BOSTON – On Day 1 of the ECAC & IC4A Championships, Vermont track & field saw numerous Catamounts advance through the preliminaries, and set personal records at Boston University's Track & Tennis Center.
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Results
COACH'S QUOTE
"We're very excited to have some points on the board already from
Alex Parasky in the heptathlon and
Lauren Triarsi in the pentathlon – those were excellent performances," head coach
Matt Belfield said. "We also got a bunch of qualifiers for the finals tomorrow so it will be an exciting day for sure. We had other personal-bests that were top-ten and milestone efforts.
Dina John,
Sunny Nagpaul, and
Annemarie Martell ran the fastest marks of their careers.
Tyler Marshall,
Alex May Curtis, and
Caroline O'Shea were impressive in qualifying and we got our DMR through with a little grace from the officials. All in all, a good day."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Parasky and Triarsi grabbed seven points in the combined events for Vermont. Parasky (4,815 pts) picked up six team points with a third-place finish in the heptathlon. Triarsi (3,265 pts) was eighth in the pentathlon.
- O'Shea finished second in the 1000 meter preliminaries to qualify for tomorrow's finals. The junior posted a time of 2:53.00.
- Marshall advanced through preliminaries in the men's 1000 with a time of 2:27.67. The Hinesburg, Vermont native was third in the prelims.
- Curtis qualified for the 500 meter finals with a time of 1:14.34 that was seventh in the preliminaries.
- In the women's mile, Nagpaul finished 15th with a time of 4:56.64 and was closely followed by Martell (4:58.68) in 16th.
- The 4x400 meter relay tandem of Will Juniper, Alex Warner, Parasky, and Justin Liechty advanced through the preliminaries with a time of 3:17.70.
- John posted a time of 2:13.18 for a personal record and 20th place in the 800 meter preliminaries.
- The distance medley relay team of Andrew Crompton, Steven Garcia, Zane Reservitz, and Steven O'Driscoll combined for a time of 10:13.07.
WHAT'S NEXT
Vermont caps off the indoor track & field season on Sunday (Mar. 8) with the final day of the ECAC & IC4A Championships at Boston University's Track & Tennis Center.
