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Volume CXXXIII, Number 18 |
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Track turns heads at New England's
GRACE CHO
STAFF WRITER
Women Track and Field team competed well this past weekend at the Open New England Championships. Held at Tufts University, a total of 32 Division I, II, and III schools attended, running, jumping, and throwing their best for a spot at indoor track and field nationals.
The Polar Bears sent a select group to race at the highly competitive meet. Running in individual events were Kala Hardacker '04 and Audra Caler '05. Both ran in the open mile race placing 14th and 5th respectively. Freshmen standout, Caler, ran 5:03.25, which converted to a 4:40.81 1500m time, qualifying her provisionally for indoor nationals being held at Ohio Northern University.
Audra, currently ranked 18th in the 1500m, head coach Peter Slovenski says of her performance, "Audra is having a fantastic season. She has been training hard, and it's great to see her running so well at championship meets." Caler looks to be the only member of the women's team who may qualify for nationals in both an individual event and relay. In addition to Caler's mile performance, the Bowdoin women's 4x800m relay placed 8th among 20 teams.
The relay team consisting of Kate Waller '02, Ellen Beth '05, Lynne Davies '04, and Jane Cullina '04 ran a time of 9:38.67. The time was 4th out of the New England Division III schools and only one second off from DIII rival Connecticut College.
Captain Kate Waller was impressed with her teammates performances and running together as a team. "I was proud of my sophomore and freshman relay team members who, after my first leg, kept the momentum going to take 8th place at a meet where Division I likes to take most of the places."
Coming up for the women this weekend is ECACs, the final meet before nationals. Many more members of the team will compete at Tufts at a final attempt to qualify. Exciting events to watch for will be the distance medley relay, which has the 10th fastest time in the nation for Division III, the 4x400m relay, high jump, and triple jump.
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