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INDOOR TRACK: Judges start winter season with strong finishes
by Mike Prada
Editor in Chief
Sports | 12/4/07
Posted online at 11:03 PM EST on 12/3/07
/ Last updated at 12:00 PM EST on 12/3/07
Despite the absence of several runners who rested after the end of the cross country season, the men's and women's indoor track teams had some solid performances at the season-opening Northeastern Invitational last weekend.
The men's team had six players who finished in the top 10 of their respective events, while the women's squad had four players place in the top 15 and several others who came close.
"This was just a starting point, but it looks like we're doing better than we have done in previous years as far as where we are in the fall," women's team captain Olivia Alford '08 said.
Several cross country runners didn't compete in this event. On the men's side, John Guilinger '08 remains sidelined with a heel injury, while Matt Jennings '09, Paul Norton '11 and Tim Condon '08 were given the week to rest. The women's team competed without Katy Agule '09, Emily Terrin '08, Ally Connolly '10 and Adie Sprague '08.
On the men's side, three runners placed in the top 10 in running events. Mekonen Gendebo '11 and Mike Stone '09 finished in eighth and ninth place, respectively, out of 61 runners in the 3,000-meter event, continuing the momentum they gained from strong cross country seasons
"Both of them raced well," Dan Suher '08 said. "[Gendebo] has more to learn tactically, but timewise, he was where we expected him to be. Stone sat back and ran a really smart, tactical race."
Suher took the other top-10 finish in running events, coming in ninth out of 66 runners in the one-mile event with a time of 4 minutes, 26.74 seconds.
He nearly caught the eighth-place finisher, Northeastern University rookie Andy Cazeau, at the end of the race, finishing less than four tenths of a second behind him.
"[Cazeau] was way in front of me, and I was trying to reel him in, but there wasn't enough track left to catch him," Suher said.
The Judges also got three top-10 finishes in field events. Matt Hohmann '11 and Shyam Vimal '09 finished in fifth and sixth place, respectively, in the triple jump with leaps of 12.77 and 12.57 meters, respectively.
The men's team had six players who finished in the top 10 of their respective events, while the women's squad had four players place in the top 15 and several others who came close.
"This was just a starting point, but it looks like we're doing better than we have done in previous years as far as where we are in the fall," women's team captain Olivia Alford '08 said.
Several cross country runners didn't compete in this event. On the men's side, John Guilinger '08 remains sidelined with a heel injury, while Matt Jennings '09, Paul Norton '11 and Tim Condon '08 were given the week to rest. The women's team competed without Katy Agule '09, Emily Terrin '08, Ally Connolly '10 and Adie Sprague '08.
On the men's side, three runners placed in the top 10 in running events. Mekonen Gendebo '11 and Mike Stone '09 finished in eighth and ninth place, respectively, out of 61 runners in the 3,000-meter event, continuing the momentum they gained from strong cross country seasons
"Both of them raced well," Dan Suher '08 said. "[Gendebo] has more to learn tactically, but timewise, he was where we expected him to be. Stone sat back and ran a really smart, tactical race."
Suher took the other top-10 finish in running events, coming in ninth out of 66 runners in the one-mile event with a time of 4 minutes, 26.74 seconds.
He nearly caught the eighth-place finisher, Northeastern University rookie Andy Cazeau, at the end of the race, finishing less than four tenths of a second behind him.
"[Cazeau] was way in front of me, and I was trying to reel him in, but there wasn't enough track left to catch him," Suher said.
The Judges also got three top-10 finishes in field events. Matt Hohmann '11 and Shyam Vimal '09 finished in fifth and sixth place, respectively, in the triple jump with leaps of 12.77 and 12.57 meters, respectively.
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