Spring Break
OUTDOOR TRACK: Judges weather tough conditions
by Melissa Siegel
Staff writer
Sports | 4/15/08
Posted online at 2:53 AM EST on 4/15/08
The weather at the George Davis Invitational at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell last Saturday threw the outdoor track team off-balance.
One moment it was sunny, but then the next, it started pouring rain and hailing for much of the day.
"A bunch of kids had warmed up in the nice weather, and when it came to their race it was cold again, and it was kind of just a shock," Ali Sax '09 said.
Despite the tough conditions, the Judges still got several top performances by both men's and women's participants.
Alford finished second in the 400-meter dash in 59.67 seconds but said she did not execute the right strategy.
"I went out really fast, faster than I should have for the first 200, and just tried to hang on," Alford said.
"The girl who won was a lot faster than me, so I knew she was going to probably pass me in the end."
In the 1,500-meter event, three Judges finished in the top six, and all four Judges who competed finished in the top 12. Marie Lemay '11 led the way with a third-place finish in 4 minutes, 51.99 seconds and was followed by Grayce Selig '11, who came in fifth place in 4:54.54. Selig's time was over a second and a half slower than her time in the same event at last weekend's Stonehill Skyhawk Track and Field Invitational, where she finished in third place.
Beth Pisarik '10 was just behind Selig, coming in sixth place in 4:57.88, while Hannah Lindholm '11 finished in 12th place in 5:09.10, which was also slower than her time of 5.06:79 at Stonehill.
The Judges also had some top-five finishes in the field events. Sax, returning for the spring season despite missing the end of the winter season after getting hit by a car on campus, finished in fifth place in the long jump with a leap of 4.98 meters.
"I felt really good," Sax said. "I didn't get to long jump as many times as I wanted because I had to do the [4-by-100 relay], but I felt good. It felt good to be back there competing."
One moment it was sunny, but then the next, it started pouring rain and hailing for much of the day.
"A bunch of kids had warmed up in the nice weather, and when it came to their race it was cold again, and it was kind of just a shock," Ali Sax '09 said.
Despite the tough conditions, the Judges still got several top performances by both men's and women's participants.
Alford finished second in the 400-meter dash in 59.67 seconds but said she did not execute the right strategy.
"I went out really fast, faster than I should have for the first 200, and just tried to hang on," Alford said.
"The girl who won was a lot faster than me, so I knew she was going to probably pass me in the end."
In the 1,500-meter event, three Judges finished in the top six, and all four Judges who competed finished in the top 12. Marie Lemay '11 led the way with a third-place finish in 4 minutes, 51.99 seconds and was followed by Grayce Selig '11, who came in fifth place in 4:54.54. Selig's time was over a second and a half slower than her time in the same event at last weekend's Stonehill Skyhawk Track and Field Invitational, where she finished in third place.
Beth Pisarik '10 was just behind Selig, coming in sixth place in 4:57.88, while Hannah Lindholm '11 finished in 12th place in 5:09.10, which was also slower than her time of 5.06:79 at Stonehill.
The Judges also had some top-five finishes in the field events. Sax, returning for the spring season despite missing the end of the winter season after getting hit by a car on campus, finished in fifth place in the long jump with a leap of 4.98 meters.
"I felt really good," Sax said. "I didn't get to long jump as many times as I wanted because I had to do the [4-by-100 relay], but I felt good. It felt good to be back there competing."
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