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Elise Tropiano named NESCAC Track Performer of the Week As a result of her victory in the steeplechase, and runner-up finish in the 5k - both in NCAA Qualifying times - to help lead Amherst to a runner-up finish at DIII NE's, Elise was named the NESCAC Track Performer of the week Full Story
Record number of victories and a 2nd place finish for the women at DIII New England's 5 victories (800, Steeple, 5k, 10k and 4x400) by the Amherst women - most in team history - and a win in the 800 by Jimmy Swanson highlight the DIII New England's Full Story
School records in the 400 and the 4x400 relay and Seven NCAA Marks highlight NESCAC's Kristen Ballinger anchored the record breaking 4x400 relay atfer having broken the 400 record, Elise Tropiano wins the 10k and Jimmy Swanson and Pete Harrison post fast marks at the NESCAC Championships Full Story
A school record in the Hammer by Sarah Leyman and personal bests galore at the Mid Week Meet Two NCAA qualifying marks, a 21 year old school record taken down and a ton of PR's in numerous events highlight the Mid Week Meet Full Story
Women finish 2nd,and Men 3rd at Little Three's Amherst hosted the annual Little Three meet and got several individual victories from both teams during the course of the meet and exciting 4 x 400 Relay action to finish it off Full Story
Ballinger, Tropiano and Harrison post NCAA Qualifying marks at UMass First years Kristen Ballinger and Peter Harrison each met NCAA Marks in the 800, while Elise Tropiano got a qualifier in the Steeplechase to lead the team at the UMass Invite Full Story
Susie Wasserman, and the Peter's (Harrison and Foote) win at Fitchburg First year Susie Wasserman won the 400 Hurdles and anchored the winning 4x400, while Peter Foote won the Steeplechase and Peter Harrison won the 1500 to lead the team Full Story
Kristen Ballinger and Zandra Walton lead the Oudoor Track season at Trinity First year Kristen Ballinger and Zandra Walton each posted victories at the Bantam Invitational, while Daniel Murner and Jimmy Swanson picked up runner-up finishes to lead the men. Full Story
Heather Wilson and Elise Tropiano earn All-American Honors at NCAA's Elise and Heather each earned All-American honors for their 7th and 8th place fnishes in the 5k Full Story
Heather Wilson and Elise Tropiano to race the 5k at NCAA's Saturday March 15th There is going to be a webcast of the NCAA meet, and Heather and Elise will race the 5k and look to improve upon their All-American finishes from last winter on Saturday at 4:35 Webcast Link
Women's DMR, Daniel Murner and Peter Harrison earn runner up finishes at ECAC's The women's DMR finished 2nd in an NCAA provisional time while Daniel Murner had a huge PR en route to his 2nd place finish in the 3k, and Peter Harrison also grabbed a runner-up spot in the Mile to lead the team at ECAC's Full Story
School records and PR's abundant at Open New England's Carly Levenson grabbed 2 school records - in the 500 and as part of the 4x400 relay (Susie, Mary Doris and Kristen), Heather Wilson won the 5k and Peter Harrison qualified for NCAA's in the Mile to lead the teams at NE's. Full Story
Teams find success at DIII New England's Kim Partee in the 5k and Heather Wilson in both the 3k and then in the DMR along with Elise Tropiano, Jenny Mancino and Kristen Ballinger grab victories at the DIII NE's, while Mike Harbus's 4th place finish in the 3k lead the men. Full Story
The Peter's - Foote and Harrison - and Kim Partee record wins to lead the team at Tufts Peter Foote in the 5k and Peter Harrison in the 3k, along with Kim Partee in the 5k, all grab wins to lead the team at Tufts Full Story
Silverman, Anderson and Holaday record wins at Smith Nicole Anderson led a strong 5k contingent to their best marks ever and Kate Silverman picked up a win in the 400, while Eric Holaday grabbed his first track win in the 3k to lead their respective squads at Smith Full Story
Men and Women come back with PR's from Valentine's Classic Senior Mike Harbus broke 15 minutes in the 5k for the first time, while Elise Tropiano runs under 10 minutes for the 3k to highlight performances at BU Full Story
Teams compete at Tufts Invite Senior tri-captain Basile Beaty's win in the 600 leads the teams at the Tufts Invitational Full Story
Teams compete at Wesleyan Invite Liz Dalton in the 3k along with the DMR team, and Jimmy Swanson in the 1000 post wins to lead the team at Wesleyan Full Story
Tropiano hits NCAA mark at Terrier Elise Tropiano hit an NCAA Provisional mark in the 5k at Terrier Full Story
Season kicks off at the Husky Carnival Caitlin Murphy won the mile while Rom Cabeza placed 3rd in the 800 to lead the teams at the Husky Carnival held at the Reggie Lewis Track in Boston Full Story
NCAA Woman of the Year Shauneen Garrahan is selected as one of Nine Finalist for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year Full Story
Sports Illustrated Faces in the Crowd features Shauneen Garrahan Full Story
Nicole Anderson'09
Erik Nedeau
Track & Field & Cross Country Amherst College, Box 2230
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Welcome to the home page of the Amherst College Men's and Women's Track & Field Team. We hope that you find the newly designed website both a source of information and enjoyment. The site is updated regularly, so it should be easy to keep informed as to what is happening with the Lord Jeff's program at all times. Team members, parents and family, prospective students, alumni, or anyone interested in track in general should be able to find a wealth of information here. Enjoy yourselves!
Most Recent Meets
DIII New Egland's
Performers of the Meet - Mike Harbus'08 and Elise Tropiano'09
The New England Division III Championships were held at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, on May 2-3. The women’s team had a great outing, scoring 81 points to finish second, and tying the program’s best finish ever. Those 81 points included five wins, with Kristen Ballinger winning the 800, Heather Wilson the 5000, Elise Tropiano the steeplechase, Kim Partee the 10,000, and Carly Levenson, Mary Doris Reggie, Susan Wasserman, and Ballinger taking the 4x400. On the men’s side, Jimmy Swanson eked out a win in the 800. The team started things off on a good note on Friday night, with all seven runners racing well, and most of them recording PR's. Kim Partee won the 10,000m in 37:12.61, with Nicole Anderson taking second in a PR 37:28.35. Both runners ran provisional NCAA qualifying times. Laura Mortimer ran tough to take fourth in a huge PR of 37:48.71, less than 10 seconds off an NCAA provisional qualifier. Christina Wong also ran a significant PR to take 19th in 40:28.45. On the men’s side, Mike Harbus and Daniel Murner stayed in the lead pack for most of the race, and took third (31:35.47) and fifth (31:39.42), respectively, in a tight race. All three of the men PRed, including Eric Holaday, who made a big jump to finish 12th in 32:26.25. Day two of the meet also started out well on the track, with Elise Tropiano winning the steeplechase in an NCAA automatic qualifying time and PR of 10:36.46, and Katie Moravec taking seventh in a PR 11:38.37. On the men’s side, Peter Foote finished sixth in 9:36.74, just a couple ticks off his best time, and John McGrail won the slower heat of the race (and finished 11th overall) with a dramatic sprint finish. McGrail ran 9:48.77, and smashed the 10:00 barrier for the first time. Amherst swept the men’s and women’s 800m titles. On the men’s side, Peter Harrison found himself up front on the first lap, while Jimmy Swanson hung back in the pack a bit. Harrison suffered a bit after his early pacesetting duties, and faded to sixth (1:54.95) in a very tight race, whereas Swanson had been set up beautifully. He grabbed the opportunity by surging up the homestretch, nipping a competitor from Trinity at the finish line, and winning his first New England title in 1:54.24. On the women’s side, Kristen Ballinger took the lead right away, and never relinquished it. Though she was challenged by a competitor from Williams at the end, Ballinger responded and cruised in to win by nearly a second. Her 2:13.72 improves upon the NCAA provisional qualifying time she already had. Mary Doris Reggie finished 12th in a solid 2:20.54, and Caitlin McDermott-Murphy continued to improve, taking 13th in 2:20.60. In the 400 hurdles, Susan Wasserman continued to shine, taking seventh in 66.37. Kate Silverman PRed, taking ninth and breaking under the 67 second barrier for the first time in 66.81. Kat Loomis ran another PR in her new event, taking 17th in 69.66. Jenny Mancino, who had competed in the high jump earlier in the day, took 25th in 1:11.55. While the chilly and breezy weather wasn't bad for distance running, it wasn't ideal for sprinting. Carly Levenson (8th in 400, 60.63), Anthony Fuller (20th in 100, 11.49), and Mattie Baker (24th in 200, 27.65) did not let that stop them, with all three competing well.
In the relays, the school-record-setting quartet of Carly Levenson, Mary Doris Reggie, Susan Wasserman, and Kristen Ballinger was unable to improve upon the record that they set one week earlier, but they ran an outstanding race to take home a New England title with a time of 3:58.76. The men’s quartet of Ryan Drost, Kit Callahan, Peter Harrison, and Jimmy Swanson took 14th in 3:32.23. The women’s 4x800 relay team of Hoiwan Cheung, Mariana Palacios (who ran an incredible race, lowering her best 800 time by nearly 2 seconds), Zoe Pagonis, and Caitlin McDermott-Murphy took sixth in 9:38.78.
Upcoming Meet
Our next meet will be this Friday and Saturday, May 9th and 10th when we will compete at the All New England Championships being held at the University of New Hampshire - Friday at 2:00 and Saturday starting at 12:00 AM.
