UMASS OUTDOOR INVITATIONAL
AMHERST, Mass. – Vermont track & field saw four Catamounts earn individual victories at the UMass Outdoor Invitational on Saturday afternoon. The UVM men recorded 76 points, and the women recorded 74 points to finish fourth in their respective team competitions.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"I'm very pleased with how so many folks adapted to the change in schedule and got some quality efforts in today," head coach Matt Belfield said. "I thought Andie's win was a big breakthrough and I continue to be impressed with Alex Siaton and his development as a 200m runner. Nice PRs for Conor and Kevin in the javelin to get us started in the morning. We had some folks getting back into competition after some time off; and I saw the joy of just being able to compete again. It's time to start sharpening up and hitting some big marks. I expect some big things next weekend in Lowell."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Andie Cornish logged a winning time in the 1500-meter run, finishing the race in 4:46.14. The junior nearly matched her career-best mark (4:55.50), and won by a margin of 2.97 seconds.
• Alex Siaton finished first in the men's 200-meter dash and came within 0.01 second from matching his personal-best mark of 21.94 seconds. The sophomore's time of 21.95 seconds was good for a 0.14-second margin of victory.
• Matt Hynes and Wyatt Matyas swept the top two spots in the men's 5000-meter run with times of 14:58.15 and 14:59.81, respectively. Graduate student Ian Denis placed fourth with a time of 15:04.20.
• Meaghan Alba was victorious in the 5000-meter run, winning by a commanding 9.89 seconds. The senior posted a time of 19:01.91 in the distance run.
• Jane Leighton was second in the 800-meter run with a career-best time of 2:15.61. The UVM captain eclipsed her personal-best mark by 0.98 seconds.
• Carson Kopetz recorded a runner-up finish in pole vault, logging a mark of 4.30 meters.  
• Emma Wapshare placed second in javelin with a throw of 39.99 meters. The rookie missed the top mark by only 1.88 meters.
• Kevin Mills recorded a third-place finish in the men's high jump with a mark of 1.90 meters, matching his personal-best mark. The sophomore also recorded a distance of 52.30 meters in javelin to place fifth. Conor Moses posted a personal-best mark of 50.93 meters to finish seventh.
• Gabby Rausa logged a 200-meter dash time of 25.45 seconds to place third in the event. The rookie's sprint is currently the fastest 200-meter mark by the UVM women this season.
• Jameson Sparks posted a third-place finish in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase, recording a time of 9:32.12. The rookie's mark is the fastest steeplechase time by a Catamount this season.
• Carolena Bellini leaped for a mark of 5.48 meters in the long jump to record a fourth-place finish.
• Mia Grasso logged a time of 58.79 seconds in the 400-meter dash to finish fourth in the sprint. The senior was only 0.01 second behind her personal record, set in her junior season.
• Christian Groff placed fourth in the men's 1500-meter run with a time of 4:04.24. Groff narrowly beat teammate Davis Cote (4:04.70) who finished fifth.

UP NEXT
The Catamounts visit conference foe UMass Lowell for the second time this outdoor season on Saturday (Apr. 23) at Cushing Field Complex.