University of Massachusets Athletics
UMass Gears Up For Six-Way Meet
April 11, 2007 | Women's Track & Field
April 11, 2007
AMHERST, Mass. - UMass will host its second track meet of the season this Saturday in the UMass Six-Way Meet. The Minutemen and Minutewomen look to put up personal best performances while hopefully setting some new facility records in the process.
The Minutemen took fifth at the UConn Invitational last weekend behind strong performances from Peter Fortunato (Tewksbury, Mass.) and Andrew McCann (Fayetteville, N.Y.) who finished first and third in the 5000 meter run. In the first home meet of the season the Minutemen performed well, finishing second overall while setting four new facility records. Helping to set those records were Tyler Cotto (Holliston, Mass.), Josh Boone (Gardner, Mass.), Kevin Murphy (Bridgewater, Mass.) and Andrew Mulvaney (South Hadley, Mass.). Freshmen Cotto and Mulvaney took first in the triple jump and 5000 meters, respectively. Sophomore Josh Boone won the 1,500 meters and junior Kevin Murphy took first in the 800 meters.
The Minutewomen are coming off a sixth-place finish at the UConn Invitational. Top performers for the women included Christina DeRosa (Sound Beach, N.Y.), who took first in the 5000 meter run, and Lisa Wilson (Holden, Mass.), who qualified for ECAC's with her third place finish in the discus throw. DeRosa and Wilson also have the UMass Track and Field Complex facility records in those events, set in the first home meet of the season.
Schools competing in the UMass Six-Way Meet include Maine, New Hampshire, Boston College, Stony Brook, Quinnipiac and UMass. The meet will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the brand new Track and Field Complex located next to Rudd field.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Field Events
11:30 Shot Put-M-(Infield) Shot Put-W-(Infield) Javelin-M-(Throws area) Javelin-W-(Infield) Long Jump-M followed by Triple Jump M Long Jump-W followed by Triple Jump W Pole Vault-W followed by M HJ-W followed by HJ MTo begin at the conclusion of the M SP- Hammer-M-(Throws area) followed by Hammer W
To begin at the conclusion of the W SP- Discus-W-(Infield) followed by Discus M
Track Events
11:30 Steeplechase (Unseeded Men's Section) 12:00 4 x 100m-M 12:05 4 x 100m-W 12:15 Steeplechase-M 12:30 Steeplechase-W 12:45 1500m-M 12:55 1500m-W 1:10 400m-M 1:25 400m-W 1:35 100m-M-Final by time 1:45 100m-W-Final by time 1:55 110H-M-Final by time 2:05 100H-W-Final by time 2:15 800m-M 2:30 800m-W 2:45 400IM-M 2:55 400IM-W 3:05 200m-M 3:15 200m-W 3:25 5,000m-M 3:45 5,000m-W 4:05 4 x 400m-M 4:15 4 x 400m-W