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The University of Maine men’s and women’s track teams will again have home-track advantage this Saturday, as the College of the Holy Cross makes the trip from Worcester, Mass., to Orono.
The UMaine teams, home last weekend against Central Connecticut State University, won their respective meets. The men defeated CCSU, 105-76, and the women beat the University of New Hampshire, 134.5-125. The CCSU women placed third.
“Last weekend the team had some great performances,” Brooke Deforte said. “I think we all took advantage of our home track. I know that many of us, including myself, got our season bests in the event that we do.”
Deforte was the top finisher on the women’s side in the 60-yard dash and the 200-meter dash, with times of 7.38 seconds and 26.06 seconds, respectively. Nicole Binette earned a first-place finish in the 60-yard hurdles in a time of 8.96 seconds Teammate Vyktoria Rybalko outdistanced the field in the long jump. Julie Williams and Angela Pulcifer took the first and second spots in the weight throw, respectively. Katherine Page, shot put, and Sadie Shaffer, triple jump, also came away with first-place finishes.
The UMaine men were led by Brett McIntire and Gabe Rivard. McIntire placed first in the 200-meter dash, with a time of 22.71 seconds, and the long jump. Rivard won the 1000-meter run and one mile run. McIntire anchored UMaine’s first place 4×440-yard relay team that included Derek Semple, Ryan Harkleroad and Joel Evans. Ken Bettis, 800-meter run; Joey Luchini, 3000-meter run; Andy Roy, high jump; Justin Drew, triple jump; and Andre Dubois, shot put, also took home top honors. UMaine’s 4×880-yard relay team of Bettis, Paul Rupprecht, Nolan Tobey and Andy Caron gained a victory.
The last time UMaine had a meet that featured Holy Cross was the Terrier Cup at Boston University on Jan. 18. UMaine won the meet, scoring 91 points. Holy Cross, with 63 points, tied with UNH for third.
Confidence is still running high among UMaine team members.
“I think [Holy Cross] will provide some competition for us,” McIntire said. “But I think we will do really well against them.
A meet in consecutive weeks is no problem, says one team member.
“As far as having a meet per week, we are fairly used to this happening, especially the upperclassmen,” Rivard said last week. “We expect to have to compete every weekend, so that is not a great concern. The biggest part is just getting enough rest and eating right so your body doesn’t get worn down.”
These six weeks with meets culminates in America East Championships in Boston on Feb. 16.
“In the next week or so we are going to start easing off on the hard training so we peak right in time for America East,” McIntire said. “I have a bit of work to do in my long jump technique and just stay in shape and stay healthy for the next two weeks.”
