From Brandeis University Athletics
The men track and field team closed out the 2018 UAA Indoor Championships with incredible performances culminating in an impressive team finish.
Day two was highlighted by two wins, one on the track and one in the field. It was started off with sophomore Churchill Perry (Pembroke Pines, Fla./Westminster Academy) who, coming back from competing in the 200m prelims on day one, had the performance of his life to win the triple jump. Coming into the meet Perry had a personal best of 13.86m (45-05.75); today he blew that away securing his first UAA title with a jump of 14.24m (46-08.75). A Brandeis athlete has not won the event since 2014 when Mohamed Sidique took home the title. Perry is now ranked 29th in the country.
The final winner of the day came in the race right after Bryson's, the men's 200m. Irie Gourde (Portland, Ore./ York Academy, Canada), who has had five career 2nd place finishes at the UAA Championships, finally got his win running 22.54 to beat the runner-up from U. of Chicago by .12. A Brandeis athlete has not won this event in over 10 years with the last victory coming in 2007. Gourde's time from the prelim yesterday of 22.09 places him in the top 10 nationally which allows him the opportunity for a 200m/400m double at the national meet, similar to his workload this weekend.
Along with his 200m win Gourde also contributed points in the 400m where he placed second in 49.03 and, in the 4x400 where he anchored the relay to a 3rdplace finish splitting 49.5 seconds. The other members of that relay included our other UAA Champion in Perry who lead of with a 50.0 second leg, as well as Patrick Quinlan (Northampton, Mass./ Northampton) (52.4) and Henry McDonald (Weymouth, Mass./Weymouth) (53.4) all of which added up a time of 3:25.80.
Another athlete who scored in multiple events was junior Regan Charie (Topsfield, Mass./ Masconomet Regional). Charie who recorded a personal best to advance to the 60m final yesterday, placed 6th in the final today with a time of 7.11. This was the second-best time of Charie's career and would have been a personal best if not for his run a day prior. Joining teammate Gourde in the 200m final, Charie placed fourth running 22.89.