At the URI Coaches Invitational, Encarnacao ran the best 500m time in the conference clocking in at an adjusted time of 1:14.24 to take home the gold at the meet. The senior sprinter’s time is the best in the NEC by 2.99 seconds and she improved her time by 4.43 seconds from when she last ran the event on January 20. Encarnacao also ran to a fourth-place finish in the 200m crossing the finish line with an adjusted time of 25.63. Her 200m mark is sixth in the NEC.