PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Junior Emily Philbrook (Penacook, N.H.) took home an individual win to lead the Plymouth State University women's indoor track & field team to a fourth place finish at the Panther Invitational II at the Bank of New Hampshire Field House on Saturday.
 
Philbrook quickly controlled the race in the 3,000-meters to win the even with a personal best time of 11:37.87. Her time is now 37 seconds away from the program record.
 
Plymouth State took fourth out of seven teams at the meet, earning 72 total points.
 
Prior to the meet Plymouth State honored its senior class: Breanna Fearon (Monroe, N.H.), Jade Gizzi (Tewksbury, Mass.), Abby Hurley (Kennebunkport, Maine), Cierra Isakson (Kingston, Mass.), Janelle Kitchin (Fair Haven, Vt.), Rachael Mello (North Kingstown, R.I.) and Jordan Velie (Manchester, N.H.).
 
The Basics:

• Panther Invitational II – 4th of 8 Teams
  • SNHU (125), Keene State (119), Colby-Sawyer (75), Plymouth State (72), Franklin Pierce (65), Fitchburg State (46), Suffolk (38), Bentley (34)

How it Happened:

• Velie ran a season-best time of 10.97 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles to take tenth.
• The duo of junior Mackenzie Labrie (Canaan, N.H.) and freshman Cass Hanson (Stetson, Maine) took third and fifth in the 60-meter dash in times of 8.35 and 8.38 seconds after punching in qualifying times of 8.41 and 8.46 seconds in the prelims.
• Hurley placed fourth in the mile run, finishing in 5:56.15.
• Sophomore Amy Cohen (Concord, N.H.) took fifth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:11.64.
• Kitchin teamed up with freshman Gracie Villareal (Walden, Vt.) to finish fourth and sixth in the 800-meter run with times of 2:34.32 and 2:40.86.
• Freshman Amber Fernald (Alton, N.H.) represented in the 1,000-meter run with a fifth place showing of 3:48.36.
• Labrie and Hanson were joined by Gizzi in the 200-meter dash, as the trio finished third, fourth and eighth with times of 28.13, 28.50 and 30.26, respectively.
• Philbrook took the win in the 3,000-meter run with a season-best time of 11:37.87, while junior Catherine Donovan (Hollis, N.H.) was fifth in 12:31.46.
• The 4x800-meter relay team of Kitchin, Villareal, Cohen and Hurley snagged second after combining for a time of 10:54.66.
• Sophomore Julia Ahern (Plymouth, N.H.) tied for seventh in the high jump after clearing a height of 1.41 meters.
• Classmate Libby McIntyre (Greene, Maine) and Fearon placed seventh and eighth in the weight throw with heaves of 10.67 and 10.50 meters, respectively.
• Isakson took third in the shot put with a toss of 8.58 meters.

 
Up Next:

• Plymouth State takes a select few to Boston University for the David Hemery Valentine Invitational next weekend in a final tune up for the Little East Conference championships.