NEW BRITAIN, Conn. – Vermont track & field sprinter
Sonia John registered a new school record in the 400-meter dash to headline the Catamounts on Friday at the New England Championships. John and the UVM women are 13th in the team standings after Day 1 with 5.5 points. The Vermont men are in fourth with 19 points.
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Results
COACH'S QUOTE
"Highlights of the day were certainly Sonia's school record in the 400 and
Zane Russom's big PR in the javelin to get fourth," said head coach
Matt Belfield. "
Marina Cannon finished her career with another outstanding performance to get the bronze.
Ian Denis ran a nice PR in the 10K and hung tough to get fourth. Pretty good opening day for the decathletes and Lauren in the heptathlon. Looking forward to getting some big team points tomorrow."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- John's 400-meter time bested Dana Gaetani's school record set in 2016. The junior was second in the 400-meter preliminaries with her record-setting time of 55.19 seconds. She followed that up with a time of 25.20 seconds for third place in the 200-meter qualifier to advance to tomorrow's finals in both events.
- Russom took fourth in the men's javelin finals with a throw of 61.12 meters. The toss was a new personal-best and the seventh-farthest mark in program history.
- Cannon closed out her career with a third-place finish in the pole vault. The senior All-Conference jumper posted a mark of 3.55 meters.
- In the men's 10,000-meter finals, Denis logged a time of 31:34.05 for a fourth-place finish. The senior eclipsed his previous personal record by 58.62 seconds.
- Andrew Crompton logged a third-place finish and in the men's 5,000-meter finals. The sophomore posted a time of 14:59.83. Teammates Steven O'Driscoll (15:06.32) and Kasey Gelfand (15:06.74) finished seventh and eighth, respectively.
- Jake Bair and Alex Siaton ran qualifying marks in the men's 400-meter dash. The Catamount duo took second and third with times of 48.84 seconds and 49.15 seconds, respectively.
- Mia Grasso was fourth in the women's 400-meter hurdles prelims with a time of 1:03.55.
- In the men's decathlon, Alex Parasky logged top marks in the 100-meter dash (11.07s) and 400-meter dash (51.75s). Teammate Jackson Baker posted the top long jump mark of 6.98 meters. DJ Snide finished third in the long jump (6.69m), one spot behind Parasky in second (6.75m). Snide was also third in shot put (11.98m).
- Lauren Triarsi began the women's heptathlon with the top 100-meter mark (14.78s). The sophomore was also third in both the high jump (1.55m) and 200-meter dash (26.55s).
ALL-NEW ENGLAND
UP NEXT
The Catamounts return to action on Saturday (May 15) for the closing day of the New England Championships. Day 2 events takes place at Veterans Stadium in New Britain, Connecticut. Saturday's official start time is slated for 10 a.m. Fans can watch the championships live, courtesy of BayStateRunning.com. The broadcast can be found
here.
