Penn Relays, Saturday: Racewalkers shine!

 

It was (another) amazing morning for the Marist racewalkers! Freshman Mia Priore earned a personal-best time by more than three minutes and qualified for the USATF U20 National Championships by placing third in the U20 race at Penn. The USATF meet is in Oregon in July. Sophomore Marissa Sciotto placed 8th in the Olympic Development race, earning a PR by more than 20 seconds. Both ladies persisted and thrived in the damp and rainy conditions. It was awesome to watch, and further proof in the racewalking dynasty that Women's Coach Chuck Williams has forged during the past decade. Highly neat!

Penn Relays
Franklin Field, Philadelphia
Saturday, April 29, 2023
Women’s results
U20 5,000-meter racewalk
3-Mia Priore 25:35.73 *USATF U20 National Championships qualifier (personal-best time)
Official splits: 55.32, 2:50.40 (1:55.09), 4:48.59 (1:58.19), 6:47.86 (1:59.28), 8:50.93 (2:03.08), 10:57.92 (2:06.99), 13:04.12 (2:06.21), 15:08.32 (2:04.20), 17:15.36 (2:07.04), 19:21.70 (2:06.34), 21:26.90 (2:05.21), 23:33.83 (2:06.93), 25:35.73 (2:01.91)
Olympic Development 5,000-meter racewalk
8-Marissa Sciotto 26:04.15 (personal-best time)
Official splits: 59.82, 2:59.47 (1:59.65), 5:01.08 (2:01.62), 7:05.34 (2:04.26), 9:10.58 (2:05.25), 11:16.00 (2:05.43), 13:22.21 (2:06.21), 15:28.27 (2:06.07), 17:35.04 (2:06.77), 19:41.84 (2:06.81), 21:50.51 (2:08.67), 23:59.78 (2:09.28), 26:04.15 (2:04.37)