MYRTLE BEACH S.C. - Colgate was among some of the top collegiate track & field teams from all three NCAA Divisions around the East competing in the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational held at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium from Thursday through Saturday. The Raider women finished an impressive eighth of 28 teams while the men's team placed 13^th of 30 squads.

Thursday's Colgate highlights came from the hammer throw with Dominique Groguhe picking up a pair of points for the Raiders with her throw of 169'6" good for seventh place of 61 entrants. Groguhe re-broke her own school record with the throw. On the men's side Nick Johnson unleashed a personal best 142'2" throw to place 16^th of 59 throwers.

Groguhe performed even better on Saturday, winning the discus event over 59 other entrants. Her throw of 140'5" earned 10 points for the Raiders. Also picking up a win and 10 team points was Emma Pizer who captured the title in the 3000 meters with a time of 10:10.14.

Elizabeth Driscoll won her flight in the pole vault clearing 10'6" picking up 1 ½ points earning a tie for seventh place. The mile run saw two Raiders place with Maria Laverde placing fourth (5 points) and Carollin Mellin taking sixth place and scoring three team points. Laverde ran 5:17.13 and Mellin was just over two seconds behind her. Sara Tabibian ran 1:04.37 in the 400 Meter Hurdles which earned her a seventh-place finish and three team points. Addison Hillerbrand ran 10:53.92 in the 3000 meters for a ninth place finish and a team point.

On the men's side, Ben Horner was runner-up in the men's mile run earning eight points. His time of 4:21.18 was just .15 off the top spot. Likewise, Ethan Eisner picked up eight team points with his fourth place finish in the 200 meters in 22.30. Samuel Epstein earned a fifth-place finish and a new program freshman record in the pole vault clearing 14'7 ½" and picking up four points for the Raiders. Owen Holland was fifth in the men's 3000 meters earning four team points with an effort of 8:50.52, while Owen McMorrow snagged eighth-place in the event and an additional team point with an effort of 9:03.71.

UP NEXT:
Both the Colgate men and women will compete in the Raleigh Relays from Thursday, March 23-Saturday, March 25 in North Carolina.