BOSTON – The Vermont women sit in seventh place of the New England Championships after day one behind Caroline Deiss' second-place finish in the 5000m and another podium for Ryleigh Garrow in the high jump. Bennett Harrison-Michael's and Phillip Lou both collected points for the Catamount men who sit in eighth entering Saturday.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"We had an especially good day and avoided a let-down after America East.  We showed a tremendous amount of poise and competed really well. Caroline's huge personal best closed the day in style and earned her the silver. So happy for how her senior year is going. Adriana scoring in the weight throw with a UVM top-10 was also a lovely finish to her indoor career. Bennett, Philllip, Dillon, Nate W and Patrick all got points and/or got through to the finals. Both men and women got a bunch of points. Way more than we were seeded to get. Great day for sure…teams are hungry for more tomorrow to close out the indoor season."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• In the women's 5000m Caroline Deiss cut nearly 30 seconds off her time in the America East Championships to finish second. She earned eight points for the Vermont women clocking a 16:56.97.
• Bennett Harrison-Michaels snared two points for the Catamounts with a seventh-place finish in the 5000m. He finished in 14:52.92.
• Freshman Nate Wanger posted a fourth-place finish in the 400m prelims with a 49.13.
• In the men's 1000m prelims Dillon Stoeffler posted a 2:30.19 quick enough for fourth place ahead of Saturday's final.
• The all first year Vermont team of Myles Napolitano, Michael Chun, Dillon Stoeffler and Nicholas Kidder finished fourth in 4000m Medley Relay collecting five points for the team.
• Phillip Lou picked up two more points for the Catamounts with a 4.07m Pole Vault to finish seventh.
• Patrick Mozden's tenth place finish in the men's 800m prelim earned him a place in the Saturday finals.
• Ava Hayden qualified for the finals in the women's 1000m with a 3:02.74 in the prelims.
• In the women's 200m dash prelims Sydney Greenidge qualified in eighth with a 25.57. Erin Carty just missed out on qualifying for the finals but finished in 10^th at 25.71.
• It was another podium finish for Ryleigh Garrow in the high jump finishing third after clearing 1.62m. Annika Huber also was in the points for the Catamounts in a tie for seventh at 1.57m.
• Adriana Rodriguez' weighted throw of 15.62m was strong enough for eighth and another point for Vermont. She moved into tenth all-time in program history with that effort.

UP NEXT
Vermont continues to compete in the New England Championships on Saturday with events beginning at 10:15 in Boston.
 
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