Fred Hardy/Richmond meet: Women's results

First of (hopefully) many (outdoor) school records on a warm and windy day.

Fred Hardy Invitational
University of Richmond
Robins Stadium (Fred Hardy Track)
Friday, March 20, 2026
Women’s results
100-meter dash
5-Gabrielle Bozeth 12.62
20-Alyssa Dapont 12.99
22-Makenzy Nielsen 13.11
40-Elena Ramos 13.95
200-meter dash
1-Gabrielle Bozeth 24.88 *school record, old record 25.45 by Julia Kropo in 2025
400-meter dash
6-Julia Kropo 57.86
20-Grace Fletcher 59.43
22-Isabella Milojevic 59.58
25-Stephania Granados 59.62
25-Elise Attiogbe 59.88
28-Breelyn McNamara 1:00.28
37-Julie Cristinzio 1:02.73
43-Lauren Capela 1:06.07
800-meter run
22-Melina Montgomery 2:24.91
33-Mackenzie Schubert 2:31.45
36-Grace LaCapra 2:40.23
1,500-meter run
8-Parker O’Brien 4:40.72
17-Sierra Fisher 4:50.16
25-Julia Zydanowicz 4:54.02
34-Julia Radjenovic 4:59.23
40-Sydney Driscoll-Gannon 5:08.24
5,000-meter run
22-Rachael Turek 19:53.02
24-Nora White 20:03.43
400-meter hurdles
2-Julianna Mirabile 1:03.83
Long jump
2-Alexandra Samperi 5.64 meters (18 feet, 6 inches)
12-Emma Murphy 4.93 meters (16 feet, 2.25 inches)
18-Nicole Wang 4.59 meters (15 feet, 0.75 inches)
21-Olivia Rothstein 4.52 meters (14 feet, 10 inches)
27-Gracie Taylor 4.17 meters (13 feet, 8.25 inches)
 
 

Fred Hardy/Richmond meet: Men's results

Warm and windy day in Richmond,

Fred Hardy Invitational
University of Richmond
Robins Stadium (Fred Hardy Track)
Friday, March 20, 2026
Men’s results
100-meter dash
2-Amari Mathis 10.88
47-William Carroll 12.10
200-meter dash

1-Amari Mathis 21.52
53-William Carroll 29.32
400-meter dash
15-Ryan Trocolar 49.51
18-Simon Advento 50.20
31-Joaquin Bell-Andrade 52.17
800-meter run
21-Marcel Stewart 1:59.56
33-Mikiyas Ashenafi 2:03.00
39-Matthew Ferreri 2:05.62
1,500-meter run
19-Logan Schaeffler 4:00.22
36-Raffi Buchakjian 4:05.69
37-Kaleb Stoeckmann 4:05.91
38-Jacob Kosilla 4:06.48
49-Chase Kober 4:13.07
52-Patrick Wininger 4:15.28
53-Sean Wilson 4:15.53
3,000-meter run
15-Dennis Love 9:20.25
5,000-meter run
3-Sanjith Nomula 15:03.07
4-Miles Chamberlain 15:16.80
5-Isaac Gross 15:21.29
14-Davis Haines 15:49.08
110-meter hurdles
7-Christopher Lynch 15.98
400-meter hurdles
4-Miracle Okoli 55.62
10-Adam Staffier 58.64
13-Emmanuel Harris 59.19
18-Jordan Dolansky 1:03.52
3,000-meter steeplechase
2-Kevin Cannon 9:34.32
1,600-meter relay
7-Marist (Joaquin Bell-Andrade 51.66, Dante Melfi 51.53, Marcel Stewart 52.20, Patrick Wininger 53.08) 3:28.93
Pole vault
3-Daniel Vargas 3.85 meters (12 feet, 7.5 inches)
Long jump
6-Manasi Simpkins 6.58 meters (21 feet, 7.25 inches)

Fred Hardy/Richmond meet: Time schedule + entries

 Even though it still feels like winter (out there), outdoor track starts this week!

We'll be in Richmond for the Fred Hardy Invitational on Friday, where the weather forecast looks lovely (sunny and mid-60s).

Fred Hardy Invitational
University of Richmond
Robins Stadium (Fred Hardy Track)
Friday, March 20, 2026
Track events
10a 3000 Steeplechase Women
No entries 
10:15a 3000 Steeplechase Men
Kevin Cannon   
10:30a 3000 Meters Women 
No entries
10:45a 3000 Meters Men
Dennis Love 
10:55a 4x100 Relay Women   
No entry
11:05a 4x100 Relay Men
No entry    
11:15a 1500 Meters Women
Sierra Fisher, Parker O’Brien, Julia Zydanowicz, Sydney Driscoll-Gannon, Julia Radjenovic   
11:40a 1500 Meters Men
Logan Schaeffler, Raffi Buchakjian, Sean Wilson, Jacob Kosilla, Kaleb Stoeckmann, Joseph Logan, Chase Kober, Patrick Wininger    
12:20p 100 Hurdles Final Women
Alicia Ramos   
12:35p 110 Hurdles Final Men
Christopher Lynch   
12:40p 400 Meters Women
Julia Kropo, Grace Fletcher, Isabella Milojevic, Breelyn McNamara, Stephania Granados, Elise Attiogbe, Julie Cristinzio, Lauren Capela   
1:00p 400 Meters Men
Ryan Trocolar, Simon Advento, Simeon Washington, Joaquin Bell-Andrade, Jordan Dolansky, Daniel Vargas   
1:20p 100 Meters Final Women
Gabrielle Bozeth, Alyssa Dapont, Makenzy Nielsen   
1:35p 100 Meters Final Men
Amari Mathis, Will Carroll   
2:05p 800 Meters Women
Melina Montgomery, Grace LaCapra, Mackenzie Schubert   
2:20p 800 Meters Men
Matthew Ferreri, Marcel Stewart    
2:40p 400 Hurdles Women
Julianna Mirabile, Isabella Milojevic   
2:50p 400 Hurdles Men
Miracle Okoli, Simon Advento, Christopher Lynch, Jordan Dolansky, Emmanuel Harris, Adam Staffier    
3:10p 200 Meters Women
Gabrielle Bozeth, Julia Kropo, Stephania Granados, Alyssa Dapont, Makenzy Nielsen, Alicia Ramos, Elena Ramos, Breelyn McNamara, Julia Cristinzio, Emma Murphy, Olivia Rothstein   
3:45p 200 Meters Men
Amari Mathis, Ryan Trocolar, Manasi Simpkins, Will Carroll    
4:10p 5000 Meters Women
Nora White, Rachael Turek 
4:30p 5000 Meters Men
Miles Chamberlain, Isaac Gross, Sanjith Nomula, Davis Haines 
4:50p 4x400 Relay Women
Marist A (team TBA)   
5:00p 4x400 Relay Men
Marist A (team TBA)    
5:20p Running Events End 
Field Events – Tentative –
Men’s and Women’s Field events will be on a rolling schedule  
10:00a Discus - Men followed by Women
10:00a Triple Jump - Women followed by Men   
11:00a Pole Vault - Women followed by Men
Daniel Vargas 
12:30p High Jump - Women followed by Men 
~1:00p Long Jump - Women followed by Men
Alexandra Samperi, Emma Murphy, Nicole Wang, Olivia Rothstein, Gracie Taylor
Manasi Simpkins, Ramsey Heredia   
~1:00p Javelin - Men followed by Women  

Week in review: Back on track

 After an interminable winter of cold and ice and snow and ice and cold, earlier this week we had a glorious few days of summerlike weather. Aside from the gloriousness of it, from a practical perspective it was SO well timed.
 
Because of the deep snow pack and the relentless cold weather, we had not been able to use our beautiful outdoor track at North Field since Finals Week back in December. We kept checking the track, morosely noting that it would be a while before we could get on it.
 
But then, this miraculous March heat wave melted it all, so much more quickly that we could have anticipated. And? We have been practicing all week on the track! Yay! Fantastic! Neat!
 
At this morning’s women’s distance practice, it was quite brisk – real feel of 25 degrees. But! No snow. No wind. No problem. The ladies got their work done. Again, we’ve been on there all week, multiple practices already. The pole vault and high jump mats are out. One of the long jump/triple jump pits has thawed out. Terry has hauled out hurdles. It’s an active scene. It’s awesome. For me, at least, practicing at that track will never get old and it will always be awesome and it will never be taken for granted.
 
As we look ahead to the beginning of our track season, we note here with excitement that our first-ever home track meet is full steam ahead for Saturday, April 18. We are hoping to get many of you back on campus for that! More details in the coming days and weeks.
 
For now, we’re just glad to be back on track. In any weather. After three months of it not being an option, it’s awesome to be able to shiver out there again.

Week in review: When time stood still

Someone at practice reminded me that it was Friday the 13^th (of March), exactly six years ago today, that the pandemic world started to unravel and our world began to stand still. After a great indoor track season in 2020, the outdoor track season of 2020 (along with all other collegiate sports) came to a screeching halt.

It doesn’t seem like it was six years ago already. By the same token, it also feels like 60 years ago. That pandemic spring – the early days of the Covid crisis – were really, really unusual times. In hindsight, it’s clear that most of the world was simply guessing about how to proceed. Good and bad decisions were made. Many, many lives were lost.

How soon we forget; I remember, vividly, the raw emotions and tears of our athletes at the end of that week when the reality of our sport being taken away smacked them hard in the forehead. We just took it for granted that there would be another practice and another season.

Here in 2026, we’re back to taking that for granted. We have practice today. Our outdoor track season begins a week from today, in Richmond. On and on and on, the practices and seasons just roll on by. Except for that dark period of 2020 and into 2021. This is a good time to take stock and be grateful for what we have, when the memory of what was taken away is so vivid.

Day of Giving: Please consider donating!

 Marist's annual Day of Giving is coming up in three weeks. But you don't have to wait until Wednesday, March 25 to donate to our program! The Day of Giving donation links are live now. Why wait? Donate NOW!

Why donate to our team? Oh gosh. Let me count the WAYS: 

1-Allows us to travel with a large squad to faraway meets -- Richmond, Colonial Relays, Bucknell -- and give us valuable visibility at these regional meets.

2-Allows us to bring elite-level athletes to national-caliber meets. This year, we are bringing a small group of athletes to Raleigh Relays at North Carolina State. You donation ensures that we can do that -- this year and in future years. 

3-Allows us to fully outfit our team with gear and continue to provide equipment (pole vault poles, throwing event implements, etc.) as we rapidly expand to every event in track and field.

4-One long-term goal for our program is to purchase an alter-gravity treadmill -- the brand we are targeting is "Boost" treadmill. This is an EXPENSIVE piece of equipment -- in the tens of thousands of dollars. Some of our rival schools (you know, the one that finishes AHEAD of us every year!) make very good use of these devices, which allows injured athletes to continue to train at a very high level. Your Day of Giving donation -- this year and next year -- can go a long way to our program securing one of these vital pieces of equipment. 

OK. That's my sales pitch for now. Here are the links to donate!

If you want your donation to go toward the men's track/cross country budget, click HERE.

If you want your donation to go toward the women's track/cross country budget, click HERE. 

Thank you for your consideration and Go Red Foxes.