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Doyle, 4x400m Relay Earns Wins as Blue Track & Field Places Sixth at Silfen Invitational

NEW LONDON, Conn. – Junior Emily Doyle (Mobile, Ala.) and the 4x400m Relay earned event wins as Wellesley College track & field finished sixth out of 22 teams at the Silfen Invitational on Saturday.

Doyle broke her own record in the Javelin Throw with a distance of 38.76m. Doyle captured first in the event. She later set a personal-best distance of 33.70m in the Hammer Throw.

The Blue won the 4x400m Relay event with a time of 4:15.12. The team consisted of sophomore Charlie Barron (Chattanooga, Tenn.), junior Aoife Fitzgerald (Paxton, Mass.), and sophomores Ella Whinney (Madison, Wis.) and Sara Maeve Klingensmith (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

Coast Guard won the team competition with 133 points. Host Connecticut College claimed second with 113 points. New Haven rounded out the top three with 94 points.

Wellesley's 4x100m Relay team of Junior Ria Goveas (Bangalore, India), seniors Eriko Darcy (Chicago, Ill.) and Taylor Quaye (Los Angeles, Calif.), and junior Merete Ogah (Austin, Texas) took fifth with a time of 50.73.

Sophomore Claire Peng (Chapel Hill, N.C.) won her heat of the 1500m event with a time of 5:11.81.

Barron and senior Eriko Darcy (Chicago, Ill.) both had top-10 finishes in the 400m. Barron was fifth with a time of 1:01.14. Darcy ran a time of 1:03.18 to take ninth place.

Junior Erin Dickinson (Papillion, Neb.) captured 10th in the Long Jump with a distance of 4.84m.

In the 400m Hurdles, Fitzgerald ran a time of 1:14.02.

Wellesley takes on Mount Holyoke and Smith in a tri-meet at Mount Holyoke on Saturday, April 20.

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Players Mentioned

Charlie Barron

Charlie Barron

Middle Distance
5' 7"
First-year
2026
Eriko Darcy

Eriko Darcy

Sprints
5' 2"
First-year
2024
Erin Dickinson

Erin Dickinson

Jumps
5' 3"
First-year
2025
Emily Doyle

Emily Doyle

Throws
5' 5"
First-year
2025
Aoife Fitzgerald

Aoife Fitzgerald

Sprints
5' 6"
First-year
2025
Ria Goveas

Ria Goveas

Sprints/Jumps
5' 3"
First-year
2024
Sara Maeve Klingensmith

Sara Maeve Klingensmith

Jumps/Sprints
5' 6"
First-year
2026
Merete Ogah

Merete Ogah

Sprints
5' 5"
First-year
2025
Claire Peng

Claire Peng

Distance
5' 4"
First-year
2026
Taylor Quaye

Taylor Quaye

Sprints
5' 4"
First-year
2024
Ella Whinney

Ella Whinney

Distance
5' 10"
First-year
2026

Players Mentioned

Charlie Barron

Charlie Barron

5' 7"
First-year
2026
Middle Distance
Eriko Darcy

Eriko Darcy

5' 2"
First-year
2024
Sprints
Erin Dickinson

Erin Dickinson

5' 3"
First-year
2025
Jumps
Emily Doyle

Emily Doyle

5' 5"
First-year
2025
Throws
Aoife Fitzgerald

Aoife Fitzgerald

5' 6"
First-year
2025
Sprints
Ria Goveas

Ria Goveas

5' 3"
First-year
2024
Sprints/Jumps
Sara Maeve Klingensmith

Sara Maeve Klingensmith

5' 6"
First-year
2026
Jumps/Sprints
Merete Ogah

Merete Ogah

5' 5"
First-year
2025
Sprints
Claire Peng

Claire Peng

5' 4"
First-year
2026
Distance
Taylor Quaye

Taylor Quaye

5' 4"
First-year
2024
Sprints
Ella Whinney

Ella Whinney

5' 10"
First-year
2026
Distance
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