NEW YORK - The Swarthmore College women's track and field team returned to action at the Armory Track & Field Center, competing in the NYU Saturday Night Shootout on January, 18. 

The women's 4x800-meter relay team of Liz Tawa, Sarah Nielsen, Kate Hannah and Katie Jo McMenamin took an ECAC-qualifying ticket on their 9:40.96 second-place finish. The mark is at the top of the Centennical Conference performance list this season. 

Sophomore Katie Lin recorded a season-best 400-meter dash finish of 1:01.24 for third place and first in her heat. Running in her first collegiate 1,000-event, sophomore Sophia Frantz paced the loop in 3:33.68 for 11th place. Senior Emma Saarel (5:27.85) and sophomore Jenna Cody (5:30.04) each recorded personal-bests in the mile run. 

In the 3,000-meter, freshman Indy Reid-Shaw led the Garnet with her 10:50.00 pace for eighth place followed by freshmen Natalie McLaughlin (11:07.37) and Tess Wei (11:11.22). 

 The sprint medley relay also recorded a strong finish of the legs of Anise Charles, Lulu Allen Waller, Julia Nee and Lin with a 4:34.50 pace. 

Junior Osazenoriuwa Ebose made her first indoor appearance of the season, recording a shot put distance of 10.80 meters (35' 3.25") for second place. 

Next up for Swarthmore is the Haverford Invitational on Saturday, January 25th, a precursor to the Centennial Conference Championships in February. 

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