ROXBURY, Mass. – Vermont track & field saw four Catamounts advance through preliminaries, and a key second-place finish from
Phoebe Koski on Day 1 of the New England Championships. The UVM women are currently in seventh place.
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Day 1: Results
COACH'S QUOTE
"We're pleased that many who were seeded to advance got through to the finals," said head coach
Matt Belfield. "We also had two really good scoring performances in the women's 5000 from
Phoebe Koski and
Bel Sogoloff to get the team started.
Lauren Triarsi's high jump performance was outstanding as well.
Alex May Curtis ran a great 500 and I also thought
Shannon Lustiber ran her best track race here at UVM today. We're excited about scoring a bunch of points tomorrow, and we should see our men move into the top 10 teams."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Koski recorded UVM's best finish of the day when she took second place in the 5000 meter run. The senior logged a personal-best time of 17:16.40. Sogoloff grabbed a fifth-place finish with a time of 17:24.91.
- Justin Liechty registered a third-place finish in the 400 meter preliminaries to advance to tomorrow's finals. The graduate student ran a time of 49.41 seconds.
- Tyler Marshall also advanced to tomorrow's finals with a time of 2:30.45 in the 1000 meters. He was third place in the preliminaries.
- In the women's 500 meter dash, Curtis (2nd) and Mia Grasso (10th) advanced through the preliminaries with times of 1:15.24 and 1:17.81, respectively.
- Ryan Guerino posted a third-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 6.72 meters.
- Lustiber ran a time of 3:02.41 in the 1000 meter run to post a 10th-place finish.
- Triarsi registered a high jump of 1.66 meters for 12th place.
- Alex Parasky placed in the top three in a pair of heptathlon events. The UVM captain was second in the shot put (12.22m) and third in the high jump (6.41m).
NOTES
- Liechty's 400 meter final is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.
- Curtis and Grasso are in the 500 meter final at 12:55 p.m.
- Marshall competes in the 1000 meter final at 1:25 p.m.
UP NEXT
The New England Championships continue tomorrow at Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center. Events on Day 2 kick off at 10 a.m.
