Last weekend at the Jay Carisella Track and Field Invitational, the Brandeis men's and women's indoor track and field teams ran to several top finishes in the team's first meet of the season. The women's team led the way, with the team placing jumpers in the top 10 of all three events.

In the high jump, Lily Parenteau '12 finished fourth with a height of 1.57 meters.

In the long jump, captain Lucia Capano '11 finished sixth with a distance of 5.12 meters. Capano thought that she was rusty in her first meet.

"The kinks need to be worked [out]," she said. "I need to perfect my technique so that it's fluid. Right now, my rhythm is off."

Capano also performed in the triple jump, finishing fourth with a jump of 10.92 meters.

Kim Farrington '13 also competed in the triple jump, placing seventh with a distance of 10.45 meters. Farrington said that she could have had placed higher but that she was happy with the results nevertheless.

"I could have done better, but it was only the first meet," she said.

Capano also ran in the 55-meter dash, finishing 13th out of 46 runners with a time of 7.61 seconds. She said she was satisfied with her overall performance, noting that she is at about the same level of fitness as she was at the end of last year's season.

"I am right where I want to be. I should be moving to where I was last year. This season should progress the same as the last, which is exciting, because that progress should hopefully be enough for me to make it to nationals."

In the 4x400 meter relay, the women's team placed 10th with a time of 4:15.68.

The men's squad also had a successful start to the season.

The men were led by rookie Vincent Asante '14 in the 55-meter dash. He placed third out of 82 runners in the preliminaries with a time of 6.56 seconds. In the finals, he placed fourth with a time of 6.61 seconds.

Asante said that he was disappointed that his performance in the preliminaries was better than his performance in the finals.

"I had high expectations, but I do realize that I am rusty," he said.

In the 200-meter dash, Asante finished 15th out of 82 runners with a time of 23.25 seconds. Charlie Pino '12 finished 26th with a time of 23.71 seconds, while Stanley Xuelin '12 finished at 24.11 seconds, good for 45th place.

In the 400-meter dash, Brian Foley '13 finished 21st out of 64 runners with a time of 51.90 seconds. Mingkai Lin '12 finished 32nd with a time of 52.88 seconds. Josh Hoffman-Senn '13 finished 37th with a time of 53.89 seconds.

Lin was not happy with his result.

"I didn't do as well as I wanted. But [the team] should improve over winter break, because practices will get much harder."

Taylor Dundas '14 ran a 4:27.53 mile, earning him seventh out of 60 runners.

"I was satisfied with my performance," Dundas said. "For a pre-season, we all did pretty well."

In the shot put, Kris Stinehart '14 placed 39th with a distance of 11.11 meters. Steve Melnik '12 recorded a distance of 10.16 meters, good for 47th.

Asante said that it was a good first meet for the team but that it has room to improve.

"All in all, it was a good start. [We] just need to work harder throughout the season," he said.

Capano agreed, saying that the invitational demonstrated that the team could be very successful this year. "Overall, I was satisfied. We looked very good this weekend, and I think we'll keep it up for the rest of the season."

The squads will next compete in the Harvard Invitational on Saturday.