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UTICA, N.Y. – The Harper College women’s track and field team is poised for the 2015 NJCAA Division III Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championship. The national meet, hosted by Mohawk Valley Community College, begins on Thursday morning and wraps up on Saturday afternoon.
The Hawks bring 11 student-athletes to the meet and look to improve upon last year’s 10th place finish as a team. They will be led by freshman Leah Kloss (/Grayslake Central), who is ranked No. 1 in both the 100m and hammer throw and No. 2 in the 200m. Kloss will also be busy in the relays, 400m, long jump, and javelin.
Joslyn Nicholson (/Cary-Grove) will also be busy for Harper, as she will compete in the triple jump, hammer throw, long jump, and relays. Shayan Dussard (/Hoffman Estates) will be busy with the 100m, relays, high jump, and hammer throw.
At the middle distances, Stephanie Chaires (Palatine, Ill./Christian Liberty) will compete in the 800m and 1500m, and Itzel Sotelo (Palatine, Ill./Palatine) will run in the 1500m. Lori Delfin (Wheeling, Ill./Wheeling) will handle distance, as she will run in both the 5k and 10k.
Samantha Soriano (/Hoffman Estates) will run in the 200m as well as the relays for Harper. Taylor LoCoco (/Prairie Ridge) and Danielle Reptowski (/Schaumburg) will be key members of the shorter distance relay teams as well while Silvia Catalan (Palatine, Ill./Palatine) and Cynthia Siddiqui (/Palatine) will help in the longer relays.
The Hawks are currently ranked No. 5 in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) poll heading into the national meet.
