BOSTON – Vermont track & field saw impressive performances, including Konstanze Wendeln's All-Conference run, and strong qualifiers on Day 1 of the America East Championships. The UVM women sit in fourth place with 23 points. The men are in ninth with 12 points.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Not a perfect day for sure, but we have much to celebrate for sure," said head coach Matt Belfield. "Every single effort that led to our team points and those that set us up for tomorrow's finals was important today. A fantastic men's DMR fell short by a bit, but impressive relay nonetheless. The women's 5k was tremendous and kudos to Conni Wendeln for getting All-Conference honors. I thought our men in the 400 ran very well and Will Juniper got himself into a really good final with Justin leading the way again for us. Lauren Triarsi was really good in the her first America East pentathlon and our men in the heptathlon are really grinding out the points. We'll have a good day tomorrow. Our energy is good and the team is together in spirit."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Wendeln captured All-Conference honors with a personal-best 5000 meter time of 16:59.53. The sophomore placed third in the race.
• Phoebe Koski (17:08.10) and Bel Sogoloff (17:15.29) also earned points for the Catamounts in the 5000 meter run with finishes in fourth and sixth place, respectively.
• Justin Liechty and Will Juniper advanced through the 400 meter preliminaries with times of 48.90 seconds and 49.23 seconds, respectively.
• The distance medley relay team of Chris Gish, Liechty, Tyler Marshall, and John Benner finished in second place with a time of 9:54.26. The quartet narrowly missed a first-place finish.
• Alex May Curtis finished second in the 500 meter preliminaries with a time of 1:14.86 to qualify for tomorrow's finals.
• DJ Snide and Alex Parasky are in third and fourth in the heptathlon on Day 1. Snide was victorious in the shot put portion of the competition with a toss of 13.17 meters. Parasky had the top time in the 60 meter portion (7.28s)
• Triarsi finished sixth in the pentathlon with 3,288 points. The rookie recorded her top finish of the competition in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 9.31 seconds.
• The Vermont pole vaulters both registered fifth-place finishes. Andy Chess had a vault of 4.35 meters in the men's competition. Marina Cannon vaulted 3.20 meters in the women's competition.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Catamounts return to action for the final day of the America East Championships on Saturday (Feb. 22) at BU Track & Tennis Center. Fans can watch the meet on AmericaEast.TV with coverage starting at 11:25 a.m. Live results will be posted on LancerTiming.com