The Panther indoor track teams took part in the Division III New England’s at two different sites this weekend. The men were competing at Tufts, while the women were in action at Smith. The women’s squad saw several relay teams turn in impressive performances on Saturday.
The women’s DMR relay team comprised of junior Alexandra Krieg (Wellesley, Mass.), junior Simone Weisman (Newton, Mass.) and first-year runners Sophia Spring (Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.) and Christina Kunycky (Marlborough, Mass.) finished second overall with a time of 12:26.35. The 4x200 team placed third with a time of 1:48.36 (new school record), with senior Liz Huntley (Coralville, Iowa), sophomore Anjuli Demers (Dracut, Mass.) and rookies Katy Magill (Boxford,
Mass.) and Grace Close (Fox Point, Wis.). The 4x400 relay team (Weisman, Magill, Close, Demers) also set a new school record in 4:09.27.
Individually, Krieg placed fourth in the 3000 (10:18.23), first-year runner Kaitlynn Saldanha (Scarborough, Maine) was fifth in the 800 (2:19.01), while senior Jennifer Currie (Milton, Vt.) finished fifth with a toss of 47’1” in the 20-pound weight throw.
On the men’s side at Tufts, senior Ian O’Reilly (Meriden, N.H.) finished fourth in the 800 with a time of 1:56.27.