HARTFORD, Conn. - The Trinity College Women's and Men's Track and Field Team hosted several neighboring schools for their Trinity Invitational on Saturday, April 20th. Overall, the Bantams performed admirably on their home track and in the field, with the women finishing 3rd and the men placing 7th.

In addition to the excitement of hosting, the Bantams honored seniors Dahlia Galante, Libby Geisler, Cate Kneebone, Sophia Jones, Gabby Grattan, Kennedy Mullan, Ethan Wilkie, Terrance Bogan, Enzi Teacher-Dabrer, and Sam Strymish. The Trinity Invitational also served as the Bantams' Inclusion meet, celebrating diversity, embracing differences, and fostering unity within the community to support all backgrounds and identities.

"We take a lot of pride in hosting a great invitational at Trinity College," said head coach John Michael Mason. "I was happy to see such great performances across the board from teams at our meet, and especially from our Bantams. We've received tons of great feedback from visiting teams, officials, parents, and fans about our invitational, and we couldn't be prouder of our seniors with the energy they brought to their last regular season meet."

Key takeaways on the Women's side:

• Shea O'Neill and Jill Fisher made finals of the 100

• Sophia Jones, Emma Almoney, and Cate Kneebone all PR'd in the 200, and along with Kennedy Mullen all placed top-8 and ran under 26 seconds, all qualifying for New Englands

• First year Ava Dubois PRd in the 100 and 200 as well (don't need mention time)

• Kennedy Mullen season best in 400 WINNING performance (ranked 1st in Mideast Region)

• PR and 6th place for Viv Jacobs-Townsley in 1500

• PR and 3rd place for Paige Jaenicke in 5k

• 5th place and season best for Savannah Cece in 100-hurdles

• 2nd place and DIII New England Qualifying PR for Caitlin Fitzgerald in 400-hurdles

• 4x400 relay - Sophia Jones, Cate Kneebone, Emma Almoney, Kennedy Mullen) set a facility record! (and won by more than 10 seconds)

• Amaya Pendleton set a PR in the shot put and placed 4th , qualifing for DIII New England's. She also PR'd in the hammer, placing 5th
• Dahlia Galante placed 3rd in the javelin

Key takeaways on the Men's side:

• Khamani Hunter PR in 100

• Will Addison and Kahamani Hunter set 200 PRs and Zuri Johnson placed 2nd overall

• Zuri Johnson PR in the 400 and 3rd overall

• Lars Sippel 2nd in 800 and big PR

• Sam Benham PR in 800, running under 2-minutes for 1st time (Evan Farnan PR in 800 as well)

• Toby L'Esperance season best in 1500 WINNING performance

• 4x100 relay (Khamani Hunter, Zuri Johnson, Enzi-Dabner Teacher, Will Addison) placed 3rd and just missed a school record (by .01) 

• Ethan Wilkie won the shot put, discus, and hammer, and set a facility record in the shot put in the process

• Andrew Moran set a PR in the javelin, qualifying for DIII New Englands and placing 2nd

• Noah Falvey set a PR in the shot put and discus, placing 4th in the latter and qualifying for New Englands

• Andrew Williams set PRs in the hammer, discus, and shot put (making finals in the hammer)