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The University of Maine men’s and women’s track and field teams will participate in the Holy Cross Invitational this weekend in Worcester, Mass. The meet is the last before the Penn Relays, which will be held April 24 through 27.
The UMaine men will look to repeat their stellar performance from this past weekend. The men’s team defeated the University of New Hampshire 107-93.
Freshman standout Brett McIntire, who feels he is doing better at this point in the season than he expected, will look to compete in the 100-meter dash, as well as the long jump. But McIntire acknowledges that his performance depends on factors beyond his control.
“I think this weekend should be alright,” McIntire said. “I’m not sure how I will do because it depends on the weather. But I think the team will do really well overall.”
The UMaine women are looking to improve upon last weekend’s performance as well. The women’s team lost to New Hampshire 94-88.
Victoryia Rybalko, who has been out for the last two meets with a hamstring pull, may be back this weekend. Rybalko said that if she does not participate in the Holy Cross meet then she would be available for the next one.
Senior captain Brooke DeForte will look to take first place in the 100-meter and 200-meter sprints. Deforte placed first in the 200-meter dash last weekend with a time of 26.09. DeForte narrowly lost the 100-meter dash to Silvia Scaldaferri. Scaldaferri edged Deforte by .01.
“I couldn’t feel more ready.” DeForte said this week.
She also said the team is continually improving because “it gives the team a chance to work out all of the kinks in the earlier meets.”
Katie Page, who broke her own school record in the discus last weekend, and Joel Evans, who broke a 10-year record in the 400-meter hurdles, will also be keys for UMaine this weekend.
“It is always a goal to keep improving with each meet and to peak with the best times at the big meets like America East or New Englands,” DeForte said.
