Track & Field Competes at Pair of Meets, 4x100 Sets School Record

Friday, April 5

Princeton, NJ

TBA

Brown University

Sam Howell Invitational

Track & Field Competes at Pair of Meets, 4x100 Sets School Record

4/7/2019 10:32:00 AM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

Sam Howell Results Minuteman Invite Results

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown women's 4x100 meter relay team set a school record as both the men's and women's programs competed at the UMass Minuteman Invitational and the Princeton Sam Howell Invitational over the weekend.

"To get a school record in the 4x100 so early in the season is tremendous, and a credit to the great work by Coach Hunt and the sprints squad--putting together a successful 4x100 when you first move outdoors in April is not an easy task," said head coach Tim Springfield.

UMass Minuteman Invitational
The Bears racked up ten victories at the UMass Invite, led by the women's 4x100 meter relay team of Zion Lewis (Canton, Ga.), Sydney Scott (Charlotte, N.C.), Kennedy Kerr (West Hempstead, N.Y.) and May Stern (Providence, R.I.) in a record-breaking time of 45.91, breaking the previous record of 46.31 set last season.

The women's 4x400 relay of Gwenyth Winship (Bedford, N.Y.), Barakat, Gracie Whelan (Charlotte, N.C.) and Stern, and the men's 4x400 relay of Kevin Boyce (Columbus, Ohio), Derek Davey (Elkhorn, Wis.), Nik Zemis (New Philadelphia, Ohio) and Calvin Perkins (Belmont, Mass.) also earned wins at 3:49.35 and 3:18.80, respectively.

Lewis captured the 100 meters at 12.16 and also took runner-up in the long jump with a leap of 19-9.5 for fourth all-time at Brown. Uche, who set a school record in the event last weekend, had another big jump with a winning mark of 19-11.
Carly Paul (Fort Collins, Colo.) won the high jump with a cleared height of 5-8 and Jack Neary claimed the shot put at 50-5.5.

Brown also secured wins from Perkins in the 400 meters (48.66), Davey in the 800 meters (1:54.42) and Bretram Rogers (Grand Prairie, Texas) in the 110-meter hurdles (14.74).

Sam Howell Invitational
Brown had seven individuals set personal bests in their respective events, paced by Michael Coppolino (Cumberland, R.I.) in the hammer (sixth) at 191-9 for ninth all-time at Brown, while Owen Russell (Attleboro, Mass.) took third in the event at 211-8. Nigel Despinasse (Baton Rouge, La.) won the shot put at 54-2.5 and rookie Joe Grula (Sugarloaf, Pa.) was second in the javelin (200-9).

Brown also picked up personal bests from Shari Rauls (Larchmont, N.Y.) in the 800 meters (2:12.43), Elise Claffey (Malvern, Pa.) in the 800 (2:11.91), Samantha Valentine (Middleton, Wis.) in the 1500 meters (4:30.82) and Lucy Srour (Potomac, Md.) in the 5000 meters (16:55.36).

Brown will host the Ocean State Invitational with Providence College next weekend.