WILLIAMSBURG Va., -The William & Mary women's track & field team closed out the Colonial Relays strong on Saturday. After breaking two school records and securing five top-three finishes, the Tribe placed second overall with a total of 74.50 points.  Virginia won the team title with 80 points and Bucknell settled in third with 73.50 points.

For the second year in a row, the Green & Gold won the 4x400 relay.  Team of sophomores Carly Swierbut, Mary Gregory, Grace Bir, and freshmen Emily Ervin recorded a combined time of 3:42.57, shaving two and a half seconds off the school record. It was the fastest time to win the colonial relays by any school since 2010.


How It Happened:

• In the shot-put sophomore, Keeley Suzenski broke the school record with a mark of 14.93m,  placing second overall and collecting eight points for the Green & Gold.
• Over in the triple jump sophomore, Chelsea Mitchell leaped into second at a mark of 11.61m, while rookie Dana Abraham finished third at 11.51m, to complete her first Colonial Relays.
• Sophomore Chelsea Wallace placed eighth in the discus with a mark of 45.69m and contributed a point to the Tribe's overall score.
• Rounding it out for the Tribe in the 4x1500 meter relay, sophomores Molly Coyle, Emily Sell, Annie Wicker, Kyra Holland, and freshman Lucy Young finished third at 19:19.30, adding six points to the Green & Gold's overall tally.

NEXT UP:  The Tribe will compete at the Mason Spring Invitational in Fairfax, Va. April 9.

2022 Colonial Relays
1) Virginia 80
2) William & Mary 74.50
3) Bucknell 73.50
4) Quinnipiac 59
5) Brown 55.50
6) Saint Francis University 55
7) Delaware 47
8) Stony Brook 42.50
9) George Mason 36
10) Temple 34
11) Oakland 31
12) Fordham 26
 13) James Madison 25
T13) Williams 25
15) Binghamton 23
T15) Umass Lowell 23
17) Buffalo 22.50
18) Howard 21
19) George Washington 20
T19) Rider 20
21) Richmond 15
22) Norfolk State 13.50
23) New Hampshire 12
T23) Wagner 12
 T23) Marist 12
26) Kutztown 11
 27) Duquesne 9
T27) Liu Brooklyn 9
T27) Manhattan 9
30) St. Peter's 8
31) Shippensburg 7
32) Loyola (Md.) 6
33) New Jersey Institute 5
34) Roberts Wesleyan 4
35) American U. 3
T35) Christopher Newport 3
T35) Southern Virginia 3
38) Lynchburg 1