By Chelsea Gillies
The University of Maine indoor men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in their first scored meet of the season on Friday and Saturday at the Bates invitational. Both teams finished strong, with the men’s team taking first place and the women finishing second.
On the men’s side, UMaine junior James Reed finished first in both 60-meter events, winning the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.09 seconds and the 60-meter sprint with an impressive time of 6.98 seconds.
Jacob Johns grabbed a second place finish with a time of 2:35.51 1000-meter run, while UMaine senior Kelton Cullenberg took first place in the 3000-meter with a time of 9:04.76.
UMaine’s Jarrod Lenfest, junior Ryan Hardiman and freshman Jesse Orach all finished strong during the 5k. Lenfest took second place with a time of 15:29.68, Hardiman was third with a time of 15:45.59 and Orach finished fourth with a time of 16:01.16.
Freshman Tyler Martin had a final height of 1.93 meters during the high jump, while junior Nathaniel Meade finished the long jump in first with a mark of 6.87 meters. Meade placed first overall in the triple jump with a mark of 14.99 meters.
The UMaine men finished in first place with a score of 266 points. Bates followed in second with 172, while Colby College, the University of Southern Maine, and St. Joseph’s College were the next three finishers on the men’s side.
On the women’s side, UMaine freshman Katelyn Guilmette took fifth place in the 60-meter sprint with a time of 8.27 seconds. Sophomore Carolyn Stocker finished in third place in the 5k with a time of 19:02.92.
UMaine sophomore Mary Scanlan took first in the 800-meter with a final time of 2:26.64. Junior Rachel Wilkinson took second place in the mile run with a time of 5:20.70, while freshman Shannon O’Neil finished first in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:03.14.
Ashley Donohoe came in second place during the shot put with a toss of 11.30 meters, while teammate Jaclyn Masters grabbed a second place finish in the pole vault with a 3.38-meter final height.
UMaine finished strong in all three relay events. During the 4×200-meter relay, the Black Bears took first place with a time of 1:48.42. They would snag a first place finish once again in the 4×400-meter relay with a time of 4:10.17. In the 4×800, UMaine finished strong with a time of 10:07.51.
The women’s team finished tied with Colby for second overall with 148 points behind Bates College with 222.50 points. USM [140], Husson University [26.50] and St. Joseph’s [15] rounded out the field on the women’s side.
The Black Bears will compete next week in the Joe Donahue Invitational hosted by the College of the Holy Cross and the Terrier Invite Jan. 24-25.