From Brandeis University Athletics

The women's track and field team continued its march towards championship season today at the Amherst Spring Fling Invitational.

The highest placing finisher was sophomore Kayla Fahey (Kingston, Mass./ Silver Lake Regional) who placed second in both the 400m hurdles and the long jump.  Fahey's marks of 70.67s in the hurdles and 4.94m (16'-2.5") in long jump both met the ECAC DIII standard. The other standout event for the women was the 800m where Judges went 3,4,7,8,9. Junior Meaghan Barry and senior Kyra Shreeve with their 3^rd and 4^th place finishes respectively.  Barry crossed with a time of 2:23.92 with Shreeve very close behind in 2:24.09. 

Junior Regan Charie (Topsfield, Mass./ Masconomet Regional) had a very good day taking home 2^nd in the 100m in a time of 11.16 seconds and 3^rd in the 200m with a time of 22.58. Charie like his teammates was awarded both championship standards for both of his runs. Impressively, his times from today's meet were significantly faster than last season, a season that saw him eventually run 10.92 and 22.06. Charie also anchored the 4x100m relay that placed 3^rd in 44.92.  That relay team consisted of Lorenzo Maddox (Atlanta, Ga/ Maynard Jackson), Jacob Ward (Weston, Fla./Cypress Bay), Michael Kroker(Aumsville, Ore./ Cascade), and the aforementioned Charie. 

In the field seniors Jordin Carter (Fort Wayne, Ind./R. Nelson Snyder), Jessie Moore (Rye, N.Y./ Rye), and Beth Defossez (Boxford, Mass./ Masconomet Reg.) all picked up points for the Judges. Carter placed 3^rd in the hammer throw with a toss of 40.04m (131'-4").  She also competed in the shot put, placing 6^th with a 9.74m (32'-0.25") throw. Moore was third in the long jump leaping 4.86m (15'-11.5") along with competing in multiple other events during the meet as to practice for a heptathlon later in the season. Defossez placed 4^th in the pole vault going 2.75m (9'-0.25"), qualifying for ECAC's in the process.

In the 100m junior Kanya Brown (Amherst, Mass./ Amherst) picked up points with her 13.06s, 6^th place run. Rookie Niamh Kenney (Hanover, Mass./Hanover) debuted in the 5000m running 18:43.56 for 5^th.  Her time qualifies her for ECACs. In the 100m hurdles, two Judges went 5,6 with Lydia Harris (Damariscotta, M.E./Lincoln Academy running 17.12 for 5^th and Tessa Holleran (Norwell, Mass./Norwell) running 17.78 for 6^th.