The Colby Echo

Issue date: 2/18/09 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Crts. Madison Gouzie

Over Valentine's Day weekend, the Colby indoor track and field team competed in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Invitational, where they had quite a few impressive results. At the meet Colby competed against teams from the likes of Williams College, the United States Coast Guard Academy, SUNY-Plattsburgh, Bates College, and of course MIT. The only Mules first-place performance of the weekend came from Danielle Sheppard '11 in the high jump, but both men and women came home with a smattering of top-ten finishes.

Sheppard out-jumped all of her competition, recording a leap of 5 feet 3 inches. Although Sheppard was the only Mule to come home with a first-place ribbon, several other Colby competitors met with success and found themselves in a top five position. Heather MacDonald '10 came in third in the 600-meter run with a time of 1:44.57, and fellow junior Mandy Ivey '10 took third in the mile run with a time of 5:29.34. David Lowe '11 had the best day for the men's side, coming in third with a time of 2:41.43 in the 1,000 meter run. Brianna Kondrat '09 made it into the top five not once but twice, coming in third in the weight throw and fourth in the shot put.

Top ten spots were also prevalent among the Mules with Erin Beasley '09 taking fourth in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.71 seconds, Greta Wells '11 coming in fifth in the 3,000 meter run with a time of 11:04.03 and Amanda Burgess '10 taking sixth in the 800 with a time of 2:30.98.

With most of the team competing in the MIT Invitational, only a few Mules were available to compete in the Boston University Valentine Invitational. As one of the largest track and field competitions of the year, the Boston Valentine Invitational boasts an incredibly varied field of athletes. With over a hundred participants in each event, Colby had a very good showing for one of the smaller schools in the competition. Alyssa Marquez '11 came in 14th in the pole vault event with a jump of 10 feet even, Katrina Gravel '10 came in 24th in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 18:04.75, and the Colby distance medley relay team came in 13th with a time of 12:15.23.

Overall the coaches were quite happy with the way the team performed in each of these events and look forward to next week when the teams travel to New England Division III Championships, once again at MIT.

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