BOSTON – Several school records were set by Vermont Catamounts at Friday's Day 1 of the America East Championships at Boston University Track and Tennis Center.
The UVM women (23 pts.) sit in fifth place after the opening day while the men are in eighth with 8.5 points.
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Day 1 Results
COACH'S QUOTE
"I'm very happy for our athletes who generated All-Conference performances today," said head coach
Matt Belfield.
Marina Cannon and
Andy Chess were at their best when it counted for sure.
Samantha Sayer ran her best 5k ever and executed the race plan so well. The school records for
Dan DeBlieck in the 500 and the women's DMR show that our program is still on the rise. Lots more to come tomorrow, as our team energy is good as we get ready for a good night's rest."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Dan DeBlieck's time of 1:03.62 was a 500m school record as well as the top time in the preliminaries.
- The tandem of Caroline O'Shea, Alex May Curtis, Ava Meyer, and Lauren Trumble ran the distance medley relay in 11:38.46 for the school record and third in the race.
- Samantha Sayer took third place in the 5000m with her career best time of 17:04.71.
- DJ Snide is in second place in the men's heptathlon after Day 1. The sophomore set personal-bests in all four events: 60m dash (7.47s), long jump (6.34m), shot put (12.63m) and high jump (1.78m)
- Marina Cannon registered a second-place finish in the women's pole vault with a jump of 3.50m. Her jump matched her career-best set in the season's first meet at Dartmouth (Dec. 8).
- Andy Chess matched his best mark of the season in the pole vault with a jump of 4.35m for third in the competition.
- Justin Liechty took third in the 400m preliminaries with a time of 48.85 seconds to qualify tomorrow's finals.
- Seth Beard qualified for tomorrow's 200m dash finals with a time of 22.12 seconds.
- Jack Carmody had a personal record in the 5000m with a time of 14:50.58.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Catamounts continue the America East Championships Saturday (Feb. 23) with the final races at BU Track and Tennis Center. Events begin at 10 a.m.
