Track and field travels to Dartmouth University

Originally Posted on The Maine Campus via UWIRE

The University of Maine Black Bears traveled to Dartmouth University Saturday morning to face the Big Green, the University of Vermont and Colgate College.

On the women’s side, the Black Bears finished second in the meet with 46 points, narrowly beating rival UVM, who tallied 40 points. Colgate came in last with 13 points, while host school Dartmouth won with 84 points.

Second-year sprinter Grace MacLean took home first in the women’s 60 meter hurdles with a time of 9.02 seconds, narrowly beating out Lauren Ready of Dartmouth, who ran 9.03. MacLean also won the long jump with a jump of 5.27 meters. Third-year jumper Jaclyn Masters also took first individually, winning the pole vault with a vault of 3.60 meters. Other winners for the Black Bears included second-year thrower Ashley Donohoe and third-year thrower Emily Boardman, winning the shot put and weight throw respectively.

For the men, Dartmouth also won the meet with 80 points, besting the 55 points scored by Maine, the 41 points from Vermont and the nine points scored by Colgate.

Standouts on the mens side for the Black Bears included second-year jumper Devin Burgess, who won the pole vault with a vault of 4.65 meters, and fourth-year thrower Wilson Adams winning the weight throw with 18.07 meters. In the running events, second-year distance runner Levi Frye won the mile in 4:19.70, and in the 400 meter dash, fourth-year sprinter Joesph Viola won with a time of 49.76 seconds.

Maine also took home the men’s 4×400 meter relay in 3:23.21, which included third-year sprinter Michael Lucas, Viola, second-year sprinter Andrew Toothaker and fourth-year sprinter Scott Merrill.

The University of Maine Black Bears track team will be back in action on Jan. 23 in Boston, Mass. for the Donahue Classic.

 

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