MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Vermont men's and women's track & field teams both earned victories on Saturday at the Middlebury Winterfell. The men tallied 263 points while the women posted 185.5 points.
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Men's Results | Women's Results
COACH'S QUOTE
"We're happy to get a couple wins," said head coach
Matt Belfield," and I was very pleased with how our teams supported each other today.
Shane O'Connor had a great day in the throws and I was impressed with
Phoebe Koski in the mile as well as the 4x800 meter relay. There were too many great efforts to name them all today. We'll work hard to have all those who are behind catch up so we can be as strong a group as possible next month."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- O'Connor registered a victory in the shot put with a distance of 14.95 meters. The senior also finished second in the weight throw with a personal-best 15.01 meter toss.
- Koski won the mile with a personal-best time of 4:59.52 and ran a leg on the winning 4x800 meter relay team.
- John Benner (2:28.24), Tyler Marshall (2:29.62), and Bill Comstock (2:30.09) swept the top three spots in the 1000 meter run. Benner's winning time was also a personal record.
- Marina Cannon registered a victory in the pole vault with a leap of 3.35 meters.
- Justin Liechty (7.19s), Chike Asanya (7.29s), Trey Poquette (7.38s), and Trevor Nassar (7.42s) took the top four spots in the 60 meter dash.
- A pair of Catamounts won the 60 meter hurdles with Lauren Triarsi registering a time of 9.21 seconds on the women's side and Alex Parasky finishing in 8.94 seconds in the men's competition.
- Alex Warner (50.82s) won the men's 400 meter dash and Alex May Curtis (59.17s) took the victory in the women's 400.
- Jane Leighton grabbed a win in the 1000 meter run with a time of 3:00.50.
- Neville Caulfield took first-place in the mile with a time of 4:15.93
- Dina John (2:19.90) and Caroline O'Shea (2:20.64) took the first two spots in the 400 meter dash.
- Sydney Decker recorded her first individual victory with a time of 11:03.56 in the 3000 meter run. Luke Petela got the win in the men's 3000 with a time of 8:35.93.
NOTES
- Koski (mile), Caulfield (mile), Benner (1000m), Marshall (1000m), and Comstock (1000m) ran qualifying marks for the New England Championships and the ECAC/IC4A Championships.
- John (400m), Leighton (1000m), Triarsi (60H), Liechty (60m), Petela (3000m), and O'Connor (shot put) also qualified for the New England Championships.
- With the victory, the Cats Win, Community Wins campaign and Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to Make-A-Wish Vermont, bringing the 2020 total to ten wins totaling $1,000. A special thank you to Vermont Mutual Insurance for their support. Vermont Mutual Insurance, protecting Vermonters since 1828.
UP NEXT
Vermont splits up into meets at Boston University, Middlebury, and New Hampshire next week. The Catamounts will be competing in the two-day Terrier Invite at BU, beginning on Friday (Jan. 24). On Saturday (Jan. 25), UVM will continue the Terrier Invite while also sending groups to the Middlebury Invitational and UNH.
