Amherst Spring Fling

Jacob Shine competing in the Shot Put

Photo courtesy of Ella Pitonyak

Hammer Throw

The meet got started with the field events, where Beth Martin placed tenth with a season best throw of 39.11 meters (128' 4")! Emma Ramsingh placed 19th with a personal best throw of 34.47 meters (113' 1") and Deb Thayer placed 23rd with a throw of 31.37 meters (102' 11")! Isabella Niemi placed 27th and set a personal best with a throw of 27.22 meters (89' 4")!

In the Men's Hammer Throw, Charlie Spurrell placed third with a season best throw of 53.13 meters (174' 4")! David Brown placed fifth with a personal best throw of 51.10 meters (167' 8")! Jacob Shine placed 23rd with a personal best throw of 38.30 meters (125' 8")! Alex MacDonald placed 29th with a near personal best throw of 33.70 meters (110' 7")!

Shot Put

Morgan Rome placed tenth in the Shot Put with a solid throw of 10.09 meters (33' 1.25")! Beth Martin and Emma Ramsingh placed 16th and 17th with throw of 9.53 meters (31' 3.25") and 9.46 meters (31' 0.5"), respectively. Isabella Niemi placed 21st with a throw of 9.19 meters (30' 2"). 

In the Men's Shot Put, Jacob Shine placed eighth with a season best throw of 13.56 meters (44' 6")! Hugh Lemmon-Kishi placed tenth with a throw of 13.23 meters (43' 5") and David Brown placed tenth with a throw of 13.23 meters (43' 5"). Zach Villegas and Alex Robin prepared to compete in the Decathlon next weekend by placing 27th and 29th with throws of 10.05 meters (32' 11.75") and 8.75 meters (28' 8.5"

Javelin

In the Men's Javelin, Kevin Ryu threw well consistently and placed fourth with a throw of 46.42 meters (152' 3")! Alex Robin had a successful day as well, throwing just off his personal best in the event to place eighth with a throw of 44.22 meters (145' 1")! 

In the Women's Javelin, Anaya Thomas set personal bests on all three throws, placing tenth with her best of the day being 26.49 meters (86' 11")! Payton Sorensen placed 18th with a season best throw of 21.37 meters (70' 1")! 

Bridget Cassata clearing a bar in the Pole Vault

Pole Vault

Next up was the Pole Vault, where the competition was held indoors in the cage. Alec Kuzyk won by clearing 4.45 meters (14' 7.25") on his first attempt and he took several great attempts at the School Record as well! 

Mia Bawendi placed fourth in the Women's Pole Vault and cleared 3.40 meters (11' 1.75")! Payton Sorensen and Jordan Hecker both cleared 3.10 meters (10' 2") and placed ninth and tenth, respectively! For Payton, this was a season best clearance! Bridget placed 11th, clearing the same height, a outdoor personal best for her! 

High Jump

Gabe Dos Santos placed fifth in the High Jump with a season best clearance of 1.97 meters (6' 5.5")!

Anaya Thomas placed second in the High Jump, tying her personal best by clearing 1.62 meters (5' 3.75")! Leah Smith placed fifth with a season best clearance of 1.57 meters (5' 1.75")! 

Harrison Talcott (3) and Ian Dopp (2) competing in the Steeplechase. Photo taken by Slate Taylor.

Steeplechase

The first event on the track was the steeplechase and for all of the Mammoths who competed in the event, it was their first time competing in the Steeplechase!

In the Men's Steeplechase, Ian Dopp and Harrison Talcott worked together throughout most of the race. Half way through the race, Ian's shoe fell off, and he continued to race with one shoe while pulling away from his competitors! Ian placed second in a time of 9:42 and Harrison placed third in a time of 9:47, both excellent times for their first steeplechase race! In the Women's Steeplechase, Emma Vatnsdal held strong hurdle form throughout the race and placed fourth in a time of 12:24 in her first steeplechase race!

4x100 Relay

Next on the track was the 4x100 Relay. Ben Bell led off for the Mammoths and got the Mammoths out to a great start, and handed off to Cody Pierce. Cody ran a strong leg and passed the baton to Alex Nichols, who ran a strong leg as well. Alex gave the baton to Jordan Harrison for the anchor leg, who brought the Mammoths from third place to second place in a time of 41.41 seconds, which is second all-time in program history!

Arissa McGowan led off the Women's 4x100 Relay and she got the Mammoths out to a strong start. She handed off to Héloïse Hughes, who ran a strong leg and passed the baton to Rachel Hubley. Rachel battled on her leg to move the Mammoths into third place and Olivia Tennant received the baton for the anchor leg and kept the Mammoths in third place, crossing the finish line in a time of 49.31 seconds!

Bella Lozier competing in the 1500. Photo taken by Slate Taylor.

1500

Next on the track was the 1500. The first heat of the Men's race got out to a slow start and Henry Dennen took the lead and got the pace going. Henry closed well and fought hard to place second in a personal best time of 3:55! Competing in the same heat, Stan Craig put himself in the mix of the pack to place ninth in a time of 3:57! In the second heat, George Cahill used a great kick to place fourth in his heat in a time of 4:01! Aidan Gemme and Oliver Spiva worked their way up during the race and placed ninth and tent, respectively, both running a time of 4:04! For Oliver, it is a season best time in the event! In the third heat, Harrison Dow fought to the line to place fifth in the heat in a time of 4:05, Thomas and Drew Stephens placed eighth and ninth in times of 4:09 and 4:10, respectively, and Thomas set a personal best! Paolo Canigiula placed eleventh in the heat in a personal best time of 4:14!

In the Women's 1500, Bella Lozier sat in sixth place in the first heat half way through the race and made a great move to bridge the gap to the lead pack and ran hard through the line, placing third in a time of 4:41! In the second heat, Daphne Witherell took the lead for the first two laps of the race, and after being as far back as tenth place, Ona Ortiz-Gudeman seized the lead with two laps to go of the race. Daphne took the lead back with one lap to go and ran away to win the heat in a personal best time of 4:50! Ona ran tough for the whole last lap and closed well to place fourth in the heat in a personal best time of 4:55 and Allison Lounsbury closed well to place fifth in the heat in a time of 4:56!

Dog Race

As hurdles were placed on the track for the 110 and 100 Hurdles races, the Dog 100 Meter Race was held on the other side of the track. Whiskey from Tufts was the winner and we hope to have an Amherst winner in the years to come!

110 & 100 Hurdles

In the 110 Hurdles, Alton Machen won the second heat in a personal best time of 15.21 seconds, placing sixth overall! Noah Harris placed sixth in the heat in a time of 16.13 seconds. Mike Gerfen won the third heat in a personal best time of 16.34 seconds! The fourth heat was nearly an all Amherst affair, as Santi Benbow won the heat in a personal best time of 18.06 seconds! Zach Villegas placed second in the heat in a time of 18.30 seconds and Alex Robin placed fourth in the heat in a time of 20.90 seconds.

Eliza Cardwell won the Women's 100 Hurdles in a time of 14.37 seconds! Arissa McGowan placed third in a season best time of 15.05 seconds! Myeh Medina placed seventh in a time of 15.77 seconds and Anaya Thomas won her heat and placed eighth in a personal best time of 15.82 seconds! Trintje Nydam placed fifth in her heat, running a time of 16.64 seconds, Anastasia Ioppolo placed twelfth overall in a time of 16.67 seconds, Bridget Cassata placed seventeenth overall, running a time of 17.85 seconds.

Jai Dreher (7) and Jack O'Hara (6) competing in the 400

400

Next on the track was the 400 and it was a big day for Jai Dreher, as he placed third in his heat in a personal best time of 50.43 seconds! Competing in the same heat, Jack O'Hara placed fourth in a time of 50.70 seconds!

Casie Eifrig placed second in the Women's 400 in a stellar season opening time of 57.52 seconds! Halle Hanna won the second heat in a season best time of 1:01 and Ava Zielinski placed third in the heat in a collegiate best time of 1:02! In the third heat, Caroline Wu placed fourth in a time of 1:03 and Chanelle Jaeger placed seventh in a time of 1:08.

100

Ben Bell placed third in his heat and ninth overall in a personal best time of 11.10 seconds! Jordan Harrison placed fourteenth in a time of 11.19 seconds, Theo Woodward won his heat in a personal best time of 11.24 seconds and Ben Williams placed third in his heat in a time of 11.67 seconds.

Héloïse Hughes placed fourth in the Women's 100, running a time of 12.58 seconds! Rachel Hubley won her heat in a season best time of 12.77 seconds! Olivia Tennant placed third in her heat in a near personal best time of 13.27 seconds! Chideraa Ngwadom won her heat in a near personal time of 13.66 seconds! 

Santi Benbow competing in the Long Jump

Discus

David Brown placed second in the Discus with a School Record and personal best throw of 47.06 meters (154' 5")! Jacob Shine placed seventh with a personal best throw of 41.79 meters (137' 1") and Alex MacDonald placed tenth with a personal best throw of 39.20 meters (128' 7")! Alex Robin and Santi Benbow prepared for their Decathlon this weekend by competing in the Discus as the duo placed 35th and 36th with throws of 21.40 meters (70' 2") and 21.15 meters (69' 5"), respectively, as Santi set a personal best in the event!

In the Women's Discus, Emma Ramsingh placed third with a School Record throw of 43.38 meters (142' 4")! Isabella Niemi placed eighth with a personal best throw of 35.85 meters (117' 7")! Beth Martin placed 17th with a throw of 30.94 meters (101' 6") and Deb Thayer placed 28th with a throw of 26.81 meters (87' 11"). 

Long Jump

Adrian Friedman won the Long Jump on his final attempt, winning with a jump of 6.74 meters (22' 1.5")! Kaleb Barrett placed fifth with a jump of 6.44 meters (21' 1.5")! Michael Gerfen placed fifteenth with a jump of 5.76 meters (18' 10.7") and Isaias Wooden made his return from injury, placing 21st with a jump of 5.60 meters (18' 4.5"). Santi Benbow placed 24th with a personal best jump of 5.48 meters (17' 11.75")!

Leah Smith placed fourth in the Women's Long Jump with a season best jump of 5.15 meters (16' 10.75") and Anastasia Ioppolo placed fifth with a jump of 5.09 meters (16' 8.5"). 

Triple Jump

Michael Abbey placed second in the triple jump with a jump of 13.78 meters (45' 2.5") and Kaleb Barrett placed fourth with a jump of 13.45 meters (44' 1.5")! Isaias Wooden placed tenth with a jump of 11.84 meters (38' 10.25"). 

Anastasia only needed one jump to place fifth in the Triple Jump with a jump of 10.48 meters (34' 4.75")! 

(L-R) Piper Lentz (7), Julia Schor (5) and Zoë Marcus (6) competing in the 800

800

Both the Men's and Women's 800 were very competitive, and in the Men's 800, the first heat was tightly bunched through the first lap of the race. The race broke apart as the race progressed and using a strong kick in the final 200 meters of the race, Ben Davis placed third in a time of 1:53! Kolya Markov-Riss placed fifth in a time of 1:53 as well and Will Nagy placed seventh in a time of 1:54! Competing in the third heat, Gent Malushaga placed ninth in his heat in a time of 2:02.

The first heat of the Women's 800 got out at a fast pace and Zoë Marcus led the heat from the start of the race. Her teammates Julia Schor and Piper Lentz ran right behind her and they worked together to pull away from the field. Zoë and Julia pulled away from the field to sweep the event, as Zoë won in a near personal best time of 2:12 and Julia placed second in a personal best time of 2:12! Piper fought hard and placed fourth in a personal best time of 2:17!

400 Hurdles

Tom Ye placed fifth in the 400 Hurdles in a time of 58.58 seconds and Noah Harris placed sixth in a time of 59.45 seconds.

In the Women's 400 Hurdles, Myeh Medina placed second in a personal best time of 1:05! Artis Phillips placed fifth in a personal best time of 1:07! Mads Rabb competed well in her second time running the 400 Hurdles, placing fourth in her heat in a time of 1:09!

200

Cody Pierce ran an excellent 200, placing second in a collegiate best time of 21.80! Alex Nichols placed fourth in a huge personal best time of 21.96 seconds! Jai Dreher placed fourth in his heat, running a collegiate outdoor personal best time of 22.81 seconds! Ben Bell placed fifth in the same heat as Jai, running a time of 22.83 seconds. Theo Woodward placed sixth in his heat in a personal best time of 23.12 seconds and Ben Williams placed third in his heat in a personal best time of 23.57 seconds!

Rachel Hubley placed seventh in the Women's 200 in a time of 26.29 seconds!

5,000

The final individual event of the day was the 5,000, where Theo Dassin placed tenth in a time of 15:28, Sam Young placed eleventh in a personal best time of 15:35 and Daniel Martin placed twelfth in a near personal best time of 15:43! In the Women's 5,000, Claire Callon placed tenth in a time of 18:32.

The Two Men's 4x400 Relay Teams (L-R) Tom Ye, Henry Dennen, Will Nagy, George Cahill, Harrison Dow, Paolo Canigiula, Daniel Martin and Stan Craig

To have some fun at the end of the meet, the Mammoths had two Men's 4x400 Relays toe the line with mostly distance runners on the relay. The relay team of Tom Ye, Will Nagy, Henry Dennen and George Cahill placed third in a time of 3:33 and all four relay team members competed hard from the gun! The second Amherst team to compete was composed of Stan Craig, Harrison Dow, Paolo Canigiula and not long after running the 5,000, Daniel Martin! The second relay team placed fifth in a tight battle in a time of 3:45.

In the Women's 4x400 Relay, Zoë Marcus led off a relay composed of all of the women from the Nationals Distance Medley Relay, in the order in which they ran the DMR throughout the season. Zoë, being the 1200 leg, led off the relay and got the Mammoths into the lead! She handed the baton to Casie Eifrig, who gave the Mammoths a huge lead with her speedy leg! Piper ran a stellar third leg to extend the lead and Julia Schor anchored the Mammoths, as she did in the DMR, to bring the Mammoths across the finish line in a time of 3:59! The Women's "B" team also ran an excellent race, as Bella Lozier led off the relay and handed off in second place. She handed off to Halle Hanna, who ran a strong leg to keep the Mammoths in second place. Mads Rabb ran a strong third leg and Ava Zielinski anchored the "B" team to a second place finish in a time of 4:03! The "C" team of Artis Phillips, Zoe Mulvihill, Chanelle Jaeger, and Caroline Wu placed fifth in a time of 4:15 and a 2x400 Relay of Emma Vatnsdal and Daphne Witherell competed well!