CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Brandeis track and field team sent five runners to the 2015 Open New England Championships at MIT this past weekend.
The Judges were paced by junior Kelsey Whitaker (Kingston, Mass./Notre Dame Acad.) in the 1,500-meter run. Whitaker had a season-best run with a time of 4:37.30, which was good for 10th place, two spots out of All-New England honors. Second amond Division III runners, she was about a second-and-a-half out of a Top Eight placement. The time was 39th-best in Division III this season, still about three second out of a spot at the NCAA Championships. Whitaker will have one last chance to qualify at ECACs this weekend.
Also running in the 1,500 for the Judges was senior Kristi Pisarik (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford). In her next-to-last collegiate race, Pisarik placed 26th with a time of 4:46.81. It was just off her lifetime best set two weeks prior at the UAA Championships. She was seventh among Division III runners.
Sophomore Kate Farrell (Windham, N.H./Windham) competed in the 5,000-meter run, and placed 16th overall, running 18:00.87. She lowered her career-best by nearly 16 seconds. Farrell was eighth among Division III competitors.
Rookie Haliana Burhans (Charlotte, Vt./Champlain Valley Union) ran in two events, the 200- and 400-meter runs. She ran 26.42 seconds in the 200, good for 26th place (14th D3), and was 30th in the 400 in 58.73 seconds (10th D3).
For the men, senior Jarret Harrigan (Ipswich, Mass./St Johns Prep) ran in the 5,000-meter run. He lowered his previous personal best by 16 seconds, with a time of 15:06.36. It was good for 18th overall and 11th among Division III runners.