TRACK & FIELD NOTEBOOK
Vermont track & field heads down to Amherst, Mass. for one final tune-up on Saturday at the UMass Outdoor Invitational. Events kick off at 11 a.m. at UMass Track & Field Complex. Triangle Timing will be providing live results via MileSplit.
 
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THE FIELD
The Catamounts will be competing against America East foes New Hampshire and UMass Lowell, as well as non-conference counterparts Dartmouth and UMass at Saturday's meet. All five programs will be tuning up for their conference championships next week.
 
LOOKING AHEAD TO THE AE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Vermont will host the 2022 America East Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 7 & 8 at the Frank H. Livak Track & Field Facility. The Catamounts host the conference championships for the first time since 2016.
 
AE CHAMPIONSHIP TICKET INFO
Tickets for the 2022 America East Outdoor Track & Field Championships are available at UVMathletics.com/Tickets. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youth (14 & under). UVM students can receive free tickets to the America East Championships, courtesy of the University's President's Office. Tickets will also be sold at the Gutterson Fieldhouse Box Office, starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday (May 7), and 8:30 a.m. on Sunday (May 8). Separate tickets are required for each day of the Championships.
 
TRIARSI'S PR AT UMASS
Earlier this season, UVM junior Lauren Triarsi posted a career-best heptathlon score of 4,589 points en route to victory at the UMass Multi-Meet on Apr. 13 & 14. Triarsi's winning score ranks No. 5 on the program's all-time list. The junior posted career-best marks in the shot put (9.96m), 200-meter dash (25.91s), and 800-meter run (2:35.93). She recorded winning marks in the 100-meter hurdles (14.65s), 200-meter dash, and long jump (5.42m). Her pentathlon score is the top mark in America East this season.
 
THREE W'S LAST WEEK
A trio of Catamounts earned individual victories at the George Davis Invite last week. Jane Leighton nearly ran a career-best time in the 3000-meter steeplechase, posting a 10:32.07 mark that earned her a 41.45-second margin of victory. Sonia John was victorious in the 400-meter dash, with a mark of 57.41 seconds. Rookie, Emma Wapshare, registered a winning mark of 40.21 meters in javelin.
 
CONFERENCE MARKS A WEEK AGO
Five Catamounts registered America East top-10 marks a week ago at the George Davis Invite. Jane Leighton's winning steeplechase was the second-fastest mark in America East this season. Lauren Triarsi posted the third-fastest 100-meter hurdles time (14.45s) in the conference and Sophie Christopher posted the eighth-fastest 400-meter hurdles mark (1:05.74) on the America East Performance List.  On the men's side, Wyatt Matyas ran the seventh-fastest steeplechase (9:24.12), and Carson Kopetz logged the seventh-highest pole vault (4.40m).