Husson University women’s track & field senior Payton Goodwin broke her own program record in the 800 meters on Saturday at the Maine State Championships hosted by Bates College. Both Goodwin and sophomore Ava Dowling qualified for New England’s in the 800 meters, while the team put together an afternoon of personal bests.
Freshman Addi Laslie began the Eagles fifth-place showing at states with a seventh-place performance in the 60 meters with a time of 8.50. While senior Willow Whitten finished sixth in the 400 meters with a mark of 1:05.59.
Junior Miranda Dunton paced the Eagles to a fifth-place showing in the 600 meters with a time of 1:49.33, setting a personal-record in the event. Dunton later finished seventh in the 3,000 meters with a mark of 11:36.06, breaking her previous personal record of 11:37.89 set earlier this season.
Husson put together it’s most impressive showing of the championships in the 800 meters, with two Eagles finishing inside the top eight, paced by Goodwin’s third-place finish with a time of 2:25.41. Sophomore Ava Dowling finished seventh overall with a mark of 2:28.47. Goodwin’s time of 2:25.41 broke her own 800 record set at the Bates Invitational on Jan. 21. Additionally, Dowling set a personal-record in the event, also breaking the previous program record.
In the 4×200-meter relay Husson finished fifth overall with a time of 1:56.68 as the team of freshmen Angelina Cotoni, Laslie, Niamiah Perry and Johanna Stiles ran the ninth-fastest time in program history.
Dowling, Goodwin, Whitten and senior Norah Garvey finished fourth in the 4×400 with a time of 4:27.09, breaking their own time of 4:28.14 for the third-fastest 4×400 time in program history.
The Eagles continued their strong afternoon with a sixth-place performance in the 4×800 relay as the team of Dunton, freshman Grace Bedore, Nina Gregory and senior Isabelle Jackson posted a time of 11:28.64 for the third-fastest time in school history.
Cotoni finished fifth in the pole vault with a height of 2.55 meters, setting a personal record in the event. While Goodwin cleared 4.92 meters in the long jump to finish seventh, setting a personal record to complete the Eagles afternoon.
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