WORCESTER, Mass., -- Worcester State University Women's Outdoor Track and Field team had two individual first place finishes, as the team placed 3^rd overall at the MASCAC Championships held at Bridgewater State University on Saturday afternoon at Swenson Field. Senior Riley Sanderson (Leominster, MA) and junior Sthanisha Moreau (Taunton, MA) had a big day for the throwers, both capturing individual first-place finishes.

Sanderson, for the 3^rd time this season, placed 1^st overall in the women's javelin. Sanderson's impressive 42.66-meter throw bested the 2^nd place finisher by over 15-meters. Worcester State captured all podium spots in Women's Javelin with Arianna Constant (27.16-meters) and Taylor Solimine (27.05-meters) finished 2^nd and 3^rd respectively.

Sthanisha Moreau finished 1^st overall for Women's Shot Put with a best distance of 10.83. Her toss bested Fitchburg's Ephemian Bailey by .15-meters.

The Women's 4x400-meter Relay team of Heather Turner, Bridget Maunsell, Elena Pellegrini and Kasey Clark took 2^nd overall with a time of 4:18.61.

Avonia Herbert placed 2^nd overall in the Women's Triple Jump with a distance of 10.79-meters. Her finish was just .32-meters behind Westfield's 1^st place finisher, Vicky Marin.

Maureen Grady picked up a podium finish in the Women's Long Jump with a distance of 5.15-meters, good for 3^rd overall.

Heather Turner nabbed a 3^rd place finish in the Women's 400-meter Dash with a time of 1:02.25. While Kasey Clark (2:32.04) picked up 3^rd overall in the Women's 800-meter Run.

The Women's 4x100 Meter Relay team of Elena Pellegrini, Maureen Grady, Bridget Maunsell and Avonia Herbert finished 3^rd overall with a time of 52.84. The time earned the team 6-points. Pellegrini, Maunsell and Grady also placed in the Women's 100-meter Dash. Pellegrini took 3^rd overall with a time of 12.68, while Maunsell (12.81) and Grady (12.97) finished 5^th and 6^th respectively. Pellegrini (26.50) also finished 4^th in the Women's 200-meter Dash.

Other finishes included:

• Eryca Lopes finished 9^th in the Women's Triple Jump with a distance of 9.11-meters.
• Mackenzie Marshall finished 11^th in the women's 1500-meter Run with a time of 5:47.88

Worcester State finished the event in 3^rd place with a total of 91 points on the afternoon.

Five Lancers will head to Williams College on Friday, May 6^th to compete in the New England DIII Championships: Riley Sanderson will represent Worcester in the Women's Javelin while the relay team of Maureen Grady, Elena Pellegrini, Bridget Maunsell, and Avonia Herbert will represent Worcester in the Women's 4x100.