LOWELL, Mass. – First year
Lily Porth raced to victory in the 10,000-meter run to lead Vermont track & field on Day 1 at the America East Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The UVM women are in second place, with a team score of 37 points. The men are in ninth with 12 points.
RELATED LINKS
Results: Men | Women
America East Championship Central
COACH'S QUOTE
"Absolutely need to start with celebrating Lily's victory in the 10K," said head coach
Matt Belfield. "She never gave up and when she got behind, she closed with incredible strength and fitness. We had several other All-Conference finishes that really highlights the poise and determination of our athletes.
Zane Russom and
Jane Leighton got their first All-Conference finishes and
Phoebe Koski sticking around for a fifth year has really paid off as she's at a national level with Jane in the steeplechase.
Marina Cannon continues to vault well when it counts and is a tremendous teammate. WE got many bonus finals qualificaitons from a few seeded outside of the top eight coming in.
Tyler Marshall's 800 was inspiring to me personally – just phenomenal. I'm sure I'm missing some as I am still soaking it all in."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Porth closed out the first day of the conference championships with her victory. The rookie logged a time of 36:46.73 to win by a 15.06-second margin.
- Leighton (10:31.60) and Koski (10:37.56) were All-Conference in the steeplechase, finishing second and third, respectively. Leighton's time is the second-fastest mark in program history.
- Russom earned All-Conference honors with a third-place finish in javelin. The junior's throw traveled 57.41 meters.
- Cannon took second in the pole vault finals with a jump of 3.55 meters to match her personal-best mark.
- Marshall qualified for the 800-meter finals with a time of 1:56.15.
- In the combined events, Alex Parasky leads the men's decathlon with 3,631 points. The graduate student won the 100-meter dash (11.10s), 400-meter dash (51.11s), and shot put (12.41m) to secure the Day 1 lead. Lauren Triarsi is currently fourth in the women's heptathlon with 2,744 points. The sophomore was second in the 100-meter hurdles (15.11s).
- Parasky also advanced through preliminaries in the 110-meter hurdles with the second-fastest qualifying time of 15.17 seconds.
- The Catamounts saw runners on the men's and women's side qualify for the 1500-meter finals. Chris Gish advanced in the preliminaries with a time of 3:59.56. AnneMarie Martell logged a time of 4:48.66 for a qualifying mark.
- In the men's 400-meter dash, Alex Siaton (49.27s) and Alex Warner (49.82s) ran qualifying marks.
- Sonia John logged the third-fastest time in the women's 400-meter prelims with a mark of 56.89 seconds. The junior also qualified for the 200-meter finals with a time of 25.77 seconds.
- Cam McLaughlin's time of 57.33 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles earned him a spot in tomorrow's finals.
- Jake Bair earned spot in the 200-meter finals with a mark of 22.46 seconds.
ALL-CONFERENCE
UP NEXT
The America East Outdoor Track & Field Championships continue on Sunday (May 2) at UMass Lowell. Events begin at 9 a.m. with coverage on AmericaEast.TV starting at 10 a.m.
