FAIRFAX, Va. – The track team had a strong showing at the George Mason Dalton Ebanks Invitational (Apr. 3-4), running a total of 24 personal bests and eight top-10 times.

• On Friday (Apr. 3), junior Jason Omari-Anim led the men's squad, tying his PR of 22.16 seconds to place 32nd.
• In the women's 200, sophomore Zoe Clark ran a PR of 25.00 seconds (+3.4) that would've moved her up to second AU all-time if it was wind-legal. Freshman Lilia Jones ran a seventh all-time mark of 26.05 seconds.
• In the women's 800, freshman Shealyn Brochu ran a lifetime best of 2:11.60, placing seventh and ranking fourth AU all-time. She sits at 11th in the Patriot League.
• Freshman Daden Grogan led three Eagles to PRs in the men's 800 meters. He ran a lifetime PR of 1:50.98, good for seventh AU all-time and sixth in the Patriot League. Sophomore Barak Goldstein (1:52.31) also ran a lifetime best, which ranks 12th in the conference.
• Senior Cooper Michaud ran a seven-second PR of 9:12.71 in the 3k steeplechase, placing third in the event. His new PR ranks third AU all-time and fourth in the Patriot League.
• In the women's 5k, Senior Annie Ripol ran a 24-second PR of 18:00.57, placing ninth. In the men's 5k, sophomore Jaden Frederick placed ninth in a PR of 14:45.26.
• On Saturday (Apr. 4), the women's 4x100 squad of Zoe Clark, Adeline DiPaolo, Lara Gin, and Lilia Jones ran a second AU all-time mark of 47.37 seconds.
• Freshman Gregory Celariste ran a lifetime PR of 48.99 seconds in the 400 meters, placing 17th in the event. Later in the day, he also ran a lifetime best of 10.70 seconds in the 100 meters (+2.8), which would have been a program record if it was a wind-legal race.
• In the women's 400, sophomore Lara Gin won her heat in a PR of 56.73 seconds, moving up to second AU all-time and ranking eighth in the Patriot League. Freshman Shealyn Brochu, doubling back from the 800 on Friday, landed on the all-time list with a PR of 59.84 seconds.
• Freshman Lilia Jones tripled in the 100, running a PR and second AU all-time mark of 12.18 seconds. Her time ranks ninth in the Patriot League.
• All of the men racing the 1500 meters ran personal bests. Sophomore Zack Zerbe led the squad with a seven-second PR of 3:50.21, which ranks sixth in the Patriot League. He was followed by freshman Daden Grogan in a PR of 3:53.55. Sophomore Barak Goldstein ran a PR of 3:56.04, and freshman Charlie Lovett's first collegiate race was a PR of 3:57.03.
• Sophomore Kara Langbaum and freshman Charlotte Orr led the women in the 1500, running PRs of 4:44.38 and 4:44.87, respectively. Sophomore Zoe Rector (4:47.56) and junior Scarlett Lestina (4:56.15) also PRed.

View the full results here.

Coaches' Corner
"Start to finish the program had a great two days of racing at George Mason this weekend," said head coach Sean Graham. "We're in the middle of our season, with a heavy training load and tired legs, and the team came out and performed really well. A lot of very savvy aggressive racing, heat wins, event placing, PRs nearly across the board, program top times, and to date top-five and top-10 times in the conference. I'm very happy with how we raced.

"In the best way there are too many highlights to mention all of them, but there are a few standouts. In the 100, Lilia PRed and is second all time for the program, and Greg ran a slightly wind aided 10.7, which would be a school record if the wind was lighter. In the 200, Jason and Zoe had solid days, Jason matching his PR and Zoe at 25.0 with a positive wind. The 400 had Greg with a sixth all-time PR and Lara ran a big PR and is now second all-time. Both ran away from their heats. The women's 4x100 nabbed the no. 2 program time in their first go at it this year.

"The 800s went excellently for our freshman. Shealyn got a nice PR and fourth all-time performance. Daden continues to knock time off his 800 with a PR, now seventh all-time and sixth in the Patriot League. The men's and women's 1500s went VERY well with PRs for nearly everyone — and we had nine athletes in that event!

"Finally in the distance events, Cooper Michaud came away with a big PR in the steeple, now third all-time and fourth in the Patriot League in his first one of the season. Then in the 5ks, Annie Ripol had an excellent race, coming away with a big PR, 24 seconds ahead of her previous best. Jaden Frederick knocked another 10 seconds off his PR as well.

"Just a very good weekend of mid-season racing across all of our events! We'll now get back to training and have a few tune up races next week, aiming for big races at UVA in two weeks."

Next Up
The team will stay local again next weekend for the Bison Classic at Gallaudet University (Apr. 11).

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AU RESULTS

200m, Men	32. Jason Omari-Anim, 22.26 (=PR) | 52. Alex Zenit, 23.02 (+3.0) | 58. Emilio Hooper, 23.46 | 63. Owen Garrett, 23.94 (PR)
200m, Women	21. Zoe Clark, 25.00 (+3.4) | 61. Lilia Jones, 26.05 (PR)*
800m, Women	7. Shealyn Brochu, 2:11.60 (PR)* | 23. Charlotte Orr, 2:16.73 | 24. Kate Riley, 2:16.75 | 28. Kara Langbaum, 2:17.46 | 62. Hannah Puckett, 2:26.45
800, Men	10. Daden Grogan, 1:50.98 (PR)* | 20. Barak Goldstein, 1:52.31 (PR) | 32. Ty Parker, 1:54.08 | 37. Papakojo Danquah, 1:55.01 (PR)
3000m Steeple, Men	3. Cooper Michaud, 9:12.71 (PR)* | 8. Daniel Messer, 9:35.37 | 15. Noah Smith, 10:05.00
5000m, Women	9. Annie Ripol, 18:00.57 (PR) | 15. Emma Colavito, 18:21.15 | 29. Fiona Murphy, 19:24.93 (PR) | 35. Hannah Schwab,. 19:57.99
5000m, Men	7. Jaden Frederick, 14:45.26 (PR) | 29. Jack Chandler, 16:09.82
4x100 Relay, Women	11. Clark, DiPaolo, Gin, Jones, 47.37*
400m, Men	17. Gregory Celariste, 48.99 (PR)* | 52. Papakojo Danqauh, 51.93 (PR) | 54. Alex Zenit, 52.28 | 56. Owen Garrett, 53.37 (PR)
400m, Women	9. Lara Gin, 56.73 (PR)* | 39. Shealyn Brochu, 59.84 (PR)* | 58. Hannah Puckett, 1:04.29
100m, Men	14. Gregory Celariste, 10.70 (+2.8) | 36. Jason Omari-Anim, 11.06
100m, Women	24. Lilia Jones, 12.18 (PR)* | 65. Adeline DiPaolo 12.83(+3.4)
1500m, Men	3. Zack Zerbe, 3:50.21 (PR) | 9, Daden Grogan, 3:53.55 (PR) | 15. Barak Goldstein, 3:56.04 | 16. Charlie Lovett, 3:57.03 (PR)
1500m, Women	27. Kara Langbaum, 4:44.38 (PR) | 30. Charlotte Orr, 4:44.87 (PR) | 38. Zoe Rector, 4:47.56 (PR) | 43. Georgina Chalow, 4:48.84 | 56. Scarlett Lestina, 4:56.15 (PR) | 66. Estella Miller, 5:04.38 | 67. Lydia Drago, 5:04.84

*Top 10 Record Book Mark