University of Massachusets Athletics
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Atlantic 10 Championship (Day 2)
Minutewomen Finish Fourth At Atlantic 10 Championship
May 03, 2015 | Women's Track & Field
FAIRFAX, Va - The UMass women's track and field wrapped up the Atlantic 10 Championship on Sunday, taking fourth of 13 teams with 76.50 points for their best team finish at the A-10 meet since 2004. Meet host George Mason took home the title with 176 points, followed by VCU (136 points) and Dayton (92 points) in second and third, respectively.
Highlighting the Minutewomen's day two performances, Heather MacLean defended her A-10 title and broke the conference record in the 800 meter run, which stood since 2011, while Bridget Deaveau claimed the UMass program record in the heptathlon, which had been untouched since 1999.
In the 800 meter run MacLean took home her second career outdoor Gold in the event, finishing first at 2 minutes, 7.28-seconds, a New England and ECAC-qualifying performance. It marked MacLean's second conference title of her sophomore campaign as she won the 800m at A-10's indoors, as well.
Deveau set a new UMass program record with her 4,826-point performance in the heptathlon and took home a Silver medal. Julia Witt scored in the event, as well, as she was seventh with 4,146 points.
There were a trio of Minutewomen scoring in the triple jump, led by senior Becky Stoyle's Silver medal-winning jump of 40 feet, 3.25 inches. Fellow seniors Courtney Kromko and Ashley Palmer followed as Kromko took fourth at 39 feet, 9.75-inches and Palmer placed sixth at 38 feet, 11.75-inches, setting new No. 4 and No. 5 marks in the UMass record book with the PRs for both seniors.
Rachel Hilliard finished sixth in 1,500 meter run at 4:32.04, a New England and ECAC-qualifying performance, while Margaret Riseborough captured sixth in shot put with a 42 foot, two inch New England-qualifying throw.
UMass' 4x800 meter relay team of Courtney Neves, Hilliard, Carly Zinner and MacLean took sixth place with a 9:04.63 ECAC-qualifying performance.
Next up for the Minutewomen comes the New England Championship, a two-day event in Boston, Mass. The meet is scheduled to begin on Friday, May 8 and is expected to start at Noon.
