WORCESTER, Mass. – Vermont track & field returned to action for a pair of meets across the East Coast on Saturday (Mar. 11). The UVM men & women wrapped up the New England Championships in Worcester, Mass. Five women were in action at the ECAC Championships in Fairfax, Va.
RELATED LINKS
New England Championship Results
ECAC Championship Results
COACH'S QUOTE
"Great to see the men's team score a bunch more points on Day 2," said head coach
Matt Belfield on the New England Championships. "
Alex Siaton continues to impress with both the quality and consistency of performance.
Jameson Sparks also showed he can run in back-to-back championships.
Bridget Kosky and
Ryleigh Garrow had good performances in the triple jump again and are showing they can perform at a high level as rookies. Some bad luck for
Sophia Filali in the hurdles, but her toughness will serve her well in the coming years. Strong finish for
Kayla Myers to finish the heptathlon with a career-best total points."
"Excited to have some great all-time performance down here at George Mason," Belfield said on the ECAC Championship performances. "Both
Emma Wapshare and
Lily Porth finished just outside of scoring, but Lily's PR and Emma's clutch last throw to get into finals showed great poise. So grateful for Lily for an extraordinary career as a Catamount. Getting us on the scoreboard for the meet was
Clare Kelly with her outdoor 5000 personal-best for sixth place. Also proud of Abigail Martin and
Caroline Deiss for getting to this meet and laying it all out there one more time."
NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Siaton registered a fourth-place finish in the men's 100-meter dash, sprinting for a time of 10.70 seconds. The senior also logged a fourth-place finish in the men's 200-meter dash with a time of 21.77 seconds.
- Sparks raced for a time of 9:15.92 in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase to pick up a fourth-place finish.
- Filali picked up two points for Vermont with a seventh-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles.
- Myers placed sixth in the women's heptathlon with a personal-best score of 4,134 points. The junior recorded the top mark in the long jump portion of the combined event, posting a career-best 5.48 meters.
- Jackson King finished eighth in the men's decathlon (5,607 pts) and posted the second-best mark in the javelin portion (43.86m).
- Kevin Mills was 11th in the men's high jump with a mark of 1.86 meters.
- Kosky posted Vermont's top mark in the triple jump (11.41m) to finish in 11th place. Ryleigh Garrow was 13th with a mark of 11.23 meters.
- Jake Voynar placed 15th in the men's triple jump with a mark of 13.02 meters.
- Dillon Jensen ran a time of 3:57.72 in the men's 1500-meter run to register a 15th-place finish.
ECAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Kelly picked up a sixth-place finish in the women's 5000-meter run with a time of 17:36.81. Deiss was 11th with a time of 18:15.34.
- Porth logged a ninth-place finish in the women's 1500-meter run with a personal-best time of 4:36.96.
- Wapshare posted a mark of 38.11 meters in the women's javelin to finish in the ninth place. Martin threw for a mark of 31.07 meters.
UP NEXT
Samantha Alexander will wrap up the outdoor season for the Catamounts at the ECAC Championships on Sunday (May 11) in Fairfax, Va. The rookie is scheduled to compete in the discus at 10 a.m.
