Women’s Track & Field in 12th at A-10 Championship

Fairfax, Va. – (May 3, 2025) – The Fordham women's track & field team sits in 12^th place at the 2025 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track & Field Championship, which is being held at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
 
Five events and all preliminaries were completed on day one before a weather delay prevented the 10,000-meter event to be completed as Katarina Birimac was leading at the 4,800-meter split with Sarah Zahaykevich in ninth.  That event will be restarted on Sunday morning.
 
Fordham scored in one event on Saturday, as Meredith Gotzman placed fifth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a personal-best time of 10:50.55.
 
Additionally, Fordham qualified for one Sunday final in the 400-meter dash.  Alexandra Williams qualified fourth overall in the 400 meters in a school record time of 55.41 seconds, besting the mark of 55.56 by Titi Fagade in 2012.  She also competed in the 200-meter dash, placing 18^th in 24.88 seconds.  The final sprint event was the 100-meter dash, where Caroline Fallona was 24^th in 12.43 seconds.

 

Kylie Ritz was the top performer for the Rams in the hurdles, finishing 11^th in the 100-meter hurdles (14.54) and 15^th in the 400-meter hurdles (1:05.00).
 
For the middle distance events, Sophia Oliva had the top time in the 1,500 meters at 4:57.95, which was 31^st overall, while Megan McCann (2:14.27) and Brenna Sears (2:14.31) were 13^th and 14^th, respectively in the 800-meter run, setting career-best marks for both runners.
 
In the field events, Michaela Gier just missed scoring in the pole vault, as she broke her own school record, clearing 12' ¾" for ninth overall.  Sarah Cooley competed in both the javelin throw (107' 3") and hammer throw (123' 9"), placing 10^th and 19^th, respectively.
 
Lastly, Leia Ruvo is 13^th in the heptathlon through the first four events with a score of 2,470 points.  She was second in the 200-meter dash (25.80), third in the high jump (5' 3 ¼"), 11^th in the shot put (31' 7 ¼") and 13^th in the 100-meter hurdles (18.86).
 
The Championship concludes on Sunday, starting at 9:00 AM.