BOSTON (February 5, 2022) -- The Franklin Pierce University women's track & field team had athletes in action in a pair of Boston locales on Saturday. The Ravens had a duo of throwers in action on the second at final day of the NEICAAA (New England) Championships at Reggie Lewis Center, while other select members of the team were at the BU Track & Tennis Center at Boston University, to partake in the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invite.

At New Englands, the Ravens had a pair in action in the shot put on Saturday, as sophomore Tyra Felton (Sterling, Mass.) and senior Samantha DeSouza (Sebago, Maine) finished 14^th and 16^th, respectively. There were only three centimeters between the two, as Felton posted a distance of 11.09 meters, while DeSouza came up with a throw of 11.06 meters.

Meanwhile, it was a busier day for Franklin Pierce across town at BU. In the 400 meters, junior Nyjah Young-Bey (Montclair, N.J.) finished 17^th (57.25), while senior Saylee Missel placed 42^nd (1:00.18). At double the distance, a trio of Ravens took part in the 800 meters: graduate student Alena Masterson (Pelham, N.H.) was 42^nd (2:23.71), sophomore Meghan Sheline (Southington, Conn.) was 63^rd (2:33.22), and junior Victoria Van Houten (Wantage, N.J.) was 69^th (2:39.96).

At about double the distance again, graduate student Bethaney Donnelly (Manchester, United Kingdom) and senior Alana Thompson (Westampton, N.J.) were both in action in the mile. The former took 41^st in 5:07.13, while the latter finished 68^th in 5:26.19.

Back on the sprint side of things, Brianha Bouchard was 27^th in the 60-meter hurdles (10.14). She also participated in the long jump, where she finished 19^th (4.68m). Meanwhile, in the triple jump, senior Paola Brena (Queretaro, Mexico) -- fresh off her New England title in the high jump on Friday -- took ninth (10.84m).

Franklin Pierce is headed back to BU next weekend, with select athletes in action at the David Hemery Valentine Invite on Feb. 11-12. Meanwhile, the rest of the team will head to MIT on Saturday, for the Gordon Kelly Invitational, as the Ravens go through their final tune-ups before the Northeast-10 Conference Championships.