Waltham, Mass. - The Brandeis track and field teams competed in Medford at the Tufts Cupid Challenge this past Saturday. The meet was nonscoring, but a dozen personal records were set.
WOMEN'S DISTANCE
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Rookie Julia Bryson (Quincy, Mass./No. Quincy) set a personal best, taking about 14 seconds off her 3000m time with 10:41.27, which qualifies her for the New England Division III Championship.
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Junior Kate Farrell (Windham, N.H. / Windham) had her season opener and qualified for the New England Division III and ECAC Division III Championship in the 3000m (10:31.57).
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Senior Kelsey Whitaker (Kingston, Mass. / Notre Dame Acad.) had her season opener in the mile and qualified for the New England Division III and ECAC Division III Championship (5:17.96).
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Also in the mile, rookie Christine Minor (Alameda, Calf. / Alameda) in her second collegiate race, hit a season best of 5:50.18, which is one second away from her all-time PR.
MEN'S DISTANCE
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Junior Quinton Hoey (Watertown, Conn./ Watertown) was .05 seconds off the New England Division III mark in the 3000m with 8:55.50.
WOMEN'S MIDDLE DISTANCE
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Rookie Aubrey Clemens (Albuquerque, N.M. / Del Norte) hit a season best in the 800m with 2:36.79.
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Senior Tove Freeman (Oakham, Mass./ Quabbin Regional) set a personal best mark in the 600m with a time of 1:40.40 - improving her previous New England DIII qualifying mark and placing 4th overall.
MEN'S MIDDLE DISTANCE
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Sophomore Christian Castro (Brooklyn, N.Y. / Townsend Harris) hit a personal best in the 1000m with 2:49.31.
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Rookie Maddox Kay (Beverly Hills, Calif./ Windward School) hit a personal best in the 600m with 1:33.27.
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Junior Josh Romanowicz (Peru, N.Y. / Peru Central) joined him in the 600m with a PR of 1:34.11.
WOMEN'S SPRINTS
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Sophomore Haliana Burhans (Charlotte, Vt./Champlain Valley Union) set a personal best mark in the 60m dash during the preliminary with 8.22 seconds - qualifying for finals. She placed 3rd overall and set another PR of 8.21 seconds.
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Rookie Ramani Dayon (Newark, N.J. / University) hit a season best in the 400m with 1:04.12 for 7th place.
MEN'S SPRINTS
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Sophomore Adam Beckwith (Arlington, Mass. / Concord Carlisle) hit a personal best in the 60m with 7.76 seconds.
WOMEN'S FIELD
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Sophomore Beth Defossez (Boxford, Mass. / Masconomet Reg.) set a personal best mark in the pole vault (8'0.5"/ 2.45m) and high jump (4'4"/ 1.32m).
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Senior Ashley Klein (Manalapan, N.J. / Manalapan) set personal best marks in the shot put (30'0"/ 9.15m) and weight throw (30'8"/ 9.35m).
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Sophomore Jordin Carter (Fort Wayne, Ind. / R. Nelson Snyder) also set a personal best mark in the weight throw with 35'10" (10.92m).
MEN'S FIELD
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In his second collegiate showing, senior Kevin Trotman (Bristol, Conn. / Taft School)made a huge throw in the shot put with 38'5.5" (11.72m).
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Junior Mark Franklin (Auburn, N.H. / Pinkerton Acad) tied his personal best of 6'2" in the high jump and won the event in a jump off.
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Senior Adam Berger (Concord, N.H./ Concord) placed 6th in the long jump (20'2.5"/ 6.16m) and triple jump (41'10"/ 12.75m)
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Rookie Henry McDonald (Weymouth, Mass./ Weymouth) placed 7th in the long jump (20'2"/ 6.15m) and made his triple jump debut (40'0"/ 12.19m, 9th)
WOMEN'S RELAY
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The 4x200m relay team of rookie Kanya Brown (Amherst, Mass./ Amherst Regional), Freeman, Dayon and Burhans qualified for the ECAC DIII Championship in the 4x200m with a time of 1:49.31 - they finished 1st.
-- by Emmett Greenberg '16