The Brandeis men's and women's track and field teams made a great start to the 2014 portion of their season at the Dartmouth Relays this past weekend.

The men and women, squaring off against Division I competition that included teams from host Dartmouth College, Boston College and Harvard University, more than held their own.

The men's squad placed ninth of 14 teams with six points, while the women took eighth.

The highlight of the day was Vincent Asante's '14 third-place finish in the men's 60-meter dash. After a seventh-place finish in the preliminary race, he ran the distance in a blistering 6.98 seconds, second among Division III runners and qualified for the New England Division III Championship in the process.

Grady Ward '16 finished 17th in the men's mile, running four minutes, 29.95 seconds. Matt Doran '17 (45th, 4:42.56) and Liban Aden '16 (63rd, 4:52.49) joined him in the marquee event, ultimately won by Dartmouth senior Will Geoghegan in 4:05.75.

The women were similarly successful. Kelsey Whitaker '14 just missed out on scoring, taking ninth in the event in 5:19.95.

Molly Paris '16 and Lydia McCaleb '17 took 31st and 32nd. Paris ran in 5:53.32 while McCaleb finished in 5:53.95.

Omar Scruggs '17 led the way for Brandeis in the 400-meter dash, taking 15th place in 52.73 seconds. Mohamed Sidique '14 (55.02), Jeremy Wilson '17 (55.55), Trevor Tuplin '16 (56.86) and Joshua Romanowicz '17 (59.58) took 28th, 32nd, 38th and 44th, respectively, in the race.

Additionally, the Brandeis 4x200 relay team of Asante, Sidique, Wilson and Tuplin placed 14th in 1:36.74.

While she was the only competitor in the event, Ashley Piccirillo-Horan '17 picked up points in the 800-meter run, finishing fifth with a time of 2:25.86.

Quinton Hoey '17 had a strong showing in the men's 3000-meter run, completing the 15-lap race in 9:10.94, good for 30th overall. Ultimately, 10 of the women's 12 points came from the women's 3K.

Maddie Dolins '17 and Victoria Sanford '14 took fifth (10:26.37) and sixth (10:27.09), respectively.

The Judges next travel to Saturday's Greater Boston Track Club Invitational at Harvard.