BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont men's and women's track & field teams both registered their second victories of the season in front of fans in attendance for the North Country All-Comers Sunday afternoon at Gardner-Collins Indoor Track.
The UVM women had 97 points to secure the victory against the Plattsburgh State Cardinals (40 pts.), while the men recorded 80 points to beat the PSU men (56 pts.).
COACH'S QUOTE
"It was nice to be able to showcase some of our talent at home today," said head coach
Matt Belfield. It was a long weekend, but we sure had quite a few people ready to get after it. Our jumpers
Will Lynch and
Andy Chess certainly put themselves in good position heading into conference…monkeys off the back there for sure.
Anya Gorodentsev had another great day and
Morgan Ferland's big PR will help build some confidence too. On the track,
Konstanze Wendeln's win in the 3K was fantastic and
Lauren Trumble's 800m was very fast on our short track.
Dina John had a big breakthrough in the 800m today as well – thought it was a very good event for us today. Fine performances for the men in the 3K too, as
Liam Smith led a strong group of rookies to quality times."
"Thanks to those who came out today to watch, it means a lot to the team," Belfield added.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- Morgan Ferland set a personal record in the weight throw with a deep toss of 15.66m, 0.39m past her previous mark. The senior captain had three throws that beat the previous record she had heading into the day.
- Anya Gorodentsev set her personal-bests in both the 55m dash (7.34s) and long jump (5.35m) to secure victories in both events.
- Will Lynch (high jump) and Andy Chess (pole vault) registered Vermont's top marks of the season with jumps of 1.90m and 4.35m in their respective events.
- Lauren Trumble took the 800m victory with a blazing time of 2:12.13m, which was a qualifying mark for the ECAC/IC4A Championships. Dina John finished the race in 2:19.78 for a new personal record.
- In the 3000m run, Konstanze Wendeln was victorious with a personal-best time of 10:07.89 to win by nearly 20 seconds.
- In the women's high jump, Jenna Bourdeau took first place with a jump of 1.52m. The Vermont rookie also won the 55m hurdles with a time of 9.14 seconds.
- Marina Cannon won the pole vault with a jump of 3.25m and Kaia Becker took second with a personal-best 3.10m jump.
- DJ Snide raced to first place in the 55m hurdles with a time of 8.07 seconds.
- In the men's 3000m run, Liam Smith took first place finishing in 8:56.10 to win by 9.21 seconds.
- Mary Diestel, Alexa Cooper, Uatchet Juch, and Allie Olson took first place in the women's 4x400m relay with a time of 4:18.63.
- Chike Asanya took first place in the men's 200m with a time of 23.49 seconds and fellow sprinter Seth Beard won the 55m dash in 6.72 seconds.
- Sophie Doman won the women's mile with a time of 5:23.95 to win by a margin of 10.76 seconds.
- The 400m finals was won by Allie Olson who crossed the finish line in 1:04.41, narrowly beating teammate Juch (1:04.59).
- Mia Grasso was victorious in the 200m dash with a time of 27.34.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Catamounts have a weekend off before returning to action for the America East Championships (Feb. 22 & 23) at Boston University Track and Tennis Center.
