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INDOOR TRACK: Sax qualifies for Nationals at Tufts University Invite
by Sean Petterson
Staff writer
Sports | 2/10/09
Posted online at 1:48 AM EST on 2/10/09
At the Bowdoin Invitational Jan. 17, jumper Anat Ben Nun '09 was the first member of the women's indoor track team to qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships in the triple jump event. Last Saturday at the Tufts Invitational, a nonscoring team meet, Ali Sax '09 achieved a milestone, joining Ben Nun on the NCAA Championships qualifying list.
Sax jumped a personal-best 11.26 meters to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the triple jump for the first time in her collegiate career, as Ben Nun and Sax finished the triple jump at the Tufts Invitational in first and second- place, respectively. Ben Nun took the event with a jump of 11.67 meters.
"[Ben Nun and Sax] were outstanding," coach Mark Reytblat said, "[Ben Nun] increased her jump by 1 centimeter and [Sax] for her first time ever qualified provisionally for the NCAAs."
Ben Nun was competing in her third meet this season after surgery on a torn meniscus in her knee ended her 2007 to 2008 season.
The last time Ben Nun and Sax competed together at the Tufts Invitational was Feb. 3, 2007. The duo failed to take the top two places in the event, instead taking second and third place, respectively, and Sax said this year the two were prepared to do better.
"It felt pretty good," she said. "I was joking with [Ben Nun] that Tufts is bad luck and we have to break the curse, and I was happy that we both performed well at Tufts and broke the curse there."
In other field events, Suzanne Bernier '10 took fourth-place in the high jump at 1.60 meters. Sax also captured a fourth place finish, leaping 4.98 meters in the long jump to end the day as the only competitor for the Judges to finish in the top four in two different events.
The women's team had a strong overall performance, placing in distance and sprint events as well.
Beth Pisarik '10 led the squad, winning the one-mile run with a time of 5 minutes, 10.4 seconds. Brandeis displayed its depth in recording seven of the top 14 one-mile times-Katie Warwick '12 (third), Grayce Selig '11 (seventh), Katy Agule '09 (eighth), Alyssa Pisarik '12 (10th), Molly Shanley '12 (11th) and Hannah Lindholm '11 (14th).
Sax jumped a personal-best 11.26 meters to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the triple jump for the first time in her collegiate career, as Ben Nun and Sax finished the triple jump at the Tufts Invitational in first and second- place, respectively. Ben Nun took the event with a jump of 11.67 meters.
"[Ben Nun and Sax] were outstanding," coach Mark Reytblat said, "[Ben Nun] increased her jump by 1 centimeter and [Sax] for her first time ever qualified provisionally for the NCAAs."
Ben Nun was competing in her third meet this season after surgery on a torn meniscus in her knee ended her 2007 to 2008 season.
The last time Ben Nun and Sax competed together at the Tufts Invitational was Feb. 3, 2007. The duo failed to take the top two places in the event, instead taking second and third place, respectively, and Sax said this year the two were prepared to do better.
"It felt pretty good," she said. "I was joking with [Ben Nun] that Tufts is bad luck and we have to break the curse, and I was happy that we both performed well at Tufts and broke the curse there."
In other field events, Suzanne Bernier '10 took fourth-place in the high jump at 1.60 meters. Sax also captured a fourth place finish, leaping 4.98 meters in the long jump to end the day as the only competitor for the Judges to finish in the top four in two different events.
The women's team had a strong overall performance, placing in distance and sprint events as well.
Beth Pisarik '10 led the squad, winning the one-mile run with a time of 5 minutes, 10.4 seconds. Brandeis displayed its depth in recording seven of the top 14 one-mile times-Katie Warwick '12 (third), Grayce Selig '11 (seventh), Katy Agule '09 (eighth), Alyssa Pisarik '12 (10th), Molly Shanley '12 (11th) and Hannah Lindholm '11 (14th).
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