NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAY1
ROXBURY, Mass. – The Catamounts posted several strong performances and personal-bests on Day 1 of the New England Championships Friday at Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center.
 
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Day 1 Results: Men | Women
 
COACH'S QUOTE
"Very pleased that we had some first-time New England participants score some points today," said head coach Matt Belfield. "Kayla was solid throughout the pentathlon and had a couple lifetime bests within the five events. Great performance for a rookie. Kaia had a big breakthrough in the vault and jumped to a huge personal best. Sofia didn't have her best day, but was good enough to share sixth with her teammate. Also, first-years Emma and Sadie were particularly strong in the 800 and 1000, respectively. Busy day tomorrow with the team split in two venues, but I'm expecting some more exciting results."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Kaia Becker and Sofia Wittmann registered marks of 3.35 meters in the pole vault to tie for sixth place. The Catamount duo picked up 2.5 points each for Vermont. Becker eclipsed her previous personal-best mark by 3.10 meters.
• Kayla Myers was eighth in the pentathlon with a score of 3,023 points. The rookie's best event of the day was high jump. Myers placed third in the high jump with a mark of 1.58 meters.
• Sadie Holmes nearly for the 1000-meter finals when she logged a preliminary time of 3:06.13 for ninth place. 
• Emma Hastings-Crummey placed 12th in the 800-meter prelims with a time of 2:25.81. Mari Garza and Isabel Homsi logged times of 2:31.70 and 2:33.76, respectively. 
• Lauren Triarsi had a 16th-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 4.96 meters. 
• Wade Mullin finished 14th in the men's 800-meter preliminaries with a time of 1:59.76.
• Eli Ogilvie finished 17th in the men's 400-meter dash preliminaries with a time of 53.28 seconds. Ogilvie was also 22nd in the 200-meter dash preliminaries with a time of 23.98 seconds.
• In the women's 400-meter dash prelims, Catherine Movsessian finished 15th with a time of 1:03.67.

UP NEXT
The Catamounts split up into two meets tomorrow with Day 2 of the New England Championships beginning at 10 a.m. at Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center. Vermont will also be competing in the Scarlet & White Invite at Boston University's Track & Tennis Center. The BU meet begins at 11 a.m.