Syracuse women’s track wins 2 races at Ocean State Invitational

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Syracuse women’s track won two races at the Ocean State Invitational on Friday. Freshman Kennedy Tarley won the women’s 800-meter in her Syracuse debut and Justus Holden-Betts took first place in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase.

In the women’s 400-meter, Tarley (59.29) took first place, while junior Lily Worden (1:03.10) and sophomore Mariana McManus (1:05.96) followed in 9th and 10th, respectively. Tarley narrowly beat out Providence’s Catherine Stolbof to win the competition by .26 seconds.

The Orange women continued to excel in the mile. Abigail Spiers (4:50.25) was fifth in the race, and Emma Eastman (4:57.31) followed behind. Kayli Jones (5:18.51) and Keiana Mitchell (5:32.23) also finished in the top 25. Justus Holden-Betts (10:44.94) won the women’s 3,000 steeplechase by almost nine seconds.

In the men’s 800-meter, junior James Proctor (2:05.86) finished seventh and last in his first race in over a year. Syracuse entered junior Bearrett Tarris, but Tarris didn’t start in the women’s 800-meter. Friday was set to be Tarris’ first outdoor race for Syracuse since transferring from the Colorado School of Mines in 2019.

The competition continued with the men’s mile, where sophomore Kevin Robertson (4:18.71) placed 19th. For the men’s 5,000-meter, freshman Gabriel Planty (14:38.08) placed seventh, while sophomore Matthew Dragon (15:42.98) struggled with a last-place finish.

For the women’s 5,000-meter race, freshman Reilly Zink (17:04.93) paced Orange runners, placing seventh. Senior Emma Wilson (18:14.66) took 12th place, and Elizabeth Cultra (19:32.68) took 18th.

Syracuse’s sprinters return to the track tomorrow at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational.