Track Records 28 Top-10 Finishes at Maryland Invitational
3/29/2025 8:30:00 PM | Men's Track/Cross Country, Women's Track/Cross Country
College Park, Md. - The GW outdoor track team enjoyed a speedy Saturday in College Park, with the program earning 28 top-10 finishers across 13 events at the Maryland Invitational.
Nic Rogers claimed an event victory in the 800m in 1:51.72. Rogers' finish is less than a second away from the current program record of 1:51.38. Also earning top marks in the 800 were Cole McCue (1:56.45) to finish seventh and Jimmy Gildea (1:56.50) who finished eighth.
The Buff & Blue also saw three top 10 runners in the women's 800 in second place finisher Rylan Priest (2:15.32), sixth place Lola Dinneen and seventh place Shannon Hieber (2:18.75).
In the 1500, on the women's side, Hadley Mahoney finished third overall (4:43.36), Julia Shanes earned sixth (4:46.79), Claire Bohan clocked in at ninth (4:48.45) and Amelia Ogawa earned 10th overall (4:55.68). On the men's side, the Buff & Blue earned seven of the top 10 slots: Pierce Kapustka (3:58.42), Austin Brotemarkle (3:59.71), Joe Fahrney (3:59.94), Jimmy Gildea (4:02.61), Welsey Kaukas-Quinn (4:03.17), Andrew McCabe (4:05.37) and Cory Chambers (4:08.67).
Sprinters Janae Russell (12.78) and Dami Oyatayo (12.80) each earned a top 10 finish in the women's 100m, and Kamryn Holness continued to shine in the 100mH with a time of 16.28 to earn seventh in her event.
Four GW Revs competed in the women's 400m: Oyatayo (56.77), Lainey Goldstein (59.07), Olivia Clark (59.13) and Alexia Massoud (59.58).
In the relays, the women's 4x400m team consisting of Oyatayo, Goldstein, Priest and Clark cruised to a second-place finish in 3:52.83 to earn a new program record, while the team of Massoud, Rita Mazumder, Shannon Hieber and Holness finished seventh in 4:09.26.
After a successful outing, GW will remain in the DMV, turning its attention to George Mason's Dalton Ebanks Invite, held next Friday and Saturday in Fairfax, Va. GW's full schedule for the weekend will be released at a later time.