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INDOOR TRACK: Women's team finishes second at home meet
by Ian Cutler
Sports Editor
Sports | 1/27/09
Posted online at 3:12 AM EST on 1/27/09
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Much like Sax, the women's team just missed winning its only home event of the season, finishing just three points behind first-place finisher Bowdoin College, which totaled 157 points.
"I was so pleased with everyone's performances today," Sax said. "I don't think there was any outstanding difference between [Bowdoin] and us. I don't think anyone was disappointed."
The men's team placed sixth of 10 teams while tallying 78 points. Worcester Polytechnic Institute won the men's meet with 158.5 points.
Sax was caught up in a pair of very tight finishes. In the 55-meter hurdle event, Sax won the preliminary round in 8.92 seconds but came in second to rookie Bethany Dumas from the University of Southern Maine in the finals by just six-hundredths of a second.
In the long jump event, Sax was second to Bowdoin rookie Laura Peterson, even though Sax matched Peterson's best jump of 5.16 meters. Normally, the winner is determined by the best jump, but in the event of a tie, the contestant that leaps the farthest in their other attempts is declared the winner. Peterson's other two attempts were greater than Sax's, allowing Peterson to edge Sax for the win. Lucia Capano '11 was third in the event, jumping at 4.95 meters, while Anat Ben Nun '09 was fifth at 4.90 meters.
Ben Nun would win the triple jump, leaping 11.58 meters to once again pass the NCAA qualifying benchmark. Ben Nun had accomplished the feat Jan. 17 at the Bowdoin Invitational. Capano was fourth in the event at 10.64 meters.
"[Ben Nun] is phenomenal in the triple jump," Sax said. "If I'm going to lose to anybody in that event it might as well be her. She's great."
The Judges had strong outings in other sprinting and jumping events as well. Michelle Gellman '11 won the 400-meter dash in 1 minute, 1 second, beating out Bowdoin senior Alison Pilon by 1.33 seconds. In the high jump, Suzanne Bernier '10 and Lily Parenteau '12 took first and second place with leaps of 1.60 meters and 1.55 meters respectively.
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