Briner and Umachi Lead Top Marks at Coed Invite II

2/13/2010

Hazel Briner '11, took her refreshed legs and put them to good use at MIT's Coed Invite II. In addition to the 59 second 4x400 leg she ran at Boston University on Friday, she had two other personal bests; 12-0 1/2 in the pole vault and 15-10 1/2 in the long jump.

Other very good improvements for the women were had by Margaret Leibovic '10, in the 55 dash with a 7.73 season best, Alex Westbrook '13, with a 5:32.15 mile run and Emily Kuo '13, with a 2:28.93 in the 800.

CK Umachi '12, threw a huge PR of 53-8 1/2 in the 35 lb. weight throw to win the event for the men. Also in the weight throw, Adam Mustafa '11, threw a personal best of 50-9 1/2 to give MIT four throwers over 50' for the year.

In the pole vault, Nate Peterson '12, cleared 14-8 3/4 for an indoor best. Ken Cooper '13, threw a personal best in the shot put with a 43-3 3/4 performance.

Other winning efforts for MIT were earned by James Oleinik 'G, in the shot put with a throw of 50-1 3/4, Rene Peters '13, in the 55 dash in 6.68 and Eric Boyer '13, in the 55HH in 8.05.

Many of MIT's track and field athletes will be making the trip to Maine next weekend to compete in the New England Division III Championship. The men are hosted by Bates College while the women's championship is being hosted by the University of Southern Maine.

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