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INDOOR TRACK: Sax, Alford lead women's squad to a home victory
by Melissa Siegel
Staff writer
Sports | 1/22/08
Posted online at 12:46 AM EST on 1/22/08
/ Last updated at 11:54 AM EST on 1/22/08
The Judges' final victory came in the 4-by-800 meter relay, as Lemay, Grayce Selig '11, Jess Girard '10 and Meaghan Casey '09 won with a time of 9:47.26.
The men's team won only two events all day but still finished in fourth place. Captain Pat Gregoire '08 took one of them, winning the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.70 seconds, and the 4-by-800 meter relay team of Ben Bray '11, Mike Stone '09, Geoff Fauchet and Dan Suher '08 had the other victory, finishing with a time of 8:09.74.
Gregoire said the length of the 55-meter run, which allowed him to race without having to make any turns, helped him overcome nagging injuries to his left side and back.
"When you're running the straightaway, you're not leaning to any one side," he said. "You're nice and equal, so it's a lot easier that way."
The Judges did also have several second-place finishes.
One of the most exciting races of the day was the 1,000-meter run, where Suher took the lead on the last lap only to tire out at the last moment and fall behind Trinity College senior Matt Anderson. Suher eventually finished in second place with a time of 2:34.00, just 17 hundredths of a second behind Anderson, but despite the close loss, Suher said he was not disappointed with the outcome of the race.
"I put in a pretty hard burst, and I knew that I really didn't have any more gears, so it was just a question of if someone caught me or not," Suher said. "It was unfortunate when [Anderson] passed me, but he's been a New England champion, so it's not a bad person to lose to."
The other second-place finishes came from Stone in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:02.67 and Ned Crowley '10, who finished with a time of 23.77 seconds in his first-ever collegiate 200-meter dash.
The indoor track teams next race in the Terrier Classic in Boston Friday and Saturday at 10 a.m.
The men's team won only two events all day but still finished in fourth place. Captain Pat Gregoire '08 took one of them, winning the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.70 seconds, and the 4-by-800 meter relay team of Ben Bray '11, Mike Stone '09, Geoff Fauchet and Dan Suher '08 had the other victory, finishing with a time of 8:09.74.
Gregoire said the length of the 55-meter run, which allowed him to race without having to make any turns, helped him overcome nagging injuries to his left side and back.
"When you're running the straightaway, you're not leaning to any one side," he said. "You're nice and equal, so it's a lot easier that way."
The Judges did also have several second-place finishes.
One of the most exciting races of the day was the 1,000-meter run, where Suher took the lead on the last lap only to tire out at the last moment and fall behind Trinity College senior Matt Anderson. Suher eventually finished in second place with a time of 2:34.00, just 17 hundredths of a second behind Anderson, but despite the close loss, Suher said he was not disappointed with the outcome of the race.
"I put in a pretty hard burst, and I knew that I really didn't have any more gears, so it was just a question of if someone caught me or not," Suher said. "It was unfortunate when [Anderson] passed me, but he's been a New England champion, so it's not a bad person to lose to."
The other second-place finishes came from Stone in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:02.67 and Ned Crowley '10, who finished with a time of 23.77 seconds in his first-ever collegiate 200-meter dash.
The indoor track teams next race in the Terrier Classic in Boston Friday and Saturday at 10 a.m.
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