Morton ’10 was sensational in the triple jump, despite finishing second. The men’s track and field team finished eighth at the ECAC Division III Championships this weekend, despite resting many of their athletes for the upcoming outdoor season. The indoor season ends with the NCAA Championships next weekend, with only Magnuson a guaranteed entry at this point, as provisional qualifiers will have to wait for the selection process. Fisher ’11 scaled a personal best 10’6.75” and tied for 12th. Wentz picked up two important points with a seventh-place finish in the mile (5:12.26) and Veldhuis placed twelfth in the 600-meter run at 1:20.15.Įmily Hwang ’09 tied for third place in the pole vault after clearing 11’0.75”. Veldhuis ’08 ignited the Engineers’ NCAA provisional run as MIT finished third in 12:17.06. Bradshaw ’09 pulled the Institute 800-meter mark down another tick for the fourth time this season, finishing a strong third-place at 2:16.89.īradshaw was part of another record-setting performance in the distance medley relay, as her split in the 800-meter set-up the anchor mile leg run by Jacqui M. On Friday, Magnuson finished 20th in the triple jump, reaching 34’3”.Īndrea E. Magnuson spanned 17’6” en route to fourth place in the long jump, eclipsing the four year old Institute record of 17’3.75. Unfortunately, Magnuson still finished in second, as Sumer Rohrs of Frostburg State finished with a time of 7.98 seconds, the fastest in the nation this season. After leading the qualifiers from the prelims behind an Institute-record 8.15 seconds in the 55-meter hurdles, Magnuson shattered the school and meet record during finals with a clip of 8.04. Magnuson ’10 delivered new records in both the hurdles and long jump. In the shot put, Thomas tossed a personal-best 42’2”.Īmy R. Her spin of 50’7.25” added nearly two feet to her best and makes her only the second Engineer to best 50’ in the event. The team boasted a record number of qualifiers for the ECAC Championships this year, which helped gain the points necessary to finish close to the top of the final rankings.Ĭapping her season in the thrower’s circle, Aline Thomas ’08 achieved two personal bests and NCAA provisional qualifying finishes over the weekend, placing fourth in weight throw. MIT led the competition after 16 events, behind a number of school records. Moravian College topped the standings with 56 points, followed by MIT with 42.5, and Bates College came in third with 42. The women’s track and field team recorded its best finish ever at the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Championships this weekend, finishing second overall out of 51 scoring teams. Magnuson also broke the Institute record in the 55-meter hurdles, leading the women’s track and field team to a second place finish. Magnuson ’10 flies 17’6” through the air to secure fourth place and the MIT long jump record at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference championships this weekend at Harvard University.
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