Kings Point, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Track and Field team put together a strong performance on Sunday at the 2023 Skyline Conference Championship Meet, pacing third with a point total of 114. After winning two individual events, Mount Saint Mary freshman Lily O'Brien was named the Skyline Conference Rookie of the Year, while Head Coach Fred Callo was tabbed the Women's Coach of the Year.
 
O'Brien had a big day for the Knights both on the track and in the field, winning the 400-meter hurdles and the Triple Jump. O'Brien, who earned First Team All-Skyline Conference accolades in each event, topped the field in the hurdles with a time of 1:14.23 and posted a championship mark of 9.90 meters in the Triple Jump. O'Brien closed out a stellar day with third place finishes in the 100-meter hurdles (18.52), High Jump (1.43) and Long Jump (4.72) to go along with an eighth place showing in the 5,000-meters with a time of 25:39.09.
 
Jessica Kerrigan (Howard Beach, N.Y.) also turned in strong performances on both the track and in the field, highlighted by a Second Team All-Skyline Conference performance in the 100-meter dash. Kerrigan took the runner-up position in the event with a time of 13.57 seconds and added a sixth-place finish in the 200-meters in 30.02 and a seventh place showing in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:24.32. In the field events, Kerrigan finished fifth in the Triple Jump (8.67) and was tied for sixth in the High Jump (1.38) and tied for eighth in the Long Jump (4.45).
 
Emily Schneider (Rock Tavern, N.Y.) continued her standout rookie season in the throws for the Knights on Sunday, posting four top-10 finishes. Schneider won the individual crown and was named First Team All-Skyline Conference in the Hammer Throw with a mark of 41.36 meters and added a fifth-place finish in the Discus (24.75), eighth place finish in the Javelin (14.62) and a ninth-place finish in the Shot Put (7.42).
 
Lindsey Medina (Newburgh, N.Y.) earned Second Team All-Skyline Conference honors in the Hammer Throw for the Knights, finishing just behind Schneider with a throw of 33.93 meters. Medina also placed fifth in the Shot Put (9.02) and collected an eight-place finish in the Discus (20.13).
 
Priya Patel (Ozone Park, N.Y.) turned in a fourth-place finish for the Knights in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 15:17.77 and added a seventh-place finish in the 5,000-meters in 23:49.44 and an eighth place run in the 1,500-meters in a time of 6:12.11.
 
Freshman Sarah Kannenberg (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) had a strong day on the track for the Mount, finishing the 1,500-meters in a time of 5:27.17, good for fourth place, the 800-meters in 2:40.41, good for fifth place and the 5,000-meters in 23:20.54, completing the event in the sixth position.
 
Kaitlin Hansen (Port Jervis, N.Y.) led the Knights in the 400-meters with a sixth-place time of 1:08.54 and checked in fourth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 19.33 seconds. In the field, Hansen produced a ninth-place finish in the Long Jump for the Knights.
 
Kitty Masayda (Watertown, Conn.) ran to a fifth-place finish in both the hurdle races, completing the 100-meter event in 20.25 seconds and the 400-meter race in 1:20.60. In the field, Masayda finished fourth in the High Jump and seventh in both the Long and Triple Jumps.
 
Raina Quinones (West Babylon, N.Y.) turned in a sixth-place finish for the Mount in the Discus as well as an eight-place showing in the Shot Put and completed the 400-meters in 1:11.96, good for eighth place.
 
Other strong performances in the throws were turned in by Rebecca Meade (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) who took fifth in the Hammer Throw and 10^th place in the Javelin, Reyna Baumann (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) who finished sixth in the Shot Put and 10^th in the Discus and Lilly La Rocca (Park Ridge, N.J.) who took eighth in the Hammer Throw.
 
On the track, the 4x100-meter relay team of Kerrigan, Hansen, Quinones and Masayda took third place for the Knights with a time of 55.52 seconds.
 
Farmingdale State won the team event on Sunday with a point total of 222; 42 points ahead of runner-up USMMA.
 
Mount Saint Mary looks to continue its strong spring on May 12 when it takes part in the ECAC Championship Meet.