WENHAM, Mass. (March 27, 2026) – WNE took the track and field at Gordon College for the first of a back-to-back weekend for the team, starting with the Jonathan Tymann Invitational. The team saw some great performances, including second-place finishes from
Olivia Kay, Nicholas Smith, and
Nolan Palmer in the women's 10,000m, men's 800m, and men's 400m hurdles.
Results:
Women's Team – No Team Results
Men's Team – No Team Results
How it Happened:
Track Results:
On the track, the Golden Bears started the day in a great way.
Olivia Kay and
Caitlin Reilly placed second and third, respectively, in the women's 10,000m event. Kay got a time of 42:16.02, and Reilly got a 43:13.07. Then,
Joshua Farrell earned a time of 4:15.32 in the men's 1,500m event and placed third. The women's 4x100m team of Amelia Dodge,
Imani Brown-Taylor,
Mackenzie Rinaldo, and
Kayla Kyles followed that with a second-place finish in their event, earning a time of 52.04.
Taylor Labadorf had a great women's 400m event, running a time of 1:03.52. Amelia Dodge would place in the top six in an individual event in addition to the relay earlier in the meet. Dodge got sixth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 18.77. The men's 800m event saw a Golden Bear place second, and it was Nicholas Smith. Smith had a time of 2:00.73 in the event. Then,
Nolan Palmer and
Jack Straut placed in the men's 400m hurdles. Palmer placed second with a time of 58.41, and Straut got sixth with a time of 1:01.41.
Imani Brown-Taylor would get fifth in the women's 200m dash with a time of 27.81. The women's 4x400m relay team of
Fallon Lynch,
Ava Bulmer,
Caitlin Reilly, and
Olivia Kay then placed third with a time of 4:52.74. Then, WNE's men's 4x400m team of Nicholas Smith,
Evan Stewart,
Sean Young, and
Pablo Tapion placed fourth with a time of 3:43.96 to end the team's time on the track.
Field Results:
In the field,
Jonathan Eylander would place sixth with a final mark of 11.29m in the men's shot put open.
Mackenzie Rinaldo and
Gabrielle Minuti would place fourth and fifth in the women's pole vault, respectively. Rinaldo had a mark of 2.60m, and Minuti had a 2.45m.
Owen Hawes and
Christopher Watkinson placed third and fourth in the men's pole vault event, respectively. Hawes earned a mark of 3.35m, and Watkinson earned a 3.20m mark.
Steel Land had a good day in the men's long jump event, earning a mark of 6.23m and fourth place. He also had a good day in the men's triple jump, placing third with a mark of 12.33m.
Up Next on the Schedule:
The Golden Bears will travel down the road to American International College for the Yellow Jacket Invitational on Saturday, March 28, 2026. This will be their second of two meets during the weekend of 3/27 and 3/28.
