ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The Dickinson women's track and field team returned to action on Saturday afternoon with a bang as the Red and White won seven events in a strong showing at the Muhlenberg College Invitational.

Sprints
Two Devils earned Top-10 results for the 100m as Maddie Kyle rounded out the Top-5 with 13.45, followed two spots later Naomi Alperin posted a 13.60. Three other members were involved in the event with Abbe Kitchin nabbing 13th (13.81), Eliza Gichner finishing 17th (13.98) and Morgan Mooradian (27th - 14.92). When hurdles were added to the mix Darya Mikusova collected the win with a 15.66, while Alperin and Leah Biwott grabbed fourth (17.03) and eighth (18.89).

Five Dickinson athletes went to the track during the 200m with a quartet of athletes landing inside the Top-10: Sara Penuela (2nd - 25.75), Emerlee Simons (5th - 26.34), Mariana Penuela (7th - 26.99) and Maddie Kyle (10th - 27.89). Maddie Brown just missed the Top-10 hitting the line in eleventh (27.91). 

Simons and Brown then earned Top-5 results for the 400m clocking in at 1:00.48 (3rd) and 1:02.55 (5th). Kitchin and Evelyn Swayze finished within a second of each other with marks of 1:04.80 (10th) and 1:05.60 (11th). Kayleigh Vitu got involved as well securing 15th (1:08.17). At the same distance, but with hurdles in the mix Mikusova bested the competition with a time of 1:01.81.

Distance
Charlotte Kratovil-Lavelle posted a solid effort in the 800m hitting the stripe in 2:27.65 for second. The other three athletes the did battle at that distance saw Meghan Higgins-Haas, Marley Kurey and Leah Bell collecting 14th (2:45.97), 15th (2:46.31) and 18th (2:51.27) respectively. 

The Red and White grabbed another victory in the 1500m where Amiyah Priebe won the event with a 4:47.55, while Kratovil-Lavelle finished off the Top-3 in 4:54.67. Higgins-Haas wrapped up the Top-10 (5:11.23) and Kurey closed out the Top-20 (5:32.75). Bell posted a 5:59.71 for 29th.

Sammy Jo Barnes was the lone DC athlete for the 5000m taking third after hitting the line in 18:28.58.

Relays
Dickinson put three teams in each of the races with the "A" unit for the 4x100m winning the race at 49.50, followed by the "B" (6th - 53.35) and "C" (7th - 54.69). The "A" team in the 4x400m earned the victory with a 4:02.68, while the "B" squad nabbed third (4:20.95) and the "C" crew took up ninth (4:37.34).

Field
The Devils filled the podium for the shot put as Abby Everett won the event with a toss of 11.38m, followed by Claire Shearer in second (10.68m) and Damien Labrada (3rd - 10.21m). Jenna Deep collected fifth thanks to a 9.48m. At the discus area, Everett finished in second (39.35m) and Deep nabbed eighth (30.73m). In the hammer cage, Everett rounded out the Top-3 on a heave of 42.85m, while Deep landed in fourth (40.43m). Labrada earned 12th on a launch of 35.00m.

At the jump pit, Mooradian claimed ninth in the high jump with a leap of 1.37m. S. Penuela seized another win for the Devils during the long jump dropping in at 5.45m, followed in the Top-10 by her sister M. Penuela (4th - 5.12m) and Annie Leder (8th - 4.70m). Vitu also competed finishing in 19th after landing at 3.95m.

Next on the Docket
Dickinson is back to work on Thursday for Day One of the Three Day Messiah University Invite beginning at noon.