MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Vermont men's and women's track & field programs registered their first team victories of the season Saturday afternoon at the Middlebury Winterfell, hosted by Middlebury College.
The UVM men registered 243 points to distance themselves from Middlebury (166 pts.), McGill (123 pts.), and Castleton (35 pts.). On the women's side, the Catamounts (232 pts.) blew past McGill (136 pts.), Middlebury (108 pts.), and Castleton (35 pts.).
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MEN'S RESULTS | WOMEN'S RESULTS
COACH'S QUOTE
"The depleted field certainly made an easier path to victory for both teams, but we missed on some challenging races we would have liked to have had," said head coach
Matt Belfield. "I was especially impressed with
Brennan Huff and
Bill Comstock in the mid-distance for the men, and nice to see
Shane O'Connor back and throwing well.
Neville Caulfield and
Justin Liechty had impressive wins also. Many outstanding runs overall. For the women,
Lauren Trumble's win in the 600m exceeded my high standards for her and was a facility record. The women in the 1K were excellent and
Anya Gorodentsev and
Jenna Bourdeau getting double victories was fantastic too."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Gorodentsev and Bourdeau headlined the UVM women with two victories each. Gorodentsev took first in the long jump (5.19m) and 200m (26.61s) while Bourdeau won the 60m hurdles (9.68s) and the high jump (1.58m).
- Liechty was a part of two wins, one individually and one in the 4x400m relay. The senior captain ran the 200m in 22.73s for first place and ran on the relay team with Will Juniper, Eli Ogilvie, and Blake Williams.
- Trumble raced to first in the 600m run with a time of 1:33.79, which beat the previous facility record of 1:34.98.
- Distance runners Samantha Sayer (mile) and Maggie Hallahan (3000m) recorded wins in their individual events with times of 5:14.14 and 10:23.95, respectively.
- Men's mid-distance runners Taylor Kracher (400m) and Huff (800m) earned victories in their events with respective times of 50.06s and 1:59.44.
- Comstock (1000m) and Caulfield (3000m) were the men's distance runners to earn individual victories. The former registered a time of 2:32.14 while the latter crossed the line in 8:28.38.
- Dina John (800m) and Alex May Curtis (400m) ran times of 2:25.65 and 1:00.41, respectively, for their individual wins.
- Curtis joined Julia Nugent, Mia Grasso, and Sonia John to win the women's 4x400m relay in 4:08.20.
- Will Lynch (high jump) and Shane O'Connor (shot put) earned victories in the field events for the Catamounts. Lynch jumped 1.83m and O'Connor's throw went 14.37m to earn 10 points each.
- In the women's field events, Marina Cannon (pole vault) and Morgan Ferland (weight throw) earned wins in their competitions. Cannon's pole vault traveled 3.20m and Ferland's throw flew 13.94m.
NOTES
WHAT'S NEXT
Vermont splits up for a pair of meets next weekend as they travel to the Penn State National Invite Friday and Saturday (Jan. 25 & 26) while a group of Catamounts visit UNH Saturday at 11 a.m.
