The men and women’s track and field team went to Tufts University this past Saturday to compete at the Tufts Stampede meet. Both the men and women finished in last place in their respective competitions, with the men running against 13 other squads and the women going against 17 others.  

Adam Beckwith ’18 got the Judges started by earning a 40th place finish in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.75 seconds. He followed that up with a 22nd-place finish in the 200-meter dash with a subpar time of 24.25 seconds. He was less than a second and a half off the leading runner. 

In the 400-meter run, Brandon Odze ’16 recorded a time of 58.81, which was good enough for a 17th-place finish. Maddox Kay ’19 finished in 18th in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:17.20. 

The men had three competitors run in the one-mile race, who competed in the middle of the pack. Eli Waxler ’19 ran the best of the pack with a time of 4:44.34, which earned him 17th place. Finishing right behind him was Russel Santos ’18, with a time of 4:45.03. In 21st place was Christian Castro ’18, who ran to a solid time of 4:49.93.

In the high jump portion of the event, Mark Franklin ’17 finished in fifth, with a leap of 1.83 meters. He was .15 meters away from the top finisher, junior Ben Sattiewhite from Fitchburg State. In the shotput event, Kevin Trotman ’16 recorded a distance of 9.59, which was good enough for a dissapointing 28th place. 

Overall, the hosting Tufts Jumbos won the invitational with a final score of 212.50. Worcester State University came in second with a total of 82 points. 

On the women’s side, during the 200-meter dash, Ramani Dayon ’19 ran the race in a time of 28.19 for a 10th-place finish. Dayon also recorded an 11th-place finish in the 400-meter race with a strong time of 1:05.43.     

In the 800-meter run, Aubrey Clemens ’19 ran an impressive time of 2:38.47 for a finish of eighth place. During the one-mile run, Lydie McCaleb ’17 and Christine Minor ’19 finished strong. McCaleb earned a ninth place finish with a time of 5:42.50 while Minor ran the race in a time of 5:50.21, which was good enough for 12th place. 

In the high jump, Abby Daniels ’19 recorded a leap of 1.32 meters, while Beth Deffossez’s ’19 jump was not counted. Daniels and Deffossez also competed in the pole vault event, where they were able to record mediocre finishes of 12th and 15th, respectively. 

In the shotput, Jordin Carter ’18 recorded a distance of 9.37 meters for 16th place. Carter also finished in 17th place with a fairly average distance of 10.32 meters in the weight throw.

The overall winner of the meet was Stonehill College with 173.50 points. Wesleyan University, which was the runner up, ended the day with 118 points. 

The Judges will return to Tufts this weekend for the Tufts Cupid Challenge on Saturday afternoon.

Last year, the Judges competed at the same event but were only able to finish in 14th place. Jarret Hannigan ’15 led the team with a second-place finish in the 3000-meter run, but the men will have  to look to replace his performance this year. 

Quinton Hoey ’17 crossed the finish line in time for ninth place but narrowly missed the cut for the qualifying race. This year, Hoey will need to improve upon his previous time in order to vault the Judges into a top-ten finish. 

On the other side, the women fared slightly better, gaining 27 points to place them in eigth place. Kelsey Whitaker ’16 and Ashley Piccirillo-Harans will need to replicate their stellar performances to launch them into a top-five finsh this year.