HOUGHTON, N.Y. – The D'Youville University women's track and field team opened their season at the Houghton December Invite on Friday.
 
Sophomore Skylar Savage (Attica, N.Y.) took home a first-place finish for the Saints in the 60m hurdles with a new personal record time of 9.57.
 
In the 400m, freshman Atasia Williams (Farmington, N.Y.) claimed a second-place finish in her first collegiate meet with a time of 1:01.51.
 
Sophomore Jenna Capolupo (Wheatfield, N.Y.) finished in second place and set a new personal record in the 60m with a time of 7.72.
 
In the 300m, freshman Gabrielle Tripi (West Seneca, N.Y.) took home ninth place in the 300m with a time of 47.32 in her collegiate debut.
 
The Saints posted a strong showing in the field events with three top-ten finishes in the long jump and two top-ten finishes in the high jump. In the long jump, Capolupo and Savage continued their strong days with first and fourth place finishes, respectively. Freshman Tayden Persons (Sherman, N.Y.) claimed a ninth-place finish in her first collegiate meet.
 
In the high jump, sophomore Madison MacNeill (West Seneca, N.Y.) took fourth place and senior Kelly Lucas (Fredonia, N.Y.) took ninth place to cap off a solid season opener for DYU.
 
D'Youville will now be off for a while, with their next meet scheduled for January 11^th at the Southern Tier Invite hosted by Cornell University.