BOSTON, Mass. – Simmons University Track & Field delivered a strong showing at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Indoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Boston University. The Sharks earned a pair of podium finishes and also set three school records. 

• Jaden Johnson led the way in the 5,000m, crossing the line in 19:32.78 to break her own school record by 10 seconds. Johnson earned silver with her second-place finish.
• In the 60m dash, Isatu Fofanah (8.25) and Talya DeGraw (8.54) both qualified for the finals. Competing in her first race of the season, DeGraw advanced to the final and placed sixth overall in 8.53. Fofanah improved her time to 8.23 in the final to secure third place and a bronze medal.
• Jayla James qualified for the 60m hurdles final with a record-breaking time of 10.62, setting a new school record in the prelims. Isabel Deptula narrowly missed advancing, finishing 10th overall in 10.77. In the final, James placed eighth with a time of 11.10.
• In the mile, Beth Pennington surged over the final stretch to post a massive personal record of 7:12.10, shaving 17 seconds off her previous best.
• Fofanah returned in the 200m to place 11th in 28.51, followed by Vanenzya Enriquez in 12th at 29.25.
• Simmons competed in the 4x400m relay, where Deptula, Enriquez, Julia Pellegrino, and Trinity Williamson combined for a fifth-place finish in 4:41.11.
• The distance medley relay team of Charlotte Shaw, Carolyn Dorman, Hannah Bergeron, and Johnson closed out the championship by clocking 14:11.11 to break the school record, previously set one year ago, by five seconds. The quartet finished fourth overall.