EVENTS: BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational | Blue & White Invite
WHERE: Boston U Track & Tennis Center, Boston, Mass. | Alumni Sports & Fitness Center, Lancaster, Pa. 
 

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BU DAVID HEMERY VALENTINE INVITATIONAL

Emily Moehringer, Apolline Gaspers, and Brigid Byrnes all broke program records on a successful day for Catholic women's track & field up in Boston at the famed Valentine Invitational. 

Moehringer trimmed three seconds off her own program record time of 2:17.57 in the 800-meter run on Friday as she crossed the finish line in 2:14.52. Unadjusted, her time would rank in the top 15 in Division III this season and is the second-fastest time in the South Region this year. 

Gaspers was the final women's competitor of the day for Catholic in Boston on Friday and she did not disappoint, cruising to a new top mile time in program history. Gaspers clocked in at 5:01.06, breaking Lauren Cerda's two-week old record by just over two seconds. This marks the second time in three weeks the women's mile record has fallen after standing for over 40 years. 

Continuing upon a reoccurring theme this season, Byrnes broke another program record! The freshman made it five individual program records plus a relay record as she ran a 26.11 in the 200 to break Danielle Caruccio's 2017 record of 26.72. She moves into the top 10 in Landmark Conference history after brushing by her previous personal best time of 27.17. 

Running alongside Moehringer in the 800, Cerda continued her impressive campaign, crossing the finish line in 2:16.59 to bump her into second all-time on the Catholic Performance List. She bested her time from the Robert Comstock Cardinal Classic by nearly six seconds. 

Kate Inglis and Clare Marsh also clocked in strong performances on Friday as Inglis kicked the day off for Catholic with a time of 10:19.50 in the 3,000. This is a 23-second improvement from her time at the Cardinal Classic and is just 11 seconds shy of her school record time. Marsh competed strongly in the 400, finishing in 1:00.84. 
 

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES - BLUE & WHITE INVITE

• Ciara Donegan set a new personal best in the weight throw with a toss of 12.72 meters. Donegan's previous best was 12.42 meters. She sits in seventh on the Catholic Performance List. 
• Alexa Grassi also set a new personal best, clocking in at 2:23.23 in the 800 to pick up a third-place finish. She beat her previous top time of 2:24.35 and remains in sixth on the Catholic Performance List. 
• Already the program record holder with a time of 8.06, Erin Buckley finished fifth in the 60-meter dash with a competitive time of 8.14. She also improved on her PR time of 27.08 in the 200-meter dash to record a new best time of 27.00 and move into third on the performance list. 
• Felicity Giampietro ran a time of 8.39 in the 60-meter dash to move up to ninth on the Catholic Performance List. 
• Sabrina Beniquez moved into fourth on the Performance List in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.13.
• Zoey Brown finished fifth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:02.77 to secure tenth on the Catholic All-time Performance List.