Reading, Pa. – Alexis Merola won the pole vault and Caroline Tighe won the high jump as the Stevens Institute of Technology women's track & field team competed at the Alvernia Plex Shootout on Saturday.

With no team score, Stevens faced off against MAC foes Alvernia, Arcadia, Delaware Valley, FDU-Florham, Hood, King's, and York.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Merola claimed first place with a season-best mark of 3.30m in the pole vault and moved to 86^th in Division III , as Stephanie Ryazanova placed 9th with a vault of 2.70m. Tighe excelled in the high jump, earning first place with a height of 1.57m, while Maggie Previglian and Allie Canciani tied for fifth and seventh at 1.52m. Isabella Shanley also contributed with an eighth-place finish at 1.42m. Tighe continued her success in the long jump, placing fourth with a season-best distance of 4.78m.
                                                                                           
In the women's 5000m, Fionna Feerick secured third place with a personal best of 19:18.18, while Samantha Rozek finished sixth with a season best of 20:07.22. The women's 60m hurdles saw Shanley take both the prelims and finals, claiming first place with personal bests of 9.82 and 9.74, respectively. In the mile, Kaitlyn Adams set a personal best of 5:38.80 to place fifth, while Gianna Adamo came in 17th at 6:25.30. The women's 800m featured Isabella Gabay in fifth place with a time of 2:29.54, and Taylor Enes in seventh with a season best of 2:34.64. Allie Canciani, Isabel Vogel, and Kate Cen followed closely, finishing 18th, 19th, and 24th, respectively. Lauren Alley achieved a personal best in the 200m, placing 16th with a time of 29.04.
 
The 4x200m squad of Ryazanova, Alley, Anya Sadowski, and Shanley placed third with a time of 1:51.88, while the 4x400m team of Canciani, Kate Cen, Taylor Enes, and Isabel Vogel claimed second place, clocking in at 4:35.58. 
 
UP NEXT
The Ducks return to competition next Friday at the Fastrack National Invite on Friday.