The Panther track and field teams took part in a five-way outdoor meet at Dartmouth over the weekend. Middlebury turned in some impressive performances, as they competed against Division I schools Dartmouth, UNH and UVM. The women’s 4x100 relay team comprised of senior Elizabeth Huntley (Coralville, Iowa), junior Jen Katz (Winchester, Mass.) and sophomores Laura Dalton (Simsbury, Conn.) and Anjuli Demers (Dracut, Mass.) set a new school record, placing third with a time of 49.54.
First-year athlete Hannah Meier (Charlotte, Vt.) earned a win in the 5000, finishing with a time of 18:22.91. Just behind her in second place was junior Alexandra Krieg (Wellesley, Mass.), finishing with a time of 18:25.02. Demers earned a third place finish in the 200 (26.15), rookie Sophia Spring (Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.) was third in the 1500 (4:44.81), while classmate Katy Magill (Boxford, Mass.) placed third in the 400 hurdles (1:05.85). Senior Ceara Danaher (Simsbury, Conn.) earned a third place finish in the 3000 steeplechase (11:28.12), junior Kelley Coughlan (Port Jefferson, N.Y.) was second in the triple jump (35’5.75”), first-year athlete Elizabeth Faust (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) came in third in the triple jump (25’.25”), while senior Jennifer Currie (Milton, Vt.) came in third in the hammer (151’11”).
On the men’s side, first-year athlete Connor Wood (Chicago, Ill.) finished third in the 400 (50.42), while senior Ian O’Reilly (Meriden, N.H.) placed fifth in the 800 (1:53.84). Other top finishers for the men included senior Patrick Sedney (Underhill, Vt.) in the pole vault (12’11.75”) and senior Greg Bassell (West Nyack, N.Y.) in the hammer (128’3”).