Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (March 21) – Three student-athletes from the FDU-Florham women's track and field team posted qualifying marks for the 2023 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Outdoor Championship at Saturday's Monarch Invitational held at King's College (Pa.).

In her first collegiate meet, senior Sarah Dougherty (Kinnelon, NJ) posted the fastest in the MAC with a first-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:11.46. Her time qualified her for the upcoming MAC Outdoor Championship. First-year Brianna Fasoli (Totowa, NJ) registered a third place finish in the 100-meter dash with a time of 14.11-seconds. Her time of 13.74-seconds in the prelims secured a spot for the MAC Outdoor Championship and is the fifth fastest time in the region.

Fasoli rounded out her day with a MAC Outdoor Championship qualifying time in the 100-meter hurdles in 17.75-seconds in addition to her third place finish in the 200-meter dash in 28.14-seconds.

Senior Sophia Miskulin (New Providence, NJ) was the other qualifier for the MAC Outdoor Championship as she finished sixth in the discus with a best throw of 29.36m (96 feet, 4 inches). Miskulin also finished eighth in the shot put with a best throw of 9.04m (29 feet, 8 inches).

First-year Bianca Burke (Bridgewater, NJ) competed in three events and finished fifth in the 100-meter dash in 14.26-seconds after a run of 14.08-seconds in the prelim heat, fifth in the 200-meter dash in 28.94-seconds and seventh in the long jump with a best mark of 4.24m (13 feet, 11 inches).
 
Juniors Ava Kowitski (Far Hills, NJ) and Natalie Bittar (Clifton, NJ) both competed in the javelin throw and finished seventh and ninth, respectively. Kowitski finished seventh with a best throw of 27.41m (89 feet, 11 inches), while Bittar took ninth with a best throw of 18.07m (59 feet, three inches).
 
FDU-Florham will return to the track on Saturday, March 31 at the Stockton University Invitational.

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