PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Senior Paige Hurst (Pelham, N.H.) and sophomore Rose Karow (South Yarmouth, Mass.) took home individual event wins and helped team up for a significant program record to aid the Plymouth State University women's track & field team to a sixth-place finish at the Little East Conference (LEC) Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Rhode Island College at the Providence Career & Technical Academy Field House on Saturday.
 
Hurst jumpstarted the Panthers in the 400-meters when she won the event in a career-best 1:00.89. She took home the conference title while remaining two seconds off the program record.
 
Karow ran her signature event in the 800-meters and coasted to a winning time of 2:21.55, finishing only a second off her own program record time.
 
The duo joined efforts alongside senior Montana Casa (Storrs Mansfield, Conn.) and junior Cass Hanson (Stetson, Maine) for the 4x400-meter relay, crushing the program record by about nine seconds to finish in 4:14.67.
 
Freshman Ani Flynn (Plymouth, N.H.) also set a school record after winning the high jump by clearing 1.59 meters.
 
Plymouth State finished sixth overall with 53 points.
 
 
The Basics:

• LEC Championships – 6th of 9 Teams
  • Southern Maine (131), Keene State (105), UMass Boston (78), Eastern Connecticut (74), Rhode Island College (70), Plymouth State (53), UMass Dartmouth (52), VTSU Castleton (16), WestConn (9)

How it Happened:

• Hurst nabbed the first victory of the day in the 400-meters when she crossed the line in 1:00.89.
• Freshman Abby Marston (Greene, Maine) placed sixth in the 600-meters in 1:52.07.
• Karow found another win for the Panthers in the 800-meters with a time of 2:21.55, while senior Abigail Snow (Grantham, N.H.) took sixth in 2:38.34.
• Flynn finished sixth overall in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.83 seconds.
• Hurst, Flynn, Casa and Hanson joined forces in the 4x200-meter relay when they finished second in 1:49.39.
• The 4x400-meter squad of Casa, Hanson, Karow and Hurst also placed second in a combined time of 4:14.67, crushing the previous record by roughly nine seconds.
• Juniors Isabel Costa (Harrisville, R.I.) and Amber Fernald (Alton, N.H.) and freshmen Mia Sweeney (Plymouth, Mass.) and Mary McGloine (Schuylerville, N.Y.) teamed up in the 4x800-meter relay to finish fifth in 11:10.23.
• Flynn made her mark in the high jump after she cleared 1.59 meters to win the event in school record fashion.
• Sophomore Emma Couturier (Turner, Maine) placed sixth overall in the long jump with a leap of 5.05 meters.
• Senior Kylie Taylor (Orford, N.H.) also took a sixth-place finish in the weight throw with a toss of 12.95 meters.

 
Up Next:

• Qualifying athletes head to the TRACK at new balance for the NCAA Division III New England Regional Championship next weekend.