Track & Field Opens 2020 at Harvard Multi Event, Beantown Challenge

Friday, January 10

Cambridge, MA

Brown University

Harvard Multi Meet, Beantown Challenge

Track & Field Opens 2020 at Harvard Multi Event, Beantown Challenge

1/11/2020 10:45:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

Multi Meet Results Beantown Challenge Results

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Bretram Rogers (Grand Prairie, Texas) broke his own school record and the Bears racked up six victories as the Brown men's and women's indoor track & field teams competed at the Harvard Multi Meet and Beantown Challenge at Gordon Indoor Track.

The men's team placed fourth out of ten teams with 60 points, while the women's side totaled 71.5 points for third overall.

"It was a strong first meet for us," said head coach Tim Springfield. "Obviously, having Bretram Rogers break his school record and Ijeoma Uche tie her school record was tremendous in our first meet in five weeks. But we had so many athletes step forward with big performances. Zion Lewis was just off her PRs in the 60 and triple jump, and Kennedy Kerr, Lauren Stern, Mike Coppolino, Kegan Schroeter, Noah Korotzer, Zachary Love, and the women's relay all moved themselves onto our all-time top-10 lists. There was some rust evident at times, too, but overall an excellent start."

Harvard Multi Meet
Sophomore Jono Pelusi (Pittsburgh, Pa.) won the heptathlon at the Harvard Multi Meet with a career-best 4810 points. He posted a trio of second-place performances in the 60 meters (7.25), pole vault (14-9) and 1,000 meters (2:43.76).

Rookie Lily Dumas (Holden, Mass.) placed 11th out of 24 competitors in the pentathlon on Friday as she totaled 3,146 points, highlighted by a second-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles (9.00).

Beantown Challenge
Bretram Rogers (Grand Prairie, Texas) broke his own school record in the 60-meter hurdles on Friday, as he crossed the finish line in a winning time of 7.91, besting the previous mark of 7.95 set last season.

In the field, rookie Zach Love (Fort Lee, N.J.) won the long jump in his first career collegiate meet with a leap of 23-08.25 for eighth all-time in program history.

The men's team collected 16 points in the weight throw on Friday. Kegan Schroeter (Narragansett, R.I.) placed second overall with a personal-best toss of 59-08.25, good for tenth all-time, while Michael Coppolino (Cumberland, R.I.) took third with a personal-best mark of 59-06.75.

On the women's side, Ijeoma Uche (Lawrenceville, Ga.) topped the long jump field with a winning leap of 20-03.00. Zion Lewis (Canton, Ga.) won the triple jump with a leap of 41-0.75 and also picked up a third-place finish in the finals of the 60 meters at 7.57.

The 4x440 yard relay team of Hanna Barakat (Los Angeles, Calif.), Gracie Whelan (Charlotte, N.C.), Maddie Frey (Waukesha, Wis.) and May Stern (Providence, R.I.) captured first place with a winning time of 3:47.77.

Samantha Valentine (Middleton, Wis.) took third out of 24 runners in the 1,000 meters in a time of 2:54.05, while Kennedy Kerr (West Hempstead, N.Y.) was third in the 200 meters at 25.26. Back in the field, Lauren Stern (Mahwah, N.J.) was fifth in the long jump with a personal-best mark of 18-11.25, moving into the program's top-10 list.

Noah Korotzer (Palos Verdes, Calif.) was fourth in the 60 meters on Friday at 6.97 after he set a personal-best in the preliminaries with a time of 6.91.

Brown will compete at the Penn 8-Team Select in Staten Island next weekend.