Nahom, Chee, Davis Break Records for UConn at Navy & UVA

Friday, April 22

Charlottesville, VA

9:00 AM

University of Connecticut

Virginia Challenge

Photo by: Stephen Slade

4/23/2022 7:10:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

UVA Results | Navy Results

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The UConn women's track & field team split their squad this weekend and sent athletes to compete at the Navy Spring Invite and the Virginia Challenge at the University of Virginia.

The weekend was highlighted by three UConn records falling at the hands of senior Mia Nahom in the 5000 meters, freshman Gabby Davis in the 400 meter hurdles and junior Emma Chee in the pole vault, who snapped her own record for the second-straight week.

The Huskies racked up nine individual wins and a pair of relay wins at the Navy meet.

At UVA

On the track…

Senior Mia Nahom (New Milford, Conn.) finished 10th in the 5,000 meters invite race on Friday night, clocking in at 16:00.35, setting a new PR and breaking the UConn school record previously set by Emily Durgin in 2017 (16:05.44).
In the section 2 running of the 5,000 meters, freshman Chloe Thomas (Dundas, Ontario) was 20^th with a time of 16:37.40, setting a new PR by nearly 35 seconds.
In the 800 meters, senior Allie Aslup (Durham, Conn.) finished 27^th with a time of 2:11.80, setting a new PR.

At Navy

On the track…

In the 400-meter hurdles, freshman Gabby Davis (Franklin Park, NJ) took first and set a new school record. Her time of 59.47 seconds, a new PR by over two seconds, broke the previous mark of 59.89 seconds set by Kristina Cherrington in 2019.
Freshman Brianna Davis (Bay Shore, NY) won the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.75 seconds and freshman Danielle Phillip (Valley Stream, NY) was third in 12.03 seconds.
In the 800 meters, Madison Relyea won with a time of 2:15.31. Senior Katelynn Romanchick (Trumbull, Conn.) was third in 2:18.48, a new PR.
Sophomore Jenna Zydanowicz (West Hartford, Conn.) won the 1500 meters posting a time of 4:34.07.
Freshman Jailya Ash (Voorhees, NJ) led the Huskies four runners in the 100-meter hurdles, winning with a time of 13.64 seconds, a new PR for the second-straight week. Sophomore Felicia Quainoo (Metuchen, NJ) was third with a new PR time of 14.18 seconds.
The 4x100 team of Phillip, Davis, Amanda Ruffin (Ellicott City, Md.) and Ash won with the fastest time this season at 46.13 seconds
The 4x400 team of Rosa, Cooper, Elliott and Gabby Davis posted the fastest Husky time this spring as well at 3:50.84 to win.
Freshman Ta'Jae Jackson (Bolingbrook, Ill.) was third in the 200 meters and set a new PR with a time of 24.68 seconds.
Freshman Raquel Rosa (Waterbury, Conn.) was second in the 400 meters at 55.80 second with Jackson running fourth in 56.34 seconds, another new PR.

In the field…

For the second-straight weekend, junior Emma Chee (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) set a new school record in the pole vault, and this weekend she established a new facility record as well at Navy. Chee cleared a height of 4.23 meters to take first place.
Freshman Kalli Knott (Erie, Pa.) was third with a height of 3.72 meters
Freshman Emily Alty (Asburn, Ontario) got the weekend started on Friday night by winning the discus with a new PR, posting a throw of 47.09 meters.
On Saturday, fellow freshman Natalia Surdej (Lancaster, NY) won the hammer throw, posting a throw of 56.66 meters.
Junior Patricia Mroczkowski (Berlin, Conn.) got her second win in the high jump this outdoor season, posting a height of 1.76 meters.
Freshman Brynn Madonna (Allendale, NJ) was second in the shot put with a throw of 13.18 meters and Sophomore Susie Okoli (New Haven, Conn.) was third at 13.00 meters, setting a new PR.
Sophomore Julia Moraitis (Wilbraham, Mass.) took second in the javelin with a throw of 39.09 meters while classmate Jackie Simington (Shelton, Conn.) was fourth at 37.53 meters.
In the long jump, sophomore Jamie Kobus (Princeton Junction, NJ) was third at 5.35 meters and freshman A'liyah Thomas (Linden, NJ) was fourth at 5.31 meters.