The men’s team won four events to put up a final score of 114. Junior Ben Scheetz took first in the 1500-meter run with a time of 3:57.80. Scheetz’s time of 1:53.26 snagged him a second-place finish in the 800. Matt Melton ’14 won the 400-meter dash with a 49.61. Andrew Reed finished first in the 200-meter dash. His time of 22.65 edged out the runner-up by just over .2 seconds.
Andrew Erksine ’13 and John McGrail ’11 were dominant in the 10k. They finished first and second with times of 32.00.89 and 32.09.06, respectively. It was a comfortable victory, as they were more than 30 seconds ahead of the rest of the pack.
Dillon Buckley ’13 was the runner-up in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a 9:45.11 finish. Kevin Hanley ’11 was close behind to take third place with a 9:55.31. Senior Christopher Eaton’s toss of 49.96 in the hammer throw was just shy of a school record and earned him third place out of 17 competitors.
The women had several top-five performers in the meet. Keri Lambert ’13 finished second in the steeplechase with an 11:10.23 finish. Melissa Sullivan ’12 finished fifth of 40 runners in the 5k race with a 17:47.34. Christina Wong ’11 and Sarah Daly ’13 placed second and third in the 10k with times of 38:49.44 and 39:08.78, respectively.
Senior Susan Wasserman’s 1:08.61 finish earned her fifth place in the 400-meter hurdles. First-year Naomi Bates was fourth in the 100-meter dash. Her time of 12.76 set a new freshman school record, besting Rachael Halloway’s 1995 time of 12.82. The Jeffs will return to UMass this weekend for the Minuteman Invitational.