TRACK & FIELD NOTEBOOK
Vermont track & field has another two-meet weekend beginning on Friday (Feb. 11) with the Fastrack National Invite at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, New York. The Invite kicks off at 1:30 p.m. The Catamounts will also be competing at home against conference foe New Hampshire on Sunday (Feb. 13) at Gardner-Collins Indoor Track. Sunday's home meet is closed off to spectators. The indoor meet is slated to begin at 12 p.m.
 
NO SPECTATORS ON SUNDAY
Due to the use of the upper track (viewing area) as a student-athlete warm-up area, spectators will not be permitted to attend this Sunday's meet. Photos and highlights of the meet will be available following the action on UVMAthletics.com.
 
RELATED LINKS
Fastrack Invite: Live Results
Home vs. UNH: Live Results
 
COACH'S QUOTE ON THE FASTRACK INVITE
"Now is the time to position ourselves for ideal seeding at the America East Championships; and this is a great meet for these kind of performances," head coach Matt Belfield said. "We are starting to add some speed and fine-tune our techniques, so I expect some marks that are the best of the season, and maybe of the career, for many. Ocean Breeze is a tremendous facility and our men and women will take full advantage."
 
LAST TIME AT OCEAN BREEZE
The Catamounts last went to the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in 2020 for the UAlbany Winter Classic. Vermont saw some top performances of the 2020-21 indoor campaign, including John Benner's first-place finish (2:26.52) that scared the 1000-meter school record. A pair of current Catamounts, Mia Grasso and Dina John logged seventh-place finishes in the 500-meter dash and 800-meter run, respectively.
 
COACH'S QUOTE ON THE HOME MEET
"We are excited to host UNH for a meet here at the Gardner-Collins Cage; it will be a classic dual with a lot on the line for many of our athletes still trying to make the America East travel squad," said Belfield. "Competing as hard as we can against our twin state rival will give the little extra push we need to get those marks. Most importantly, competing to win every event and earn team points is what it's all about."
 
BACK AT HOME
The Catamounts are competing on Gardner-Collins Indoor Track for the first time since the North Country All-Comers in Feb. 2019. The Vermont men and women both won the home meet. Lauren Trumble took the 800-meter victory with a blazing time of 2:12.13 – the fastest indoor time by a Catamount that season. Mia Grasso and was victorious in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.34 seconds. On the men's side, DJ Snide and Chike Asanya were victorious in their sprints with times of 8.07s (55m hurdles) and 23.49s (200m), respectively.
 
ALL-TIME MARKS LAST WEEKEND
UVM saw several Catamounts flirt with program records last weekend, posting marks that were high on the Top-10 list. Bill Comstock posted the second-fastest 800-meter time in program history at the Scarlet & White Invite with a time of 1:51.27. Andrew Crompton had the second-fastest 3000-meter performance with a mark of 8:17.40. In the women's 3000-meter run Jane Leighton posted a personal-best time of 9:34.13 for the third-fastest indoor mark in program history.