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Excitement was in the air in the Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon when the UMaine track team hosted its only indoor meet of the season, a dual meet with Central Connecticut State University.
Both the men’s and women’s meets were very closely contested. The Maine women got a 93-90 victory over Central Connecticut, while the men’s meet ended in a tie. Each team scored 89 points.
In the women’s meet, Maine took first place points in nine of the 18 events on the day. Vanessa McGowen won the 500 meters in a time of1:17.43. Danielle Donovan took the 1,000 meters in a time of 3:14.09. Captain Rachel Borchers and Nicole Pelletier went one-two in the mile, running 5:10.71 and 5:13.71, respectively. Margaret Muller took first place in the 60-yard hurdles, with a time of 8.78 seconds.
Two of Maine’s relay team won their races on Saturday as well. Maine won the 4×880-yard relay in a time of 10:04.02, while the 4×220-yard relay won in a time of 1:45.71.
In the field events, Claire Poliquin continued her domination of the high jump. She won with a height of 5’4″.
Maine took the top four best throws in the shot put, with Heather Audet just edging out Michelle Michaud for first place. Audet won with a throw of 38’3″, with Michaud only an inch-and-a-half behind. Julie Williams edged out teammate Angela Pulcifer in the 20 lb. weight throw. Williams throw of 48′ 3″ was enough for the win, while Pulcifer took second at 47′ 10.5″
In the men’s meet, Maine won seven of the 17 events. Maine had one double winner in distance runner: Joey Luchini. Luchini won both the 1,000 meters, with a time of 2:35.36, when he just beat teammate Pierce Creasemen by two seconds, and the mile in a time of 4:20.25, just edging freshman Eddie Caron by a second.
Phil McGeoghan was able to win the 60 yd. dash by a hundredth of a second over CCSU’s Amilcar Reis. McGeoghan’s time was 6.56 seconds.
Maine took the top four places in the 800 meters. Ben Ray won the event in a time of 1:55.78, while Ryan Harkleroad, Scott Minkowsky, and Matthew Kilbourne all finished very closed behind.
Gabe Rivard also took the 3,000 meters in a time of 8:56.30. Freshman hurdler Shaun Leeper came within literally centimeters of winning the 60-yard hurdles. He was just outleaned by CCSU’s Milton Sabater. Both were clocked at 8.03 seconds. Maine’s 4 x 880 yard relay won in a time of 8:11.65.
In the field events, Justin Drew won the long jump with a leap of 21′ 10″. He was also second in the triple jump, with a distance of 43′. High jump standout Derek Davis just barely lost that event. He very nearly cleared his final attempt at 6’10″, but didn’t. Liddon Norman of CCSU, did clear the height on his last attempt, and won the event.
The track teams’ next meet is next Saturday at the St. Valentine’s Invitational at Boston University. The next week will be the America East Championship meet, which will also be held at Boston University.
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