Athletes on the men's and women's track and field squads tend to put forward their best performances when the University Athletic Association Championships roll around.

Headlined by a win from Alex Kramer '13 in the men's 1,500-meter run, both the men's and women's squads finished seventh at the Championships, which, for many runners, is the season's biggest event.

"For the distance crew, it went very well," said Kramer. "We an really well in 4x800 meter relay. Ed [Colvin '14] had a good [5000-meter race]. Amelia [Lundkvist '14] ran a big PR. It was a good weekend for us."

While Kramer stole the show, taking the crown in three minutes, 56.34 seconds, the 1500 race featured several other top marks. Mik Kern '13 took fourth in the race, coming in at 3:57.74. Additionally, Greg Bray '15 took 11th in 4:05.46 and Grady Ward '16 placed 14th in 4:13.33.

In other distance action, the men's 4x800 meter relay team of Kern, Ward, Kramer and Michael Rosenbach '15 placed second to Carnegie Mellon University's squad, timing in at 7:48.47, just 2.46 back from the Tartan's victorious quartet. Ed Colvin '14 took fifth and broke 15 minutes in the men's 5,000-meter run, completing the twelve-and-a-half-lap grind in 14:53.14. Jarret Harrigan '15 also competed in the race, taking 16th in 15:53.20. Carl Lieberman '16 placed 14th in the men's 800-meter race, coming across the line at 2:05.38.

The women's distance crew was successful, as well. Amelia Lundkvist '14 placed second in the 1,500, clocking a lifetime best of 4:37.87, just 1.99 seconds back of New York University sophomore Emily Cousens. Victoria Sanford '14, Maggie Hensel '16 and Nora Owens '16 took eighth, 16th and 21st, respectively, timing in at 4:44.86, 4:58.29 and 5:21.12, respectively. Kelsey Whitaker '16 and Rachel Keller '16 placed ninth and 13th, respectively in the 800, clocking 2:22.58 and 2:33.03, respectively. The women's 4x800 squad placed fourth, as the foursome of Hensel, Lundkvist, Sanford and Whitaker ran the relay in 9:24.30.

After qualifying for the finals of the men's 100-meter dash with a fourth- place finish in the preliminaries, Vincent Asante '14 took second in the finals of the event, scorching the distance in 11.01 seconds. He then helped the 4x100 relay team of Jacob Wilhoite '15, Josh Hacunda '16 and Kensai Hughes '14 take fifth in 43.91 seconds.

Tove Freeman '16 placed 14th in the 100 meter by timing in at 14.18 seconds, and she also placed 16th in the 200 meter, clocking in at 29.15 seconds. Casey McGown '13 took seventh in the 400-meter dash, running 1:00.95.

The women's 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter squads took seventh in their respective events, running 52.60 and 4:18.27.
The success wasn't just limited to the conventional running events, however. Adam Berger '15 placed fifth in the triple jump, going 12.89 meters. Jonathan Gilman '15 and Wilhoite placed seventh and eighth, respectively, in the javelin throw, hurling 47.97 meters and 47.16 meters. Brandon Odze '16 placed 11th in the 400-meter hurdles, running 1:08.01. Hughes placed 15th in the long jump with a jump of 5.83 meters, and and Berger placed finished 15th and 16th in the long jump, going 5.83 meters and with a jump of 5.81 meters.

On the women's side, Alyssa Fenenbock '15 contributed a sixth-place showing in the women's javelin, throwing 30.49 meters. Kim Farrington '13 took sixth in the triple jump, going 10.75 meters. Farrington also took 13th in the long jump with a mark of 4.58 meters.

The Judges will next compete Friday and Saturday at the New England Division III Championships to be held at Colby College.
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