HENRIETTA, NY – Junior Aimee Oszer had a banner day in the throwing events, leading the University of Rochester women's track and field team at the RIT Bill Q Invitational on Friday afternoon at the RIT Track & Field Complex.
 
Oszer ended up setting two new University records, and in the process, recording a pair of event wins and now sits with two top-40 marks on the Division III performance list. The junior captured first place in the shot put, with a mark of 13.13 meters, the #32 distance in Division III and added a win in the discus, posting a distance of 45.27 meters, ranking 13th in Division III this season.
 
Her shot put mark breaks the previous record of 12.76 meters set by Yaneve Fonge back in the 2011 season. The previous discus record was set just last year by Oszer's teammate Cora Rose, with the old record being 44.06 meters.
 
On Friday, junior Madison Vargas also eclipsed the old discus record, but had to settle for second place in the event, and in the record book, with her mark of 44.76 meters. Vargas also won the hammer throw with a distance of 47.74 meters and was fourth in the shot put at 11.79 meters. Vargas' discus is ranked #16 on the Division III performance list.
 
Junior Nora Chen was a triple-winner on the track for the Yellowjackets, capturing first place in the 100 meter hurdles and on both the 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter relays. Chen's individual win saw her run a personal-best time of 14.56 seconds in the hurdles, an AARTFC time and #28 time in Division III.
 
The two relays also were regional qualifiers. The opening 4x100 meter relay featured Maya Hatch, Lizzie Merrill and Raquella Casserino, with Chen anchoring. The group finished in 48.35 seconds to earn the win.
 
URochester's 4x400 meter relay group now ranks eighth in Division III this season, with the team of Casserino, Chen, Lauren Murphy and Eva Ciuffetelli, finishing in a time of 3:48.63. The 'Jackets also earned second place in that event on Friday, with Hatch, Rita Sciortino, Peyton Classer and Julie Durham running 4:12.25.
 
In both the 400 meters and 1500 meters, the Yellowjackets went 1-2 across the finish line. During the 400 meters, Merrill won in 57.92 seconds in her first ever time running the event, while Sciortino was runner-up in a big PR time of 58.88 seconds. Both qualified for regionals with those times.
 
Later on in the 1500 meters, UR had six of the top-8 finishers. Emily Dill and Riley Joseph were the top-2 finishers, with Dill winning by .01 seconds over her teammate. Dill clocked in at 4:48.07, while Joseph ended at 4:48.08, establishing a new PR.
 
Alyssa Horng was fourth (4:50.22) and Sam Mermelstein was fifth (4:50.72), while Ella Blau (4:52.93) and Maria Khalifeh (4:53.53) were seventh and eighth, respectively.
 
The long jump saw two more regional qualifying marks achieved, by Murphy and senior Ashleigh Barrett. Murphy ended second in the event at 5.61 meters, while Barrett jumped 5.45 meters to rank fourth. Teammates Anna Johnson and Grace McInerney were seventh and eighth in the same event, jumping 5.37 and 5.24 meters, respectively.
 
Ciuffetelli also secured an individual win, placing first in the 400 meter hurdles. Her time was 1:04.62, beating the AARTFC meet standard.
 
Both Classer and Isabella Doty hit personal-best's for outdoor track during the 800 meters. Classer finished sixth in 2:22.68, with Doty placing one spot behind at 2:23.58.
 
During the high jump, UR's Lily Hubert was second and Nora Dreslin ended third, with both clearing the bar at 1.43 meters. Hubert earned the higher finished based on prior missed jumps.
 
Elsewhere on the day, Katie Atkins was the top javelin finisher for URochester, ranking fifth in the field with a toss of 28.73 meters. Atkins also ended third in the 100 meter hurdles, running a PR of 16.20 seconds.
 
Johnson crossed the finish line in the 100 meters in 13.11 seconds, being the top UR runner in that event, while Hatch ran the 200 meters in 27.19 seconds, securing sixth place while being the top-finishing URochester athlete. Rookie Lilly Streicher crossed fourth in the 5000 meters with a time of 19:49.43 to wrap up the day on the track.
 
Rochester's next meet is the Liberty League Outdoor Championships, taking place next Friday and Saturday at St. Lawrence University.