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Irie Gourde Runs Brandeis Record in 200 Meters To Win New England Title

Irie Gourde Runs Brandeis Record in 200 Meters To Win New England Title

From Brandeis University Athletics

Many members of the Brandeis track and field teams concluded their seasons today at the Division III New England Track and Field Championships.

Graduate student Irie Gourde (Portland, Ore./York Acad., Canada) continued his dream final season by claiming the 200m crown in a time of 21.55 seconds. This was a personal best for Gourde and reset his own school record achieved just two weeks ago at the Sean Collier Invite, which coincidentally was a meet also hosted by MIT. Gourde also contributed to the other big men's performance of the day as a member of the 4x100m relay. Also setting a school record of 42.58 for sixth, Gourde teamed up with teammates Regan Charie (Topsfield, Mass./Masconomet Reg.), Churchill Perry(Pembroke Pines, Fla./Westminster Acad.) and Lorenzo Maddox (Atlanta, Ga./Maynard Jackson). 

Junior Scott Grote (Greenfield, Mass./Greenfield) had a great day in the throwing circle where he set a personal best in the discus to place 3rd.  Grote threw 48.08m (157'9"), a five-inch improvement from his personal best set last week at the UAA Championships. With his toss, Grote now sits at 26th nationally.

A few other Judges also competed and put nice caps on their seasons.  Senior Ryan Stender (Amherst, Mass./Amherst) placed 12th in the 5000m running a season-best 15:15.25. Similarly, Regan Charie ran to season-best in the 100m running 11.09 seconds for 13th overall. Sophomore Jack Allan (Wrentham, Mass./King Phillip Reg.) recorded season best in both the hurdles and long jump running 15.52 for the 110m hurdles to place 14th and jumping 6.47m for 13th.  In the pole vault, both Breylen Ammen (Lincoln, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury) and Aaron Corin (Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury) competed, Ammen jumped 4.40m (14'5.25") for 11th while Corin cleared 4.10m (13'5.25") for 17th.