SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Angela Kaiser's win in the 5,000 meters led the Sacred Heart University women's track and field team on day two of the Black & Gold Invitational, hosted by Bryant on Friday and Sunday. 

As a team, the Pioneers collected 25 points to finish in 11th place out of 17 programs. However, Rhode Island dominated the meet, taking the win with 154 points and clearing second place by 39.5 points. 

Kaiser set a new personal record in her 5,000-meter win, running the event in 17:35.76. Kaiser bested Rhode Island's Sofia Piccone by 14.02 seconds in a convincing victory for the graduate student. 

Kaylee Stenderowicz joined Kaiser with a podium finish, taking second in the triple jump with a mark of 11.55m. Stenderowicz was one of three Pios to place in the top 10 of the triple jump, as Arianna Bartholomew (10.93m) set a new PR and finished sixth, and Ava Srinivasan (10.67m) took ninth. Bartholomew (4.99m) also set a new PR in the long jump.

Kaitlyn Luba was the next Pioneer to finish in the top five, taking fourth in the javelin with a personal-record throw of 41.68m. Marisa Imme (35.66m) also set a PR in the event on her way to a 14th-place showing. 

Magdalena Brogioli continued her strong stretch of performances by tallying a fifth-place showing in the high jump by clearing 1.57m. Ava Coscia (1.52m) finished right on her tail in 10th place. 

Sacred Heart also got top-10 placements from Srinivasan and its 4x400m relay team. Srinivasan completed the 400m hurdles in a PR time of 1:07.67 to take seventh. Madison Breckner, Leila Gary, Emily Raymond, and Anastacia Sloan posted a combined time of 4:10.15 in the 4x400m to place eighth. 

Jada Alston, Olivia Suter, and Nicole Szilagyi rounded out the Pios top-15 placers. Alston (26.12) was 12th in the 200 meters, Suter (1:11.80) was 13th in the 400m hurdles, and Szilagyi (15.48) was 14th in the 100m hurdles. 

The Pios hit the track again for the New Captains Classic, hosted by Christopher Newport on Friday and Saturday, Apr. 7-8.