From Brandeis University Athletics
The Brandeis University women's track and field team opened up the second semester with its annual home meet, the Reggie Poyau Memorial Invitational.
The Judges won five events to finish second.
Junior Julia Bryson (Quincy, Mass./North Quincy) blew away the field in the mile run with a winning time of 5:24.06. Rookie Andrea Bolduc(Auburn, Mass./Auburn) edged out senior Kyra Shreeve (Northborough, Mass./Northborough) for second place by seven-hundredths of a second, 5:33.68 to 5:33.75. Junior Meaghan Barry (Marlborough, Mass./Worcester Academy) took fourth in 5:38.96, while classmate Rose Monaghan (Essex, Vt./Essex) ran fifth in 5:43.90.
The women also had a trio of standouts in the middle-distance events. In the 600-meter run, rookie Lisbeth Valdez (Providence, R.I./Hope) won with a time of 1:41.77, more than 11 seconds faster than the runner up. In the 800, junior Doyin Ogundiran (Dix Hills, N.Y. / Half Hollow Hills East) won with a time of 2:20.14, just over a second faster than Lisbeth's twin sister Leinni Valdez (Providence, R.I./Hope). Ogundiran's time would be the third-fastest in Division III this season, while Leinni's would be sixth, pending the rest of the results from this weekend.
The three then combined with sophomore Lydia Harris (Damariscotta, Maine / Lincoln Academy) to win the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 4:14.03, with Lisbeth and Doyin passing the team from Bentley and winning by more than 10 seconds and ranked 32nd in Division III.
The Judges' other two wins on the women's side came from junior Emily Bryson (Quincy, Mass./North Quincy) in the 3,000-meter run, where the three-time cross country All-American and three-time NCAA track and field qualifier win handily with a time of 10:09.71, the ninth-fastest time in Division III this season; and senior Jordin Carter (Fort Wayne, Ind./R. Snyder Nelson), whose opening throw of 13.30m (43 feet, 7 ¾ inches) was good enough to capture the 20-pound weight throw.
Sophomore Danielle Bertaux (Prides Crossing, Mass./Beverly) added a third-place finish in the 3K with a time of 11:18.59