HANOVER, N.H.  – Senior Celia Kulis of the Holy Cross women's track & field captured first place in the pentathlon at Friday's Dartmouth December Invitational that was held at Leverone Field House.

Kulis won the event with 3,457 points as she edged out Fleur Balogh of UMass Lowell who took second with 3,378 points.

PENTATHLON HIGHLIGHTS:

• The senior captain entered the final event, the 800 meters, in second place but took first place in a time of 2:40.25 to secure 570 points and the pentathlon title.
• Kulis also won the 60 meter hurdles in a time of 8:64 seconds and added a pair of second-place finishes in the long jump (5.22m) and shot put (11.29m).
• She rounded things out with a third-place finish in the high jump at 1.54m and registered a top-three finish in all five events on the day.
• This marks the first career pentathlon title for Kulis.

UP NEXT:

• Kulis and the Crusaders will return to action on Saturday, Jan. 17 for the URI Invitational that will get underway at 11 a.m. 

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