PHILADELPHIA, PA – Following a two-year hiatus, the prestigious Penn Relays Presented by Toyota made its triumphant return at Franklin Field on Thursday, with select members of Siena Outdoor Track taking part. Siena runners got the team's two-day action started with competitors running in the 3000-meter steeplechase, 5,000 and 10,000-meter races.
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Two weeks after setting the school record in his event, junior
Tommy Anderson placed ninth overall in the steeplechase with a time of 9:00.08, under a second off of his best time of 8:59.65.
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Senior
Olivia Lomascolo finished 11
th overall in the 5000 with a time of 16:30.49 to go just over three seconds from her school record time of 16:27.45 set back in March. Junior
Brandon Olden took sixth in the men's 5k with a time of 13:54.86, while classmate
Aidan Gillooley claimed 16
th place with a new personal best time of 14:04.56.
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Graduate student
Regina Rosati rounded out the Saints' participation in one of the oldest meets in the nation by placing 14
th in the women's 10k with a time of 35:27.06 to log the second-fastest time in the event in program history and become the second women in school history to go under the 36-minute mark.
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Siena's distance medley relay teams took the track on Friday, with the women setting the school record in the event for the second time this season. The team of freshman
Keira Flaherty (400), sophomore
Jennifer McClintock (800), freshman
Claire Gardner (1200) and junior
Delia McDade Clay (1600) ran a time of 11:59.82 and finish ninth overall, breaking the previous record set back in February at the MAAC Indoor Track Championships of 12:00.04. The Men's team of junior
Matthew Laframboise, junior
Ryan Famiglietti, sophomore
Griffin Cooke, and sophomore
Killian McNamee finished 13th with a time of 10:06.19.Â
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