GENEVA, Ohio – The Mercyhurst Track and Field team continued their season at the SPIRE Midwest Collegiate Invitational, marking the first meet of 2026.

In the pole vault, freshman Isabella Hagerman placed fifth overall with a distance of 3.30 meters.

Freshman Nickayla Petro placed 28^th overall in the Women's shot put, throwing 9.28 meters.
 
In the 5K meter race, Junior Molly McIntyre and Freshman Rowan Milliron both placed top 10. McIntyre placed seventh overall with a time of 18:32.78 and Milliron placed eight 18:45.85. Senior Bella Homorody placed 15^th overall with a time of 21:08.97.
 
In the 60 meter hurdles preliminary round, freshman Kennedy Butcher placed 29^th overall with a time of 11.87.
 
In the 60 meter dash preliminary round, freshman Emma Palmieri placed 25^th overall with a time of 8.50. Freshman Emma Valerio placed 27^th overall with a time of 8.60.
 
The one mile meter run featured a top-15 finish from junior Kaila Szczygielski, placing 15^th overall with a time of 5:46.04. Sophomore Caitlin Dugan placed 17^th overall with a time of 5:53.46. Junior Kathleen Tarlo placed 30^th overall with a time of 6:14.16.
 
In the 400 meter dash, Palmieri placed 15^th overall with a time of 1:01.46.
 
In the 800 meter run, junior Kathleen Tarlo placed 29^th overall with a time of 2:45.68.
 
In the 200 meter dash, the Lakers had three participants in this event. Freshman Palmieri placed 23^rd overall with a time of 27.27. Freshman Valerio placed 49^th overall with a time of 29.08. Freshman Butcher placed 55^th overall with a time of 30.43.
 
The last event of the day was the 4x400 meter relay. Junior Szczygielski, sophomore Dugan, and freshmen Butcher and Palmieri were the participants for the Lakers. Mercyhurst placed 13^th overall with a time of 4:33.73.