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TRACK | Georgetown Competes in the Nittany Lion Challenge

After over a month without competitions, the Georgetown men’s and women’s track and field team competed in the Nittany Lion Challenge at Penn State on Saturday, Jan. 15. 

The Hoyas started off with the women’s and men’s mile. Katie Dammer, a senior middle distance runner, started off her race strong in fourth place. As the race went on, however, she lost her footing and fell to seventh place during the second lap. Dammer persisted and finished in seventh place with a time of 4 minutes and 55.47 seconds, roughly eight seconds more than her personal record. In the men’s mile, senior middle distance runner Quinn Nicholson finished in fourth place with a time of 4:08.71. 

Early in the afternoon, Georgetown junior sprinter Maya Drayton finished in fifth place in the women’s 60-meter with a time of 7.72 seconds. In the men’s 60, sophomore sprinter Joshua Paige finished third in the finals with a 6.80.

Sophomore middle distance runner Sierra Dinneen gave a strong performance in the women’s 600, finishing in third place overall with a 1:33.95. In the same race, senior middle distance runner Katherine Lee placed first in her heat with a 1:40.23, finishing 11th overall. In the men’s 600, Ethan Delagado, a senior middle distance runner, also earned Georgetown a third place position. Delgado started in fourth place but finished second in his heat with a 1:19.92.

The Georgetown women’s team did not place in the top ten in the 400 race. The men’s team, however, saw  stronger performances with sophomore sprinter Jabril El-Amin coming in fifth place with a 50:44 time. 

GUHoyas | The Hoyas competed in the Nittany Lion challenge at Penn State, placing 2nd in the men’s 4×400 relay and seeing two runners place first in their respective races.

Entering the 1,000 race for the Hoyas, senior middle distance runner Rachel Sessa placed third in her heat and third overall in the race, finishing in 2:50.78. All six runners on the men’s team finished in the top ten, securing a dominant team performance for the Hoyas. Notably, junior middle distance runner Matthew Payamps finished in first place with a time of 2:21.26. Camden Gilmore and Parker Stokes, both junior distance runners, finished in third and fourth place respectively, within two milliseconds of each other. 

Toward the end of the meet, the Hoyas competed in the 200 race. Drayton finished first in the second heat and placed second overall finishing in 24.76 seconds, coming close to her personal record of 24.39 seconds. First-year sprinter Chloe Williams also placed first in her heat but placed ninth overall, completing the race in 26.14 seconds. Paige placed first in his heat and first overall in the men’s 200 with a new personal record of 21.18 seconds.

The Nittany Lion Challenge ended with the men’s 4×400 relay, in which first-year sprinters Aaron Lindsey, Delgado, Payamps, and El-Amin ran for Georgetown. The team finished second in its heat as well as second in the overall relay, running 3:20.85.

The Hoyas’ men and women’s track team will travel to Virginia to race in the Hokie Invitational on Jan. 21st at 10:00 am.

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