The Brandeis men's and women's track and field teams competed in the George Davis Invitational Track & Field Meet at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell on Saturday and came away with noteworthy finishes. The Judges' top performances came in the women's jumping events, including top finishes in both the women's high jump and long jump.

Suzanne Bernier '10 won the high jump with a height of 1.60 meters. Lily Parenteau '12 jumped 1.50 meters, which was good for ninth.

Lucia Capano '11 won the long jump, jumping 5.31 meters. Capano also finished third in the triple jump with a distance of 11.02 meters.

"[Capano] is a really good jumper with great form. Everything is precision-cut, and it all really came together today," sprinter Anna Sinjour '13 said.

The women were also quite successful in the distance running events. In the 1,500-meter race, the Judges placed two runners in the top five.

Beth Pisarik '10 finished third with a time of 4 minutes, 50.44 seconds. Marie Lemay '11 finished exactly four seconds off of Pisarik's pace, good for fifth.

In the 3,000-meter race, the team took home three of the top four places. Alyssa Pisarik '12 finished second with a time of 10:30.99. Ally Connolly '10 took home third with a time of 10:33.48, and Kate Warwick '12 finished less than a second behind her, good for fourth.

The men's distance team's best performance came from Devon Holgate '11. Holgate finished fourth in a competitive 1,500-meter field with a time of 4:01.14.

"Devon has been running great recently, and he will continue to improve. He is definitely going to have a breakthrough," fellow distance runner Jake Newfield '13 said.

In the two-mile event, the men were paced by Marc Boutin '12, who took ninth place with a time of 9.33.75 seconds. Also competing for the Judges were captain Dan Anastos '11, who took 17th with a time of 9:50.65; Newfield, who finished 30th with a time of 10:15.65 and Raymond Chen '10, who finished in 10:50.10, good for 42nd place.

Ryan Cheng '11 turned in an impressive third-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase event, finishing the race in 10.24.51.

Arguably the men's team's most impressive individual result came in the 800-meter race. In a field of 62 runners, Aaron Udel '10 finished third with a time of 1:56.45.

"Udel has been very solid all season long," Newfield said. "He's hovered around the 1:56 mark all season long and has been edging closer and closer to breaking it."

Also competing in the race for Brandeis were Mik Kern '13, who finished 19th, and Will Collins '10, who took 35th.

The women's 800-meter race had a surprise ending for the Judges. Runners Emily Owen '11 and Erin Bisceglia '12 both finished the race with a time of exactly 2:21.12, which was good for a seventh-place tie.

"I had never seen two runners finish with the exact same time in a track and field event, let alone two runners from the same team," Sinjour said. "It certainly was a bizarre ending to the race but was also pretty exciting."

In the women's 200-meter event, Brandeis placed two runners in the top 10 in a field of 42 runners. Sinjour finished in fifth place with a time of 26.91 seconds, while Michelle Gellman '11 finished in 28.08, good for 10th place.

The women also had a runner finish in the top 10 in the 400-meter race and the 100-meter hurdles. Casey McGown '13 finished eighth in the 400 with a time of 1:03.53.

Kayley Wolf took 10th in the 100-meter hurdles, finishing in 17.39 seconds.

The women's 4x100 relay team also fared well, finishing third. The quartet of Capano, Gellman, Sinjour and Farrington finished the relay in 50.79 seconds.

"We were really happy with how the 4x100 team did" Sinjour said. "It was our first time running together as a team, and we ran a really respectable time."

The Men's 4x100 team also did well, taking home seventh place. The youthful group of Stanley Ye '12, Mingkai Lin '12, Brian Foley '13 and Charlie Pino '12 finished the relay in 44.75 seconds.

Ye was also the top men's runner in the 100-meter individual race, finishing 21st. Lin was the men's top runner in the 400-meter race, finishing 16th with a time of 52.99 seconds.

Rounding out the field events for the Judges was Desiree Murphy '10's 12th-place finish in the discus with a distance of 34.01 meters.

Steve Melnik '12 competed in the javelin for the men's team and finished 11th with a distance of 46.78 meters.

The Judges next compete at the Fitchburg State Invitational this upcoming weekend.