TRACK & FIELD NOTEBOOK
Vermont track & field begins the indoor season for the first time since last competing in the 2019-20 campaign, when it travels to Dartmouth on Saturday (Dec. 11). One Catamount will enter the women's pentathlon on Friday at 4 p.m. Saturday's events kick off at 9:45 a.m. at Leverone Field House. Per Dartmouth policy, spectators will not be allowed at the event.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"It's very exciting to be getting back to indoor track & field competition, after last years' cancelation," said head coach Matt Belfield. "We have a nice mix of veterans and newcomers poised to make significant contributions to our team effort. After a fall semester with our folks going in different directions – many competing on the cross country teams while others focused on preparation for sprinting, jumping, hurdling and throwing – it is now the entire group's task to come together in the formation of a cohesive unit.  I like the commitment to the team that our newly elected captains have shown; and I see the masses on board with the notion that the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts."
 
FRIDAY'S COMBINED EVENTS
First year Kayla Myers will be competing in the women's heptathlon, which begins later this afternoon at 4 p.m. The Buffalo, New York native will be making her collegiate debut.
 
IT'S BEEN HOW LONG?!
Vermont is competing in the indoor season for the first time in 643 days, after the 2020-21 indoor season was canceled due to COVID-19. John Benner set a UVM indoor 3000-meter record at the ECAC & IC4A Championships. Benner's record-setting time of 8:13.47 eclipsed the previous record by nearly five seconds.
 
THE OPPONENTS
The Catamounts will open up the season with its traditional pre-Winter Break trip to Hanover. Vermont will face the host, Dartmouth, as well as America East foes New Hampshire and Maine.
 
THE MEN'S CAPTAINS
The Vermont men selected Chike Asanya, Andrew Crompton, Wyatt Matyas, Zane Russom, and DJ Snide to lead them in the 2021-22 campaign.
 
THE WOMEN'S CAPTAINS
Mary Diestel, Mia Grasso, Jane Leighton, Hayley Ross, and Sofia Wittmann will lead the UVM women as captains in the 2021-22 season.
 
STAYING CLOSE TO HOME
Vermont will have several meets at or near home this season, with a trio of meets in Middlebury after Winter Break. The Catamounts will be at the Middlebury Winter Classic on January 15, followed by the Snowflake (Jan. 22) and Invitational (Jan. 29).
 
HOME MEET
The Catamounts will host a home meet at Gardner-Collins Indoor Track for the first time since the North Country All-Comers in 2019. Vermont will host New Hampshire on February 13 at 12 p.m.