FAIRFAX, Va. – The UMass Lowell women's track and field team rounded out the weekend with day two of the Dalton Ebanks Invitational at Geroge Mason University in Fairfax, Va. On Saturday.

"We competed well all weekend," said Head Coach Gary Gardner. "Great to see many of our young athletes compete away from New England and do well."

Graduate student Alexandria Grasso (North Reading, Mass.) got it started in the javelin, tossing 23.98m for 12^th place, before freshman Anya Neira (Methuen, Mass.) finished 18^th in the triple jump with a 10.39m leap.

The shotput was next, and it was sophomore Nhyira Nkansah (Chelmsford, Mass.) that led the way with an 11.75m toss for 11^th place. Joyce Nabagereka finished in 14^th place with an 11.30m mark. Also, Sophomore Úna Brice (Cork, Ireland) finished in eighth place as the lone River Hawk in the pole vault with a 3.22m mark.

In the discus, Nabagereka finished ninth on a tiebreaker with a 35.89m toss, before Nkansah set a personal record at 32.17m for 16^th place.  

"The throwers had a good weekend," said Gardner. "Joyce making finals was excellent."

The 400m opened up the running events, as freshman Amelia Stebe (Honolulu, Hawaii) led the way in 15^th with a time of 59.06, before junior Danielle Thompson (Groton, Mass.) claimed 18^th place with a 59.16 mark.

Grasso shined in the 100m hurdles, claiming third place overall with a time of 14.19, before junior Paige Murphy (Billerica, Mass.) finished in 32^nd with a time of 17.24. The 1,500m run concluded the day for the squad, and it was junior Raihana Yameogo (Dillsburg, Pa.) that led with a 38^th-place performance and time of 4:53.55.