Jan. 22, 2022

The Basics

• The lead: Senior AnaMaria Laccetti and junior Laura Mathews continued the impressive starts to their seasons to lead the Stevens Institute of Technology women's indoor track & field team at the Winter Invite, hosted by Alvernia University 
• Location: Tom and Helen Flynn PLEX - Reading, Pa.
• Short Story: Laccetti reached 11.91 meters in the shot put on her third attempt to finish second. She then touched 12.91 meters on her first attempt to finish sixth in the weight throw. The 11.91-meter shot put set a new lifetime best (indoor or outdoor) by eight-hundredth-of-a-meter.  Laccetti is currently ranked sixth regionally in the shot put and holds the third-longest mark in the Middle Atlantic Conference in the shot put and the fourth-longest weight throw. Mathews, meanwhile, won the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.20 seconds after posting the fastest preliminary time (of 8.96 seconds). Her preliminary time was just one-hundredth-of-a-second off her school record mark. Mathews then ran the opening leg on the 4x200-meter relay team that finished fifth with a time of 1:55.85, ranking second in its heat. Mathews is currently ranked third in the region in both the 60-meter dash and the 60-meter hurdles, while holding the fastest MAC mark in each event. 
• The Score: Team scores were not compiled

Top Finishes

• First-year Lauren Ingraham (29.87 seconds), sophomore Allie Canciani (29.25 seconds) and sophomore Nicole Waletzki (29.26 seconds) each won their respective 200-meter dash heat. 
• Sophomore Nina Burden posted a MAC-qualifying time in the 400, reaching the finish in 1:06.03 in her first collegiate race in the event. 

Key Performances

• First-year Shannon Rhatigan completed her first collegiate 200 in 31.18 seconds. 
• Junior Liana Meyer improved her time in the 800, finishing the race in 2:35.73, trimming exactly three seconds off her previous fastest time. She also hit a season-best 5.08 meters in the long jump, which ranks seventh in the MAC.
• The 4x200-meter relay team of Mathews, junior Kristen Williams, Meyer, and junior Olivia Sohl, finished fifth with a time of 1:55.85, which is the sixth-fastest time in the conference this season. 
• First-year Caroline Tighe and Canciani finished fourth and eighth, respectively, in the high jump. Tighe cleared 1.53 meters, while Canciani cleared 1.45. The pair are ranked second and fourth, respectively, in the conference. 
• Junior Anjali Chandrasekhar and senior Victoria Agaliotis each hit a season-best height of 2.46 meters in the pole vault. 
• Junior Susan George matched a season-best distance of 9.81 meters in the triple jump. Waletzki reached 9.86 meters in the same event in her first time competing in the triple jump.
• Junior Ashley Muliawan had a season-best distance (9.19 meters) in the shot put.

From the Blocks - Head Coach Lance Harden

• "The Tom and Helen Flynn PLEX at Alvernia is a gorgeous facility that will again host our MAC Indoor Championships at the end of February, so we benefited from reacquaintance and familiarization with the venue. We had 11 of the 18 MAC teams competing this weekend along with great AARTFC programs like TCNJ and Susquehanna, and our team was exposed to the high quality of our conference. It was important for our runners to get a feel for a flat track after two meets on the bank at The Armory."
• "Our three captains—AnaMaria, Laura, and Liana—led by example with strong performances. AnaMaria Laccetti had a lifetime best in shot put, indoors or outdoors! She also debuted a three-turn technique in the weight throw for all six attempts—we expect to see a big payoff later this season. Laura Mathews had a season best in the 60-meter hurdles prelims before leading off our 4x200-meter relay and giving us a strong lead. Liana Meyer had a season best in the long jump, getting over five meters on her first attempt before being pulled away for her 60-meter hurdles race. She also improved her personal best in the 800 by three seconds."
• "Lauren Ingraham improved her personal best in the indoor 200 by over a half-second, winning her heat! Nina Burden set an indoor personal best in the 400 and qualified for MAC's. Anjali Chandrasekhar and Victoria Agaliotis each cleared two bars in the pole vault."

Up Next

• Women's Track & Field heads north to Rochester, New York on Jan. 29 for the Conference Challenge, hosted by Nazareth College.

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