MIDDLEBURY WINTER CLASSIC
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Vermont track & field recorded several top marks en route to a pair of second-place team finishes in the Middlebury Winter Classic on Saturday at Virtue Field House. The UVM women posted a score of 157 points. The men logged 135 points in their competition.
 
RELATED LINKS
Results 
Photos
 
COACH'S QUOTE
"We saw noticeable improvement today for many of our folks," head coach Matt Belfield said. "The training will start to yield some even better performances over the next few weeks as we prepare for America East. I thought we had many inspired efforts on our relays that showed how important the team aspect of track & field really is."

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Kevin Mills was victorious in the men's high jump with a mark of 1.90 meters, edging out teammate Pierce DeBoer (1.90m) and Union's Landers Green (1.90m). Mills posted the winning mark on his second attempt.
• Lauren Triarsi won the women's high jump with a mark of 1.60 meters, her second-highest mark of the season.
• The Catamounts earned the top three spots in the women's 3000-meter run, with Andie Cornish posting the winning time of 10:33.13. Caroline Deiss (10:44.56) and Claire MacDonald (10:47.82) rounded out the scorers in the top three.
• Andrew Crompton raced to victory in the men's mile, posting a time of 4:17.16. Sophomore Davis Cote placed third with a time of 4:18.48. Crompton and Cote took second and third in the men's 800-meter run with times of 2:00.05 and 2:00.77, respectively.
• Carolena Bellini earned a runner-up finish in the women's long jump, posting a mark of 5.21 meters.
• Charlotte Crum was second in the women's 500-meter run with a personal-best time of 1:19.61. Rachel Barba placed fifth with a time of 1:22.61. On the men's side, Cameron Kirn logged a second-place finish with a time of 1:07.61, and Zane Reservitz was fourth with a time of 1:09.33.
• Alex Siaton recorded a second-place finish in the men's 60-meter dash with a time of 7.14 seconds. Rookie, Andrew Ponessi, was fourth with a time of 7.18 seconds.
• Kenneth Morrissey earned a second-place finish in the men's 1000-meter run with a time of 2:32.91.
• Emma Wapshare placed third in the women's shot put with a personal-best mark of 10.91 meters.
• Gabby Rausa (26.96s) and Chike Asanya (23.17s) registered third-place finishes in their respective 200-meter sprints.
• First-year jumper, Kate Kelly took third in the women's triple jump with a mark of 9.92 meters. Teammate, Sarah Bushnell, placed fifth with a mark of 9.77 meters.
• The women's distance medley relay team of Hannah Hayden, Megan Quade, Emma Hastings-Crummey, and Clare Kelly logged a winning time of 13:20.38.
• The UVM men won the 4x200-meter relay with Henry Miller, Siaton, Asanya, and Andrew Ponessi combining for a time of 1:30.77. The men's 4x400-meter relay team of Reservitz, Alex Warner, Kirn, and Morrissey recorded a time of 3:26.91 for the top mark.

UP NEXT
Vermont returns to action on Friday (Jan. 27) when it splits off into a pair of meets in Boston. The Catamounts will be competing in the Terrier Classic at Boston University, as well as the UMass Lowell Invite at the Track at New Balance.