University of Massachusets Athletics
UMass To Host Third And Final Home Meet Of Season
April 26, 2007 | Women's Track & Field
April 26, 2007
AMHERST, Mass. - The UMass track and field teams prepare to host the third and final home meet of the outdoor season this weekend. The UMass Eight-Way meet will be held at the newly constructed track and field complex and serve as a final tune-up before the Atlantic 10 Championships. Both the men and women head into this Saturdays competition coming off fourth places finishes in Connecticut last weekend.
The men's track team is coming off a fourth place finish at the Husky Spring Invite a week ago. Sophomore Jesse Regnier(Hampden, Mass.) led the way for the Minutemen winning the 5000 meter in 15:21.41. The 800 meter run saw freshman Ryan DiOrio(Bridgewater, N.J.) (sixth) and sophomore Peter Fortunato (Tewksbury, Mass.) (seventh) finish in 1:56.62 and 1:56.91, respectively. DiOrio also ran a personal best time in the 1500 meter by finishing in 3:58.88, the fastest 1500 time run by a UMass track athlete since the 2005 outdoor season.
Following a fourth place finish at the UConn Select Invitational, the women's track and field team gears up for the final home meet of the season. Junior Christina DeRosa (Sound Beach, N.Y.) continued her strong running finishing second in the 5000 meter run in 17:29.16. At the last home meet DeRosa recorded an ECAC qualifying time in the 5000 meter while beating her previous school record by running a time of 17:17.27. The last home meet also saw junior Taryn Trapp (Nampa, Idaho) run the third fastest time in the 3000 meter steeplechase in school history.
Teams participating in the meet include New Hampshire, Central Connecticut State, Vermont, Harvard, Maine, Hartford, Connecticut, Stony Brook and UMass. Central Connecticut State and Connecticut will be sending their men's teams only.
Prior to the meet UMass will hold a brief ceremony to honor seniors for the men's and women's teams.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Field Events11:30 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 M To 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
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