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Red Flash Takes Home Four Event Victories at Gulden Invitational

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
>>Saint Francis indoor track and field teams competed at the Gulden Invitational on Saturday, racking up four event victories and 19 top-10 performances. 

>>The women's team finished fourth out of seven teams. The men's team placed fifth out of six teams.

>>The event victories came from David Niang in the 60m hurdles, Nickolas Hyde in shot put, Monica Gregg in the one mile, and Anna Quackenbush in the 5000m dash.

>>Live Results

FLASH WOMEN NUGGETS
Along with victories from Gregg and Quackenbush, the women's team had eight top-five placements and 13 top-10 finishes.

Quackenbush notched the first event victory in her collegiate career with a time of 18:08.59 in the 5000m dash. Gregg came in first in the mile with a time of 5:11.37. In the same event, Tesslyn Helms finished fourth with a time of 5:16.16.

In the 4x400 relay, Emma Fleck, Gabriella del Pielago, Rhoda Alaban-Tafon, and Sarah Colman took second with a time of 4:03.38.

Tierney Beebout and Marie-Therese Cooper took third in high jump and triple jump, respectively. Beebout finished with a mark of 1.59m while Cooper had a clearance of 11.52m (37' 9.5").

Naomi Hillen placed third in the 3000m dash with a time of 10:27.08.

Colman recorded the first individual top-five finish of her collegiate career in the 800m dash with a time of 2:23.06. Marlena Jacobs also finished fourth in the pole vault with a mark of 3.40m.

Carly Sedun finished fifth in the weight throw with a mark of 14.89m. Caroline Fyock placed ninth with a throw of 13.78m. Fyock also had a throw of 11.61m in the shot put to get her eighth place.

FLASH MEN NUGGETS
Along with Niang and Hyde's first-place finishes, the men's team had five top-five performances and nine top-10 placements. Niang took first in the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.98 while Hyde placed first with a throw of 16.83m.

Dustin Hyde finished fourth in shot put with a mark of 16.83m. In the weight throw, Vincent Franco also placed fourth with a throw of 15.63m.

In the 60m dash, Bryce Baker and Julian Saunders finished fourth and seventh with times of 6.93 and 6.99, respectively. Saunders also took seventh in the 200m dash with a time of 22.55.

To round out the top performances, Joseph Sevison took ninth in weight throw with a mark of 14.20m. Arnold Mve Ndjamen placed 10th in the high jump with a clearance of 1.85m

UP NEXT
Indoor track and field will split between the Bison Open and the Penn State National January 26-27.

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Players Mentioned

Rhoda Alaban-Tafon

Rhoda Alaban-Tafon

Sprints
Graduate Student
Nursing
Tierney Beebout

Tierney Beebout

Jumps
Senior
Health Science (OT)
Marie-Therese Cooper

Marie-Therese Cooper

Jumps
Graduate Student
Exercise Physiology
Emma Fleck

Emma Fleck

Distance
Junior
Health Science (PA)
Caroline Fyock

Caroline Fyock

Throws
Graduate Student
Health Science (PT)
Monica  Gregg

Monica Gregg

Distance
Graduate Student
Health Science (PT)
Tesslyn Helms

Tesslyn Helms

Distance
Junior
Early Childhood Education/Special Education
Naomi Hillen

Naomi Hillen

Distance
Junior
Environmental Engineering/Biology
Sarah Colman

Sarah Colman

Sprints
Freshman
Nursing
Gabriella del Pielago

Gabriella del Pielago

Sprints
Freshman
Exploratory Studies (Health and Human Services)

Players Mentioned

Rhoda Alaban-Tafon

Rhoda Alaban-Tafon

Graduate Student
Nursing
Sprints
Tierney Beebout

Tierney Beebout

Senior
Health Science (OT)
Jumps
Marie-Therese Cooper

Marie-Therese Cooper

Graduate Student
Exercise Physiology
Jumps
Emma Fleck

Emma Fleck

Junior
Health Science (PA)
Distance
Caroline Fyock

Caroline Fyock

Graduate Student
Health Science (PT)
Throws
Monica  Gregg

Monica Gregg

Graduate Student
Health Science (PT)
Distance
Tesslyn Helms

Tesslyn Helms

Junior
Early Childhood Education/Special Education
Distance
Naomi Hillen

Naomi Hillen

Junior
Environmental Engineering/Biology
Distance
Sarah Colman

Sarah Colman

Freshman
Nursing
Sprints
Gabriella del Pielago

Gabriella del Pielago

Freshman
Exploratory Studies (Health and Human Services)
Sprints