‘Cats Take Home Opener, Set Personal Bests at BU Season Opener

Saturday, December 7

Durham, N.H.

11 AM

University of New Hampshire

93.5

69.50

Maine

Results

Michaella Conery (Photo by Matthew Troisi)

Photo by: Matthew Troisi

‘Cats Take Home Opener, Set Personal Bests at BU Season Opener

12/7/2019 8:52:00 PM | Women's Track & Field

Results BU Opener Results

DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women's track and field team kicked off the indoor track season this Saturday afternoon with the team in action at home at the Paul Sweet Oval and Boston University.

The Wildcats won their home meet against Maine with a team score of 93.5 points to Maine's 69.5; meanwhile, four distance runners took on top talent at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener hosted by Boston University.

BU SEASON OPENER

Senior Michaella Conery (Concord, N.H.) just barely missed her personal best time in the indoor mile, taking fifth overall with a time of 5:02.88; her personal best in the event is 5:00.47.
Three Wildcats competed in the 3000-meter run at BU, with two personal bests:
- Senior Meg Champagne (Plattsburgh, N.Y.) took 10^th overall in the results with a new personal best time of 9:44.47.
- Fifth-year Eve Glasergreen (Clinton, N.J.) made her UNH debut and set her first time as a Wildcat at 9:49.94, finishing 12^th.
- Senior Madeline Quigley (Rowley, Mass.) took 18^th overall with a new personal best time of 9:59.27.

UNH-MAINE DUAL MEET
UNH won 10 of 16 events on the afternoon to claim a season-opening victory in the dual meet.

The duo of Crismeily Borg (Nashua, N.H.) and Alyssa Doust (Marshfield, Mass.) took first and second in the 55m and 200m dashes; Borg took first in the 55 with a new personal best time of 7.34 seconds; Doust also set a new personal best time of 7.45 seconds.
- The duo swapped positions in the 200m, with Doust taking first in 26.66 and Borg taking second in 26.69.
In the 3000m, sophomore Maison D'Amelio (Auburn, N.H.) set a new personal best time with her first place finish; her time was 10:35.66. Runner up in the 3000m was UNH senior Morgan Sansing (Chester, N.H.) at 10:42.88.
In the throws, sophomore Sarah Williams (Dover, N.H.) set new personal bests in both throwing events; she won the shot put with a distance of 42'1.5", and was runner-up in the weight throw with a new personal best distance of 51'3.75".
First and second place in the pole vault went to the freshman duo of Danielle Heine (Waverly, Pa.) and Taylor Nydam (Hampton Falls, N.H.) posting their first collegiate results. Heine took first with a height of 10' 11.75", Nydam took second with 10' flat.
In the long jump, sophomore Savannah Vartabedian (Wilbraham, Mass.) took first with a distance of 16'7".
In the 500m dash, sophomore Kelly Hamlin (Ballston Lake, N.Y.) took first with a time of 1:20.78, and freshman Avril Prak (South Sutton, N.H.) posted her first collegiate result taking second in 1:23.10.
Sophomore Sydney Rice (Brooklyn, N.Y.) took first in her first collegiate indoor mile with a time of 5:19.92; senior Madeleine Brandon (Killingworth, Conn.) took second with a time of 5:23.86.
UNH had a pair of victories in the relays:
- In the 4x400, the team of senior Elise Renahan (Atkinson, N.H.), junior Kelly Crawford (Mansfield, Mass.), Kelly Hamlin, and Zakiya Scott (Brooklyn, N.Y.) took the victory with a time of 4:06.23.
- The team of Madeleine Brandon, Sydney Rice, junior Shaylyn Saunders (Hudson, NH.) and sophomore Lauren Dean (Gilmanton Iron Works, N.H.) took first in the 4x800 relay with a time of 10:43.45.

UP NEXT:
The Wildcats head into winter break but will stay at home for two straight meets in January, hosting Holy Cross on Saturday, January 18 and Vermont and Maine in a tri-meet on Saturday, January 25.

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