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INDOOR TRACK: Sax, rookies shine, but women's team falls short of win
by Melissa Siegel
Staff writer
Sports | 1/15/08
Posted online at 11:14 PM EST on 1/14/08
/ Last updated at 11:55 AM EST on 1/14/08
After a month-long layoff, the men's and women's indoor track teams were just hoping to use last Saturday's Bowdoin College Invitational to gear up for future matches.
The Judges achieved that goal, but it did not result in a win for either team. The women's team finished in second place out of three teams with 129 points, just four points shy of first-place Bowdoin, while the men's team finished third out of four teams with 66 points.
"The key is always to come back from break and just have a solid performance to kick off the second semester," Dan Suher '08 said. "In terms of that goal, we met [it] far and wide."
This result came despite the absence of distance runners Hannah Lindholm '10, Beth Pisarik '10 and Meaghan Casey '09. Lindholm and Pisarik were two of the top runners during last fall's cross country season, while Casey provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships during last year's outdoor track season.
"We could have scored much higher if we would have had everyone, but everybody did compete well," coach Mark Reytblat said.
The women's team had nine first-place finishes, three of which involved Ali Sax '09.
Sax won the long jump and the triple jump with leaps of 4.74 and 10.41 meters, respectively, and was also a member of the Judges' 4-by-200 relay team that took first place with a time of 1 minute, 51.33 seconds.
"I did a lot of events, so I was a bit tired throughout the whole [meet]," Sax said. "I had three events going at once, so it was hectic in that sense."
The Judges also took the top two slots in four different events. In the one-mile run, rookie Grayce Selig '11 won her first-ever collegiate race, as her time of 5:26:48 was .47 seconds better than teammate Katy Agule '09.
Emily Owen '11 also won her first-ever collegiate event, taking the 600-meter run in 1:45:73, while fellow rookie Marie Lemay '11 won the 800-meter event and was part of the winning 4-by-400-meter relay team.
The Judges achieved that goal, but it did not result in a win for either team. The women's team finished in second place out of three teams with 129 points, just four points shy of first-place Bowdoin, while the men's team finished third out of four teams with 66 points.
"The key is always to come back from break and just have a solid performance to kick off the second semester," Dan Suher '08 said. "In terms of that goal, we met [it] far and wide."
This result came despite the absence of distance runners Hannah Lindholm '10, Beth Pisarik '10 and Meaghan Casey '09. Lindholm and Pisarik were two of the top runners during last fall's cross country season, while Casey provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships during last year's outdoor track season.
"We could have scored much higher if we would have had everyone, but everybody did compete well," coach Mark Reytblat said.
The women's team had nine first-place finishes, three of which involved Ali Sax '09.
Sax won the long jump and the triple jump with leaps of 4.74 and 10.41 meters, respectively, and was also a member of the Judges' 4-by-200 relay team that took first place with a time of 1 minute, 51.33 seconds.
"I did a lot of events, so I was a bit tired throughout the whole [meet]," Sax said. "I had three events going at once, so it was hectic in that sense."
The Judges also took the top two slots in four different events. In the one-mile run, rookie Grayce Selig '11 won her first-ever collegiate race, as her time of 5:26:48 was .47 seconds better than teammate Katy Agule '09.
Emily Owen '11 also won her first-ever collegiate event, taking the 600-meter run in 1:45:73, while fellow rookie Marie Lemay '11 won the 800-meter event and was part of the winning 4-by-400-meter relay team.
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dont worry bout my name
posted 1/22/08 @ 10:56 AM EST
This is last weeks article, where is the article for this week??? I hope this is a mistake only on the website and not in the actual paper, otherwise there is some serious editorial issues worse than ever before
MB
posted 1/23/08 @ 10:15 PM EST
This really shows a lack of school spirit on Brandeis' part. Saturday was the Brandeis Invitational- our only home meet. Not only that, but the women won the meet. (Continued…)
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