Track and Field Opens Indoor Season with the Alden Invitational

Thursday, December 4

Kingston, R.I.

Brown University

URI Multi Meet

Photo by: Chip DeLorenzo

Track and Field Opens Indoor Season with the Alden Invitational

12/6/2025 8:02:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

Complete Results (TFRRS)

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Brown track and field programs opened up their 2025-26 indoor seasons this weekend, competing at two separate meets in Rhode Island. A majority of the Bears competed at their home opener, the 39th annual Alden Invitational at the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center (OMAC) on Saturday.

The Alden Invite saw three Bears set marks that landed on the program's all-time top 10 performers list in their respective events. Senior Zoe Carter-Konate tossed a 17.88-meter weight throw, putting her sixth all time in women's program history, beating her previous PR by 56 centimeters. Junior Alyssa Jackson ran a 7.55 60-meter dash, tying her for third in program history and beating her previous PR by .03 seconds. On the men's side, sophomore Trevor Wilder finished the 60m dash in 6.86 seconds, putting him ninth in program history.

As a team, the Brown women took home first place out of four teams with 164 points, while the men's team took second, trailing only Bryant with 116 points.

ALDEN INVITATIONAL
MEN
In the 60m final, Wilder's 6.86 time placed him first in the event, with freshman Filippos Georgantas finishing second with a time of 6.92 and junior Skyler Hall finishing third with a time of 6.97. Hall also finished fifth in the 300m race with a time of 36.17.

Junior Aaron Caveney claimed first in the 1,000 meter run with a time of 2:29.11. Freshman Duncan Frisbie-Smith followed in second with a time of 2:30.34.

In the 3000m, freshman Will Smitas finished second with a time of 8:42.85. Sophomore Kit Jackson finished third with a time of 8:44.34 and sophomore Nick Strayer finished fourth in 9:15.71.

Junior Mubaraq Aderogba finished first in the long jump final at a mark of 7.06 meters. Freshman Jerald Evangelista finished third by leaping 6.86 meters.

Two freshmen had big first impressions in the shot put with Sean Wilton taking first place (15.98m), and Argenis Luciano finishing fifth at 13.83 meters.

In the weight throw, junior Ethan Wordell captured first with a 16.84m throw. Freshman Grayson He made a big impression by finishing fourth at 15.40m.

WOMEN
Jackson's 7.55 60m dash was good enough for first place. Sophomore Mackenzie Fulgham had a podium finish in third place with a time of 7.74 seconds.

In the 300m dash, two freshmen shined for the Bears with Sydney Ruckett taking first place with a time of 39.42 and Jannah Maguire placing third with a time of 40.15. Junior Maddelynn Brooks finished fourth with a time of 40.42 seconds.

In the 600m race, freshman Mia Reaugh captured first with a time of 1:36.28. Junior Katrina Sortland finished third with a time of 1:37.26 and freshman Megan Jasinski finished fourth with a time of 1:38.04.

Sophomore Bria Benigni ran the 1,000 meters for the Bears and finished fourth with a time of 3:07.44

In the mile, junior Nina Kruzewska finished third with a time of 5:09.26 and senior Juli Gonzalez finished fourth with a time of 5:11.76

Senior Olivia Bergin claimed first in the 3,000-meter race with a time of 10:37.40. Senior Sara Perez followed behind Bergin, placing second with a time of 10:39.22. Sophomore Eve Siff-Scherr also ran in the race, placing fifth with a time of 11:05.12.

Elle Riley's 8.55-second time in the 60m hurdle finals placed her second overall, and 0.07 seconds shy of her own school record. Maguire finished third at a time of 8.84 and senior Simone Dunbar finished fourth in 8.86 seconds.

In the high jump, sophomore Adanna Obuba placed second by clearing 1.56 meters.

Sophomore Naa Adua Annan finished third in the long jump with a 5.35-meter mark.

In the triple jump, freshman Clara Fan placed second with a mark of 11.21 meters. Senior Rachel Bibiu placed fifth with a mark of 11.06 meters.

In the shot put, junior Amiya Hopkins placed third with a 12.30m mark and freshman Angela Volkova placed fifth with a mark of 11.86 meters.

Carter-Konate's 17.88-meter toss in the weight throw placed her in first. Junior Jillian Leahy placed third with a toss of 16.44 meters, and sophomore Giana DeCesare placed fourth at 16.08m.

URI MULTI-MEET
At the URI Pentathlon, junior Rosie Volpintesta and freshman Nyla Blake-Soden each scored points for the Bears with Volpintesta finishing in third place with 3,520 points, and Blake-Soden finishing fifth with 3,364. As part of the event, Volpintesta finished second in the shot put and third in the high jump, and Blake-Soden took third place in the 800 meters.

On the men's side at the URI Heptathlon, Gabriel Liem Thai led the way for Brown in fourth place out of 17 competitors with 4,666 points. He finished third in the event's pole vault by clearing 4.50 meters.

The Bears will return to action after the holiday break on Saturday, January 10 at the Dartmouth Relays in Hanover, N.H.

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