m Steeplechase, Men Danny O'Neill
12:00 p.m. 5000m, Men Jack Chandler
12:35 p.m. 15000m, Women Callia Cordasco / Kate Riley / Rowe Crawford / Annie Ripol / Hannah Schwab
1:05 p.m. 1500m, Men Row Sullivan
1:50 p.m. 400m, Women Chloee Dotts / Grace Kirk / Kelsey Miskimins / Jessica Bakas / Eva Gibson / Tori Maignan
2:05 p.m. 400m, Men Owen Garrett / Brian Gutro
2:40 p.m. 800m, Women Cassandra Daniele / Lucia Ianello / Maya Porter / Kirah Tianga
3:20 p.m. 800m, Men Carver Morgan / Oscar Counsell / Daniel O'Neill / Ethan Horton
3:45 p.m. 200m, Women Neev Agarwal
4:05 p.m. 200m, Men Fernando Ibarra / Nathan Reeves / Tucker Zullo / Kaden Kluth / Ethan Puc
4:20 p.m. 5000m, Women June Mwaniki / Rachael Potter / Sophia Staiger / Skyler Tatum / Brooke Evans
4:40 p.m. 5000m, Men Alex Murphy / Cooper Michaud
5:00 p.m. 4x400m, Women
5:10 p.m. 4x400m, Men
 
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Players Mentioned

Callia Cordasco

Callia Cordasco

Sophomore
Cassandra Daniele

Cassandra Daniele

Sophomore
Eva Gibson

Eva Gibson

Junior
Kelsey Miskimins

Kelsey Miskimins

Junior
June Mwaniki

June Mwaniki

Sophomore
Rachael Potter

Rachael Potter

Junior
Ethan Puc

Ethan Puc

Sophomore
Nathan Reeves

Nathan Reeves

Junior
Row Sullivan

Row Sullivan

Junior
Tucker Zullo

Tucker Zullo

Junior

Players Mentioned

Callia Cordasco

Callia Cordasco

Sophomore
Cassandra Daniele

Cassandra Daniele

Sophomore
Eva Gibson

Eva Gibson

Junior
Kelsey Miskimins

Kelsey Miskimins

Junior
June Mwaniki

June Mwaniki

Sophomore
Rachael Potter

Rachael Potter

Junior
Ethan Puc

Ethan Puc

Sophomore
Nathan Reeves

Nathan Reeves

Junior
Row Sullivan

Row Sullivan

Junior
Tucker Zullo

Tucker Zullo

Junior