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INDOOR TRACK: Judges prepare for UAA finals
by Sean Petterson
Staff writer
Sports | 3/3/09
Posted online at 2:27 AM EST on 3/3/09
With just one week left before the University Athletic Association Championships next Friday, the men's and women's indoor track teams rested many of their main runners at last Saturday's Open New England Championships.
Both teams finished 28th of 32 teams, with the men tallying four points and the women scoring three. The University of Connecticut swept the men's and women's fields, winning on the women's side with 186.50 points, and on the men's side with 128.50 points.
Coach Mark Reytblat confirmed that the main goal of this past weekend was to keep key team members healthy. Anat Ben Nun '09, Ali Sax '09, Mike Stone '09 and Myles Tryer-Vassell '12 all sat out.
"I'm confident," he said. "It seems like everyone is in good shape, and we don't have any injuries right now. Everybody should be ready to go [for the UAAs]."
On the women's side, two distance quartets made the final round of their relay events. In the distance medley, which is composed of 400-, 800-, 1,200- and 1,600-meter legs, the Brandeis team placed sixth, earning the team's only three points. The squad featured Michelle Gellman '11 on the 400-meter leg, Meaghan Casey '09 on the 800-meter leg, Beth Pisarik '10 on the 1,200-meter leg and Marie Lemay '11 finishing the race on the 1,600-meter leg.
The squad finished with a time of 12 minutes, 10 seconds, improving on its personal record by two seconds. The foursome had already provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships but said they would like to improve enough to meet the automatic qualifying time of 11:53.60 at next weekend's UAA Championships. Their spot in the NCAA Championships is only guaranteed if they pass the 11:53.60 qualifying time.
"We knew [this past weekend] was going to be one of our last chances to qualify or improve our time for nationals," Casey said. "Everyone ran really well; our legs were fresh for this weekend, so we knew it was probably our best shot to improve our time for nationals."
Both teams finished 28th of 32 teams, with the men tallying four points and the women scoring three. The University of Connecticut swept the men's and women's fields, winning on the women's side with 186.50 points, and on the men's side with 128.50 points.
Coach Mark Reytblat confirmed that the main goal of this past weekend was to keep key team members healthy. Anat Ben Nun '09, Ali Sax '09, Mike Stone '09 and Myles Tryer-Vassell '12 all sat out.
"I'm confident," he said. "It seems like everyone is in good shape, and we don't have any injuries right now. Everybody should be ready to go [for the UAAs]."
On the women's side, two distance quartets made the final round of their relay events. In the distance medley, which is composed of 400-, 800-, 1,200- and 1,600-meter legs, the Brandeis team placed sixth, earning the team's only three points. The squad featured Michelle Gellman '11 on the 400-meter leg, Meaghan Casey '09 on the 800-meter leg, Beth Pisarik '10 on the 1,200-meter leg and Marie Lemay '11 finishing the race on the 1,600-meter leg.
The squad finished with a time of 12 minutes, 10 seconds, improving on its personal record by two seconds. The foursome had already provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships but said they would like to improve enough to meet the automatic qualifying time of 11:53.60 at next weekend's UAA Championships. Their spot in the NCAA Championships is only guaranteed if they pass the 11:53.60 qualifying time.
"We knew [this past weekend] was going to be one of our last chances to qualify or improve our time for nationals," Casey said. "Everyone ran really well; our legs were fresh for this weekend, so we knew it was probably our best shot to improve our time for nationals."
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