SAN DIEGO, Calif. – A school record by senior Chase Davies (Marblehead, Mass./Marblehead HS) headlined the list of Bentley University women's track and field performances Saturday during the Triton Invitational at UC San Diego.

Davies turned in a clocking of 15.00 seconds, breaking her own school record, set at last year's Northeast-10 Conference Championships, by 0.26 seconds. Her performance put her 12^th of 33 overall with nine of the 11 in front of her representing Division I institutions or club teams.

In the 3,000 steeplechase, senior Samantha Bilodeau (New Ipswich, N.H./Mascenic Reg. HS) finished in 11:55.47, the second-best time in program history. She was fourth overall, behind athletes from San Diego, Point Loma and Western New Mexico. Her effort elevated her to number three on the season's NE10 performance list.

Sophomore Lucy Ambroult (Holbrook, Mass./Holbrook HS) was fourth of 22 in the long jump, clearing 17'11", as well as 12^th of 37 in the 100 (12.74) and 16^th of 29 in the 200 (27.27).

Freshman Caitlin Burmester (Willow Grove, Pa./Upper Dublin HS) and Lauren Joseph (Coventry, R.I./Coventry HS) also turned in quality performances. Burmester moved to eighth on the NE10 list in the 800 (2:24.99) while finishing 18^th of 51, and Joseph was 17^th of 51 in the 1500, her time of 4:59.50 a new personal best by 2.10 seconds.

In the 4x400 relay, Davies, Ambroult, Burmester and junior Hannah Greene (Weston, Conn./Weston HS) finished in 4:31.81, good for sixth on the conference performance list.

Bentley also competed in the Merrimack Track and Field Carnival Saturday, sophomore Adriana Minassian (Wakefield, Mass./Wakeland HS) had a pair of third-place finishes, in the high jump (4'7.75") and in the triple jump (31'1.75"). In addition, senior Mary Niedzwiecki (Old Orchard Beach, Maine/Old Orchard Beach HS) was fourth in the shot put (31'3.75").

Next Saturday, Bentley will compete in the Southern New Hampshire Invitational.