Results
GENEVA, Ohio -- Junior Hannah Brackley and sophomore Gabrielle LeBihan recorded school records in Nazareth's indoor track and field meet on Saturday. The Golden Flyers' men's and women's teams traveled to the SPIRE North Coast Open meet in Geneva, Ohio. In the men's competition, senior Jake Lafaver placed fourth in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:56.82.

In the men's field events, sophomore Luis Rivera was fifth in the 35-pound weight throw with a throw of 14.84 meters (48 ft, 8 1/4 in.) while classmate Khiary Gayle was seventh in the triple jump with a leap of 12.2 meters (40 ft., 3/10 in.). In the shot put, sophomore Brandon Vuolo was ninth with a throw of 12.67 meters (41 ft., 6 41/50 in.).

Top performances for Nazareth on the track included a seventh-place finish for the Golden Flyers' 4x400-meter relay team of Jake and Zack Lafaver and freshmen Jenoy Merchant and Matt Battaglia. The relay team finished in 3:34.96. In addition to Jake Lafaver's 800-meter performance, Zack Lafaver was 13th (2:00.83), and freshman Jacob Murray was 20th (2:03.86).

In the 5,000-meter run, sophomore Patrick Neureuter was eighth, and Tom Lannon was ninth with times of 17:23.56 and 17:57.47, respectively. Also, Richardson Pierre was 12th in the 60-meter dash with a time of :7.38 seconds, while senior John O'Malley placed 21st in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.48 seconds.

Brackley placed fourth and broke her own record in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.44, which beat her 2013 record by .29 seconds. In the 200-meter event, Brackley claimed the school record by .01 seconds from teammate Taylor Pierson. Brackley's time was :26.75 seconds, and she placed eighth overall. Pierson was 16th with a time of :27.34. LeBihan's eighth-place 3,000-meter time of 10:32.14 was nearly 35 seconds faster than the prior school record, which has been held by Laura Snepenger since 2006. Freshman Emily Thompson finished in 17th-place with a time of 11:04.34.

Junior Michaela Gildemeyer recorded a second-place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:20.26, which was her fastest indoor time in the event. The Golden Flyers' 4x400-meter relay of Brackley, Pierson, Gildemeyer, and sophomore Kenzi Coon was fifth with a time of 4:17.04.

In the 5,000-meter run, freshman Jamie DiSalvo and sophomore Blair Meeson recorded back-to-back finishes with DiSalvo placing fifth and Meeson placing sixth. DiSalvo finished with a time of 20:20.27, and Meeson had a time of 20:59.49.

Nazareth also collected top-10 finishes in several field events. Freshman Kelsey Hill was third in the triple jump with a mark of 10.27 meters (33 ft, 8 1/3 in.), and sophomore Amanda Entress was seventh with a leap of 9.86 meters (32 ft, 4 1/5 in). In the pole vault, junior Sibongile Chisi was sixth with a mark of 3.05 meters (10 ft, 4/5 in.). Freshman Anna Bertrand and junior Kate Durr each competed in the high jump. Both girls finished with a mark of 1.47 meters (4 ft, 9 7/8 in.).

Nazareth is in action again next Saturday, February 1, when the Golden Flyers travel to Ithaca for the Empire 8 Championships.