BURLINGTON, Vt. – Individual victories and personal-bests headlined the day for Vermont track & field as the Catamounts hosted Hartford, Castleton, and Central Connecticut State on Saturday. UVM finished second in both the men's and women's team competitions.
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COACH'S QUOTE
"I'm really pleased with how our team is making things work through these tough times," said head coach
Matt Belfield. "Their sacrifices are paying off and we coaches are grateful for the commitment. Our men in the steeplechase set a great tone.
Ross Elkort led the way with a personal best and all of our men followed with bests as well.
Alex Siaton continues to impress in his rookie campaign and demonstrates great range from 100 to 400.
Patrick Kitchen and
Tyler Marshall led our mid-distance guys to a ton of personal bests. Our javelin men were great today too, with
Zane Russom's victory being a lifetime best. I thought the John sisters wire both impressive wining their events and teaming with
Mia Grasso and
Lindy Stadtlander for the fastest 4x400 we've run in a long time. While the heat made it tough in the 5k, I was impressed with
Phoebe Koski and
Andrew Crompton getting victories – and I know I shouldn't complain about the heat! We'll work hard to clean up the things that were a little off and get back to it on Friday.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Vermont women earned individual victories in the 100- and 400-meter dashes.
Sonia John raced to a personal-best time of 12.49 seconds in the 100 and Grasso recorded a time of 59.08 seconds in the 400 for their respective wins.
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Dina John added a victory on the women's side with an 800-meter time of 2:14.45.
Lauren Triarsi won the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.20 seconds.
• The 4x400-meter relay team of the John sisters, Grasso, and Stadtlander logged a time of 3:55.31 for the victory.
• Crompton rocketed to a 24.76-second victory in the 5000-meter run. The sophomore logged a time of 15:00.88. Koski won the women's 5000 with a time of 17:51.56.
• Russom produced a winning mark of 57.34 meters in the javelin for his personal record. The junior won the event by a margin of 2.14 meters.
• Marshall (1:54.09) and
Zane Reservitz (1:55.36) earned second and third in the 800-meter run. Kitchen posted a time of 3:59.90 in the 1500-meter run for second place in the event.
• Siaton registered an impressive 10.79-second sprint in the 100-meter dash.
• Elkort finished second in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a personal-best 9:23.31 mark.
• UVM swept the top three positions in the women's 400-meter hurdles with
Nejla Hadzic (1:09.39) earning the win.
Mary Diestel (1:10.44) and
Uatchet Juch (1:11.88) finished second and third, respectively.
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Eli Ogilvie (53.31s),
Wade Mullin (54.43s), and
Tre Wofford (54.51) raced to the top three spots in the men's 400-meter dash.
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Andy Chess and
Sofia Wittmann won their respective pole vault events. Chess posted a 3.98-meter mark in the men's competition. Wittmann logged a vault of 3.05m in the women's event.
UP NEXT
Vermont heads to Amherst, Massachusetts for the UMass Quad Meet from April 13 to April 16. The decathlon and heptathlon are schedule for Tuesday (Apr. 13) and Wednesday (Apr. 14). The rest of the events will be conducted on Friday (Apr. 16).
