From NYU Athletics

The New York University women's track & field team competed at the Boston University Valentine's Invitational on Friday, February 10, in Boston, MA.

Freshman Fatimat Ayinde landed in 46th in the 60m hurdles, posting a time of 9.48. Sophomore Chelle Mitchell took 79th with a time of 10.26.

Sophomore Mimi Conti clocked a time of 1:00.97 to finish 97th in the 400m dash. The Villa Hills, KY, native followed that performance by placing 81st in the 200m dash with a time of 26.40. Trailing behind were classmates Samantha Scoggins (personal-best 26.57) and Mitchell (personal-best 29.00) in 88th and 193rd, respectively.

"Today was about the mental struggle," said Head Coach Erison Hurtault, whose team left for Boston today at 7 am. "The women competed well given the situation. They kept their mental edge, so I am proud of them for that."

HIGHLIGHTS: 

- Sophomore transfer Sabrina Herrmann paced NYU in the 3,000m, recording a personal-best time of 10:25.85 to take 110th. Junior Lara Dorsky followed suit with a career-best time (10:44.68) of her own to come in 128th. 

- Senior Justine Morris led the Violets in the mile with her season-best time of 5:26.67, finishing 165th. Next up for the Violets was junior Megan Davis (181st place) with a career-best time of 5:30.25. Closing out NYU in the mile were senior Kassi Chyrsanthopoulos (5:42.60) and freshman Isabella Steains (5:53.23) in 209th and 218th place, respectively.

- Junior Hannah Haley ended the Violets' day with a 53rd-place finish in the 5,000m, posting a career-best time of 18:54.73. 

"A lot of personal bests on the day," said Hurtault. "Hoping for better performances across the season, but we are heading in the right direction."