BOSTON – Vermont women's track & field had several personal records set on the first day of the David Hemery Valentine Invitational Friday at Boston University Track & Tennis Center.
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Valentine Invite Results
COACH'S QUOTE
"We came here to get our butts kicked a little, so mission accomplished there," said head coach
Matt Belfield. "I was very pleased with the performance of
Mia Grasso in the 500m and the mile runs of
Lauren Trumble,
Caroline O'Shea, and
AnneMarie Martell. PRs for all three of them along with some positive trends for the rest of the milers.
Alicia Tebeau-Sherry also had a PR in the 1K, with a real aggressive effort."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Lauren Trumble had the top finish of the day for the Catamounts as she was the 20th runner to cross the line in the mile with a personal-best time of 4:48.07.
- Caroline O'Shea (52nd) and AnneMarie Martell (88th) also set personal records in the mile with times of 4:58.52 and 5:08.33, respectively.
- Mia Grasso turned in a 25th-place finish in the 500m dash with a time of 1:16.83 to set a new personal record. Alex May Curtis (34th) and Julia Nugent (41st) followed Grasso with times of 1:18.35 and 1:23.12.
- Jane Leighton finished 53rd in the 1000m run with a time of 3:02.10 and Alicia Tebeau-Sherry (62nd) registered a personal-best time of 3:04.57.
- In the 800m Ava Meyer (66th) narrowly missed a personal record with a time of 2:16.53 while Dina John set a new personal-best in 2:23.03.
- Danielle Kelly registered a personal record in the 400m dash with a time of 1:01.24.
- Curtis, Grasso, Kelly, and Nugent later raced in the 4x400 relay and registered a time of 4:00.16 that was 0.80 seconds off of the Catamounts' top time this season.
NOTES
- Yolanda Ngarambe '14 won the elite 3000m with a time of 8:53 that easily qualified her for the world championships. Last week, she set the Swedish National Record in the mile at 4:28.
WHAT'S NEXT
Vermont men's track & field gets its turn at the Valentine Invite Saturday (Feb. 9) with the first event kicking off at 10:30 a.m. Fans can see the entire Catamounts' track & field squad Sunday (Feb. 10) when they host the North Country All-Comers at Gardner-Collins Indoor Track.
