Harrison managed to squeak her way into the record books by .07 of a second. Courtesy of HartfordHawks.com

This past weekend the men and women’s track teams competed in the University of Vermont tri-meet.

The Saturday meet saw junior Tiffany Harrison and senior Erik Quitzau achieve school records for the Hartford indoor track and field teams in their season opener against Vermont and Merrimack College.

Harrison posted her school best mark in the women’s 300-meter dash, while Quitzau turned in his record time in the men’s 55-meter hurdles.

Both of the teams finished third at the meet as the women scored 32 points while the men had 25 of their own.

“The team has been training hard over the last few months and today we got our first chance at competition,” head coach Steve Walsh told  HartfordHawks.com after the meet. “The freshman got their first taste of collegiate competition and the upperclassmen continue to improve. With two new school records and some outstanding performances, we had a great opening to our indoor season.”

Harrison was a main contributor to the women’s points as she won both the 300 and 400-meter races.

In her record breaking 300 race, she posted a 42.49 finish, which was just .07 seconds ahead of the previous Hartford-best time, which was set by Priscilla Appiagyei in 2010. Harrison also finshed atop the 400-meter dash, finishing with a time of 59.91 seconds.

Junior Sam Crisafulli and freshman Savannah Brown also posted event wins at Vermont.

In the women’s 1,000-meter run, which saw Crisafulli pace around the track in 3:03.24.

Brown turned in a win in the women’s triple jump, bounding to a mark of 10.32 meters in her first meet as a collegian.

Brown finished ahead of teammate Ally Thatcher, who finished second in the event with a mark of 9.82 meters.

On the men’s side, Quitzau turned in a time of 8.24 seconds in the 55-meter hurdles, which was just .01 seconds better than the mark set by Cody Adamson in 2011.

With the victory, he ended the meet in fourth place.

Lawrence Williams, another freshman, also posted a win in the 400 in her first college meet.

She finished the race in 49.30 seconds, and placed third in the 300.

Senior Rashawn Providence took first place in the triple jump with a mark of 13.48 meters.

Freshman Jordan Crump-King and sophomore Robert Pepper both placed in the jump as well with jumps of 13.35 and 13.16 meters, respectively.

Hartford has one more event on its indoor schedule prior to winter break. The Hawks will travel to Boston, Mass. for the Jay Carisella Invitational this Saturday.