Indoor track and field produces few notable finishes at Dartmouth

The Panther men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled to Hanover, N.H. last weekend to close out Feb Break at the Dartmouth Indoor Classic, hosted by the Dartmouth College Big Green at Leverone Field House. Competing against several Division I opponents, the Panthers did not find themselves at the head of the pack in every event. However, both the men and women did find ways to succeed against formidable opponents in the events that Middlebury has seemed to specialize in throughout the years.

On the men’s side, Addison Godine ’11, always a consistent runner for the Panthers, had a good showing in the 800m, finishing second behind a UVM runner. Jack Terrett ’11 and Victor Guevara ’10 stood out at longer distances, finishing third and fourth respectively in the men’s 3000m run. The men’s 4x400 team of Connor Wood ’11, Mike Waters ’10, rookie Louis Cornacchione ’13, and Godine finished third in the 4x400 relay, rounding out the men’s success on the track.

For the women, Mia Martinez ’12, continued to excel at short distance hurdles, finishing seventh in the women’s 60m hurdles. Sophia Spring ’11, rookie Addie Tousley ’13, and Margo Cramer ’12 all ran very strong races, finishing 6, 7, 8 in the women’s one mile. Rookie Juliet Ryan-Davis rounded out the mid-distance runners, finishing a very respectable fifth in the 800.

Veteran long-distance runner Alexandra Krieg ’10 shined in the 3000, finishing fourth in a challenging field. Continuing the Panther tradition of relay excellence, the team of Cramer, Tousley, Spring, and Cailey Condit ’11 finished second in the women’s 4x800 relay.

The meet results were peppered with individual performances but the team was satisfied with its overall performance.

“We were competing against mainly D-I programs and I felt we successfully demonstrated that Middlebury can keep up, both on the men’s and women’s sides,” said Alice Wisener ’11. “This meet was definitely an indication of great things to come in the spring as well as in the later championship meets this winter.”
The teams have one more meet at MIT before postseason running commences with D-III New England’s at Bates.