FAIRFAX, Va. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland women's indoor track & field team recorded seven personal records, two school records, and three season-best marks at the Patriot Games hosted by George Mason University (Jan. 30-31).
 
For the third time this season, senior Savannah Owens (Frederick, Md./Gov. Thomas Johnson) has broken the 400m dash record. Owens clocked a season-best 1:01.46 to break her previous mark of 1:01.71 from the Finn Pincus Invite on Jan. 17. The 400m dash record has been broken four times overall this season.
 
Junior Avery Arizzi (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) broke her own school record in the 500m run, clocking a 1:22.53 to surpass her previous mark of 1:24.60 from Spartan Invitational on Jan. 10, 2025.
 
How It Happened

• Senior Fladaïna Bruno (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills) placed sixth in the weight throw with 12.14m.
• Arizzi captured her 500m run heat with a PR and school record of 1:22.53 for seventh place overall while finishing 29th in the 200m dash in 28.95.
• Junior Jillian Zukley (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) collected an eighth-place finish in the shot put with 10.23m.
• The foursome of Owens, first-year Lacey Schleig (Baltimore, Md./Sparrows Point), junior Ellie Geiger (California, Md./Leonardtown), and Arizzi came together for a ninth-place finish in the 4x400m relay with a season-best 4:34.93.
• Owens went ninth overall in the 400m dash with a season-best and school record 1:01.46 as she claimed the top spot in her heat.
• Sophomore Ella Mitchell (Towson, Md./Bryn Mawr) ran 3:26.76 for 13th place in the 1000m run while notching a personal record of 11:37.16 in the 3000m for 22nd place.
• Sophomore Rocksann Smith (Baltimore, Md./Baltimore City College) put up a season-best 4.76m in the long jump for 15th place.
• First-year Elle Wilson (Westminster, Md./Westminster) led four Seahawks in the 800m run as Wilson placed 22nd in 2:52.02. First-year Molly Hieatzman (Sykesville, Md./Century) posted a PR of 2:56.11 for 23rd place while junior Weiya Carter (Havre de Grace, Md./Towson) tallied a PR of 2:56.83 for 24th. Junior Alexis Hodges (Sugarland, Texas/Chopticon [Md.]) also earned a PR of 3:03.69 for 25th place.
• Owens added a 26th-place finish in the 60m dash in 8.27 after claiming the top spot in her heat. Additionally, sophomore Kayla Thomas (Baltimore, Md./Northeast) clocked a PR of 10.04 for 40th.
• Senior Kate Wachter (Takoma Park, Md./Montgomery Blair) went 5:58.48 in the mile for 27th overall while Wilson collected a PR of 6:11.07 for 30th.

 
Up Next for the Seahawks

• Feb. 6 at Scarlet Knights Open – New York, N.Y. (The Armory)
• Feb. 7 at Frank Colden Invitational – Collegeville, Pa. (Ursinus College)

 
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