BOSTON — Vermont Track and Field began competing at the America East Championships and saw three top-10 marks and an all-conference finish from Kayla Myers. The Catamount women sit in sixth with seven points, while the men have yet to record a point.

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COACH'S QUOTE
"We had inspired performances from both our teams today.  Kayla fought really hard and scored more points than last year, but fell just a little short of the title.  Her poise throughout the day was impressive.  I was thrilled to see Morgan Ryan get a big PR in this biggest of stages to score a point for the team.  And each member of the DMR raced well to get us a couple more," said head coach Matt Belfield. "For the men, we got some qualifiers to tomorrow's finals that were impressive, including Lukaas' first 48 clocking in the 400.  Alex had another fantastic prelim day advancing to both finals.  Jackson King was solid in day one of the Heptathlon and is in position to grab some points after tomorrow is done. I'm confident we will have an even better day tomorrow."

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Myers earned all-conference honors in the pentathlon with 3358 points to place third. Myers's third-place finish earned Vermont six points. Her long jump of 5.63 meters is the seventh-best in program history. She also finished ninth in the long jump with a jump of 5.44 meters. 
• Jackson King sits fifth after the first day of the heptathlon with 1968 points.
• Alex Siaton ran 6.88 to finish fifth in the 60-meter prelims to qualify for tomorrow's final. He also came in sixth in the 200-meter prelims with a time of 21.62.
• Sophia Filali came in sixth in the 500-meter prelims with a time of 1:17.86.
• Morgan Ryan placed seventh in the pole vault with a vault of 3.40 meters, the eighth highest in program history. She also earned a point for the Catamounts.
• Lukaas Nales qualified for the 400 finals by running 48.77 to place seventh. His time is the third fastest in program history.
• Kyle Hoffman ran 1:04.66 in the 500-meter prelims to place seventh. His time is the third fastest in program history.
• The women's distance medley relay team placed eighth with a time of 12:11.79. The finish earned them a point. 
• Clare Kelly was ninth in the 5000 with a time of 17:33.02.
• The men's distance medley relay team placed ninth with a time of 10:19.20. 
• Sam Diliberti ran 50.26 in the 400-meter prelims to finish 10th.
• Cameron Kirn ran 1:05.86 to come in 11th in the 500-meter prelims.
• Vaughan Larkin is 11th after the first day of the heptathlon with 1722 points.
• Ryleigh Garrow was 12th in the 60-meter hurdle prelims with a time of 9.15.
• Eben Mosher sits 12th after the first day of the heptathlon with 1669 points.
• Gabby Rausa came in 13th in the 400-meter prelims with a time of 59.07.
• Ava Buske was 14th in the pole vault with a vault of 2.95 meters.
• Oscar Landini placed 14th in the 500-meter prelims with a time of 1:07.43.

UP NEXT
Vermont will return to action for the second day of the America East Championships.

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