From Brandeis University Athletics
It was quite the first day for the Judges track and field teams at the 2018 UAA Outdoor Championships hosted by Carnegie Mellon University.
Jordin Carter (Fort Wayne, Ind./R. Nelson Snyder) doubled up on throws and ended up outscoring her male counterpart by recording a 4th and 5th place finish. The 4th came in the shot put where Carter set a foot long personal best throwing 11.65m (38'02.75"). Her fifth place finish was in the hammer throw where she threw an even bigger lifetime best improving three feet to 41.22m (135'03").
The women's 4x800m relay also picked up crucial points with an impressive 2nd place finish. The quartet of Lisbeth Valdez (Providence, R.I./Hope), Leinni Valdez (Providence, R.I./Hope), Doyin Ogundiran (Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills East), and Emily Bryson (Quincy, Mass/North Quincy) edged out 3rdplace U. of Chicago by 1 second in a time of 9:22.21, an average 800m time of 2:20.5, a very good individual time in its own right.
In both women's 400m events, the open 400m and the 400m hurdles Judges qualified through to tomorrow's finals. In the flat event, first year Lisbeth Valdezset a personal best of 59.90 seconds to place second in her heat and advance as the 5th fastest. In the hurdles sophomore, Lydia Harris (Damariscotta, M.E./Lincoln Acad.) also recorded a personal best, after just setting it last weekend, running 68.18s to narrowly advance as the last time qualifier.
The final athlete to advance to a final tomorrow was junior Doyin Ogundiran who ran 2:19.11 to advance as the final qualifier. This, however, is not indicative of Ogundiran's potential as she is currently ranked fourth in the conference on time and was the runner-up at the indoor championships.