Track and Field Opens Indoor Season with 35th Annual Alden Invitational

Saturday, December 4

Providence, R.I.

11:00 am

Brown University

Alden Invitational

Track and Field Opens Indoor Season with 35th Annual Alden Invitational

12/4/2021 10:16:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

Complete Results (TFRRS)Complete Results (Men)Complete Results (Women)

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown track and field programs opened up their indoor seasons on Saturday afternoon by hosting the 35^th annual Brown Alden Invitational. The meet marked the first time the teams competed on the indoor track since March 2020.

Senior Sydney Scott won the 60m and long jump to highlight the women's side, while Altan Mitchell won both the triple and long jumps on the men's side. Freshman Evan Sherman also took home the title in the 3K in his first attempt at the distance. Overall, Brown's men's team had seven first place finishes, including five of the six field events, while the women tallied five golds.

"It means everything to be back out here," said head coach Ken Hunt. "COVID challenged everyone in different ways, and it tested our resilience and we're thankful and appreciative for the opportunity to be able to come out here and have results from our first competition. The whole coaching staff is happy with every single athlete that went out here and competed today, and the athletes that weren't able to compete today but we able to chip in by helping us work the meet."

SPRINTS

Scott took first place in the 60m dash in 7.61 seconds, the second-fastest time of her career and six-hundredths off her PR. Maddie Frey also landed on the podium in the 60m dash, taking third place with a PR time of 7.65, besting her previous PR by over two-tenths of a second. Jaiden Stokes bested per previous personal-record in the 60m, setting new PRs in both the prelims and finals, where she finished fourth in 7.83 seconds. Cecilia Marrinan and Brooke Ury each set new PRs in both the prelims and finals of the 60m.
Lauren Yeboah-Kodie took runner-up overall in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.85, the 10^th-fastest mark in school history.
Bretram Rogers led the men's side in the sprints, helping Brown finish 2-3-4 in the 60-meter dash. Rogers took runner-up in the 60m, running two personal-bests on the day, with his finals time of 7.02 placing him second overall. Daniel Sarisky ran the team's fastest time of the day (6.97) in the prelims, before running 7.03 and placing third overall in the finals. His 6.97 PR was the best of his career by nearly three-tenths of a second. Kevin Boyce also ran two personal-bests in the prelims and finals of the 60m, finishing just off the podium in fourth (7.04).

DISTANCE

On the women's side, junior Amy Willig led the way for Brown with a podium finish in third place in the 500 meters in 1:19.33. In the 1,000m, sophomore Stephanie Kriss set a new PR with her second place finish in 3:01.06. Sophomore Isa Stronski set a PR in 10:09.52 for a third place finish in the 3K, and junior Emily Moini took home first place overall in the 5K.
On the men's side, senior Duke DiEugenio capped his collegiate career in the mile with a second place overall showing, crossing the finish line in 4:30.38. Racing in his first collegiate indoor track meet, freshman Miles Mullins broke the tape and won the 3K with a time of 8:26.73. The Bears also swept the podium in the 5K, with Griffin McCauley taking gold, followed by Evan Sherman in second place and Nate Price in third.

JUMPS

In the jumps, Jono Pelusi took first place in the pole vault by clearing 4.60 meters.
Mitchell took home the gold in both of his events, starting with a first place triple jump of 14.79 meters, and added a personal record 7.39-meter long jump, good for fifth all-time in school history. John McNeil helped Brown sweep the top two spots in the long jump with a PR of his own at 7.17m.
McNeil also helped the Bears go 1-2 in the high jump by taking first place at 2.12 meters, a new PR and the seventh highest leap in program history. Sidarth Raman followed in second place with a PR mark of 2.07m
On the women's side, the Bears swept the top two spots in the triple jump courtesy of Chiamaka Odenigbo (PR-12.03m) and Jada Joseph (11.75m).
Brown swept the podium in the women's long jump with Scott taking first place with a PR long jump of 5.83m. Yeboah-Kodie also PR'ed in second place at 5.81 meters, and Joseph took third at 5.69m.
Lily Reynolds took first place in the high jump by clearing the 1.70-meter bar on her final attempt, setting a new PR. Rudecia Bernard took runner up by clearing 1.62m.

THROWS

Senior Michael Neary broke his personal-best by one full meter to win the shot put at 15.73 meters, finishing exactly 40 centimeters ahead of second place.
Keagan Schroeter, coming off a hammer throw regional qualifier last spring, took second in the weight throw on Saturday at 18.44m.
In her first college meet, sophomore Kendra Ezeama finished second out of 27 shot putters with her PR of 13.62 meters. Freshman Nicolette Durcharme (12.79m) finished fourth overall in the shot put.
Senior Jae Crawford (4th/15.51m) and freshman Sophia Galluci (5th/15.47m) both finished in the top five out of 30 in the women's weight throw.

The Bears will return to action this coming Thursday and Friday, Dec. 9-10 when the multis will compete at URI Multi Meet in Kingston, R.I.