Track & Field Kicks Off Indoor Season at Alden Invite, BU Opener

Saturday, December 1

Providence, RI

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Alden Invitational

Track & Field Kicks Off Indoor Season at Alden Invite, BU Opener

12/2/2018 11:20:00 AM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

BU Opener Results Alden Invite Results

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown men's and women's track & field teams opened the indoor season on Saturday as the Bears hosted the Alden Invitational and competed at the Boston University Season Opener.

"A lot of good things happened today--some really strong performances for December," said head coach Tim Springfield. "Obi Ifediora had a huge breakthrough in the 60 which was very exciting. Just as important, we established that we are going to bring a lot of intensity every time we compete. That was palpable today."

Boston University Season Opener
Senior Carleen Jeffers (Ridgewood, N.J.) set a personal record in the 5,000 meters at the BU opener, in a competitive field made up of top NCAA and professional runners. She was 25th overall in a time of 16:21.49 for fourth all-time at Brown.

Alden Invitational
Rookie Obi Ifediora (Verona, Wis.) paced the men's sprinters as he won the 60 meters in a personal-best time of 6.85 for fifth all-time at Brown. Fellow freshman Calvin Perkins (Belmont, Mass.) captured the 500 meters at 1:06.23 and junior Zachary Lanigan (Sydney, Australia) cruised to victory in the 1,000 meters in a time of 2:28.25.

Brown's 4x400 meter relay team of Nik Zemis (New Philadelphia, Ohio), Perkins, Kevin Boyce (Columbus, Ohio) and Ifediora came in first place with a time of 3:26.25.

Jason Katz (Wyckoff, N.Y.) was victorious in both the long jump and the triple jump with winning leaps of 23-6 and 48-8, respectively. Junior Ryan Laudermilk (Riverside, Calif.) claimed the high jump with a cleared height of 6-7.5. Nigel Despinasse (Baton Rouge, Calif.) won the shot put with a toss of 50-9.5 and Owen Russell (Attleboro, Mass.) claimed the weight throw and was just short of his own school record at 69-9.75.

On the women's side, Zion Lewis (Canton, Ga.) won the 60 meters at 7.63 and Gracie Whelan (Charlotte, N.C.) captured the 200 meters in a time of 25.98.

Carly Paul (Fort Collins, Colo.) secured win in the high jump with a cleared height of 5-7.75. Ijeoma Uche (Lawrenceville, Ga.) took the long jump with a winning leap of 19-2.5, while Lewis also added a victory in the triple jump at 40-0.5. Kendra Offiaeli (South Windsor, Conn.) topped the shot put field with a toss of 46-5.5.

Brown is back in action on Saturday, January 12 at the Harvard Invitational.