Women’s Track Soars At Branwen Smith-King Invite
Medford, MA – The Fitchburg State University Women’s Indoor Track & Field team competed at the 2026 Branwen Smith-King Invitational today, hosted by Tufts University at the Gantcher Family & Sports Convocation Center.
Camara and Goba collect first place efforts for the Green & Gold
Medford, MA – The Fitchburg State University Women's Indoor Track & Field team competed at the 2026 Branwen Smith-King Invitational today, hosted by Tufts University at the Gantcher Family & Sports Convocation Center.
The Basics
Meet: Branwen Smith-King Invitational
Location: Gantcher Family Sports & Convocation Center
Scoring: No Team Scoring
How It Happened
Senior Makany Camara (Lowell, MA) led the way for the Green and Gold, taking placing second overall in the 60 meter hurdles with an All-New England qualifying time of 8.97 seconds and first overall in the high jump with a DIII NE qualifying mark of 1.63 meters, while senior Skye Goba (Norton, MA) finished second overall in the 5000 meter with a time of 18:35.79 as well as taking top honors in the 3000 meter with a time of 10:49.66.
In the 60 meter dash, sophomore Arieyana Robinson (Worcester, MA) (23rd), junior Trishannah Scott (Fitchburg, MA) (25th) and freshman Amu Aminu (Randolph, MA) (27th) turned in times of 8.87, 8.99 and 9.32 seconds, while junior Alexis Toste (Lowell, MA) turned in fourth place time of 1:14.50 in the 400 meter.
In the 1000 meter, junior Gwendolyn Connors (Ayer, MA) finished 13th overall with a time of 3:42.56, while in the 200 meter, Robinson (30.77), Velez (31.42) and Aminu (31.59) placed 31st, 34th and 35th respectively.
In the field, junior Taylor Crout (Boise, ID) and senior Cassandra Israelson (Saugus, MA) finished eighth and 13th in the weight throw with tosses of 12.68 and 10.44 meters, while in the shotput, Crout (9.78M), Israelson (8.98M), junior Joey Schmidt-Gross (Sudbury, MA) (6.37M) and freshman Maya Ortiz (Webster, MA) (5.89M) finished 11th, 14th, 22nd and 23rd respectively.
In the long jump, junior Scott and Velez finished fifth and 14th overall with marks of 4.97 meters and 4.37 meters, while Scott added a seventh effort in the triple jump with a mark of 9.90 meters,
- Makany Camara 2nd place 60M H (8.97)/1st place HJ (1.63M)
- Alexis Toste 4th place 400M (1:14.50
- Skye Goba 1st place 3000M (10:49.66)/2nd place 5000M (18:35.79)
Up Next
Falcons return to action tomorrow as they compete at the 2026 Suffolk Ice Breaker Challenge, starting at 9:00AM.