At the only home competition of the season, Saturday's Reggie Poyau Memorial Meet, both indoor track teams used their depth to outrun everyone but Bowdoin College. Overall, the teams placed first in only seven of the 38 combined events, but both the men's and women's teams still posted second-place finishes behind the Polar Bears. The women's team, paced by victories from Ali Sax '09 in the long and triple jumps and Camille Stevens-Rumann '07 in the one-mile run, racked up 124 points and finished second of nine schools. The men's team had 92 points and tied for second with New York University, with a win by Mark Bercy '07 in the triple jump serving as the team's lone individual victory.

"We performed really well," Matt Jennings '08 said. "We have strength in a lot of different areas."

Stevens-Rumann won the one-mile run in 5 minutes, 16.55 seconds, going toe-to-toe with the second-place finisher, Bowdoin junior Laura Onderko before edging her out by a mere 1.34 seconds. It was the second straight week that Stevens-Rumann squeezed out a victory over Onderko; she also defeated her at the Jan. 13 Bowdoin Invitational.

"[Onderko] was in the lead until the last 300 meters, until [I was able] to kick it in at the end," Stevens-Rumann said.

Sax continued her dominance this season by winning the long and triple jumps with leaps of 5.03 meters and 10.68 meters, respectively. She previously won four events at Bowdoin Jan. 20. Linda Kropp '07 finished second to Sax in both events, solidifying a lethal one-two punch for the Brandeis women in jumping.

In the 3000-meter race, Katy Agule '09 triumphed with a time of 10:38.55, while Bessie Bianco '08 won the high jump competition with a leap of 1.57 meters to round out the women's team's individual wins. The Judges also delivered a sixth victory in the 4 x 800-meter relay.

The performance of Amanda Clare '09, a recent addition to the squad who came in third in the 55-meter dash, impressed coach Mark Reytblat.

"[Clare] shows a lot of potential," Reytblat said. "I look forward to having her continue to contribute to the team."

Sax saw the team's second-place finish as a good indicator of where the women's team stands at this point in the season.

"It shows we have a lot of room for improvement," she said. "If we were faster, we could have picked up even more points."

Bercy's personal-best cumulative jump of 13.44 meters in the triple jump highlighted the men's team's second-place finish. The captain had an excellent all-around day, placing second in the 200-meter dash, finishing in 23.38 seconds, and third in the long jump with a leap of 6.03 meters.

The Judges took three of the top four spots in the triple jump, with Bercy, Shyam Vimal '09 and Frank Longo '08 finishing first, second and fourth, respectively. Rookie Brian McDonald '10 came in second in the 3,000-meter race with a time of 9:00.37, while the 4 x 800-meter relay team also came in second with a time of 8:13.65.

Reytbalt was also pleased with Pat Gregiore's '09 performance in the 55-meter dash. Gregiore, a transfer student from Penn State University, came in second with a time of 6.65 seconds.

"He's been getting faster and faster each time [out there]," Reytblat said. "He's a hard-working kid who likes the challenge."

Bercy was confident that the Judges will improve as they continue to get into better shape this season.

"After [winter] break, it's tough to judge where people will be [in terms of conditioning]," Bercy said. "If we're all at our peak, we'll turn some heads."

The next meet for both squads will be the Terrier Classic at Boston University Friday at 10 a.m.