Cooley Shatters Pair of School Records at John Terrier Classic

BOSTON, Mass. (1/30/16) – Senior Melissa Cooley (Huntington Beach, Calif.) posted another record-breaking performance in this weekend's John Terrier Classic hosted by Boston University. Cooley hit two PR's on the afternoon in both the 400m and 200m race, finishing in 60.05 and 27.19 seconds, respectively. The senior's career-bests set new school record marks, and were just short of the ECAC qualifying mark, by .05 seconds in the 400m, and .04 seconds in the 200m.

Joining Cooley in the sprinters section was junior Ayumni Ranucci (Auburn, Maine), who finished the 60m dash in 8.84 seconds.

Senior Jaime Russo (Watertown, Mass.) and freshman Stephanie Seedorf (Massapequa, N.Y.) represented the Lasers in the 800m race with times of 2:38.14 and 2:49.40, respectively.

Seven Lasers on the women's squad ran this weekend at the Tufts Stampede, as the Lasers placed 17^th overall in the meet.  Sophomore Shannon Hart (Mashpee, Mass.) participated in the 600m race for the first time this year, crossing the line at 2:28.77. In the next event of the 4x200m relay, Cooley, Russo, Ranucci, and sophomore Lauren Lenahan (Weymouth, Mass.) placed 6^th overall with a final time of 1:59.53.

Junior Kaitlyn Baker (Unionville, Conn.) and freshman Jordan Immerman (Tarzana, Calif.) competed in the meet's field events, Baker in the high jump and Immerman in the long jump. Baker posted a best mark of 1.40m, while Immerman's longest stretch in the pit was 4.60m.

The Lasers will return to competition on Saturday, February 6 for the Dartmouth Classic at 10:00 a.m.