BOSTON – The Vermont Women's Indoor Track and Field team finished seventh in the America East Championships behind a second-place finish from the mile for
Alex Beal and a pair of third place finishes for
Ryleigh Garrow.
Will Just lead the men's team with a fifth-place finish in the mile as the Catamounts finished the meet in ninth.
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COACH'S QUOTE
"We had tremendous energy today and I am so pleased that we have teams that really support each other well," said Head Coach
Matt Belfield. "The women over-achieved in the points department and generated a ridiculous amount of top-10 and personal bests. Ryleigh and Alex were exceptionally good, but so many others scored points…expected and unexpected. Kudos to
Will Just for an excellent mile and four big points. Our relays raced really hard today and picked up some more points.
Nate Wanger stood out to me this weekend for sure. My gratitude to my staff and all who support what we do. Our team travels really well, and our alums, friends, fans and family are especially appreciated."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Catamounts opened Saturday in the women's high jump where Ryleigh Garrow collected her first points of the Championship weekend. She cleared 1.65m to collect third place. The podium finish gave the Vermont women six points. It was Vermont's first podium of the meet. Annika Huber took a share of seventh to also snag points for Vermont clearing 1.60m and earning 1.5 points.
- In the first running event of day two Alex Beal started her Championships with a second-place finish in the mile. She finished in a personal best of 4:51.18 team collect eight points. Caroline Deiss added to her strong weekend performance with another finish in the points. She captured sixth place at 4:55.99, her first time breaking the five-minute mark to shed time from her previous best.
- The first points for the men's team on the weekend were earned by Will Just in the mile. He put up a 4:11.47 in fifth place to grab four points putting up his quickest time of the year.
- After setting a program record in the 60m hurdles prelims on Friday, Ryleigh Garrow matched her time in the finals Saturday morning at 8.62 seconds. It was her second podium finish of the championships, grabbing third place and six more points for the women.
- Freshman Lucy Hugunin opened the women's 800m by winning her heat with a new personal best 2:17.11 to finish 11th overall.
- That set the table for Rachel Barba to also win her heat in the 800m and put up her second point receiving result of the weekend. She placed sixth at 2:14.51.
- Alex Beal sped to her best time of the year in the 3000m which bested her own mark for second all-time in Catamount history at 9:29.32. She placed fifth in a stacked field adding four points for the team. Bella Fryer added a seasons' best time and top-ten finish at 9:50.14.
- The relay team of Grace Delisle, Ava Hayden, Alina Staten and Makenna Alden captured fifth place in the women's 4x800 relay with a time of 9:17.04 picking up four points.
- In the men's 4x800 relay James Cilwik, Will Just, Patrick Mozden and Evan Cline picked up a point in eighth place at 7:44.89.
- In the final women's race of the meet Erin Carty, Lucy Hugunin, Inge Schmidt and Mary Cabell teamed up to finish sixth in the 4x400 relay and collect three more points finishing in 3:58.11.
- Andres Santiago, Kyle Hoffman, Luke Miller and Nate Wanger combined in the 4x400 relay for the men to finish in seventh at 3:18.45 and scoop up two points.
UP NEXT
As a team Vermont concluded their Indoor season on Saturday. Select student-athletes will compete at the New England Championships on March 6-7 at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Complex.
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