ALBANY, N.Y. – The Southern Vermont College outdoor track & field team participated in the 2016 University at Albany Spring Classic Saturday with the team registering three new school records and six personal bests while matching up against top-quality competition that ranged from Division I to DIII athletes.
One of the top marks set at the Classic was by sophomore Marc Brandmeyer (Bennington, Vt.) who qualified for the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Championship in the men's 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:43.39. He placed second overall at UAlbany, taking 8.23 seconds off his previous best in the event for a new school record.
SVC finishes its regular season next weekend, taking one final crack at qualifying for postseason championships at Regis College's Pride Invitational on Sunday, May 1.
Junior captain Shelby Whitman (Bennington, Vt.) set a new PR in the women's 800 meter run by almost eight seconds, crossing the line at 2:30.13 to win her heat and place 15th overall with a new SVC top time in the discipline. Bennington College sophomore Annika Kristiansen (Keene, N.H.) became the first student-athlete to run the women's 3000 meter race for Southern Vermont, coming in ninth overall with a mark of 11:57.33.
The two Mountaineer entries in the men's 800 meter run on Saturday went for new top times in the program's history. Junior Aden Fischer (Arlington, Vt.) took 12.92 seconds off his time from last week and 4.33 seconds off his previous record to post a 2:09.27 for the third-best time on the team's chart. Bennington freshman Noah Froh (Milwaukee, Wis.) completed the run with a time of 2:11.22, placing himself at fifth on the SVC record list while taking 1.22 seconds off his old best mark.
Freshman Jackson Amankrah (New York, N.Y.) shaved .25 seconds off his previous best in the men's 200 meter dash, crossing the line at 26.38 for the fourth-best mark in team history.
SOUTHERN VERMONT RESULTS
Women's 400 Meter Dash
Morgan Arleth: 1:18.23
Women's 800 Meter Run
Shelby Whitman: 15th – 2:30.13 (SR)
Women's 3000 Meter Run
Annika Kristiansen: 9th – 11:57.33 (SR)
Women's Shot Put
Danielle Simmons: 8.98m
Tanisha Wright: 6.36m
Men's 200 Meter Dash
Jackson Amankrah: 26.38 (PR)
Men's 800 Meter Run
Aden Fischer: 2:09.27 (PR)
Noah Froh: 2:11.22 (PR)
Men's 1500 Meter Run
Cameron Michael Curtiss: 4:31.06
Alexander Ging: 4:58.85
Men's 3000 Meter Steeplechase
Marc Brandmeyer: 2nd – 9:43.39 (SR)
Men's Pole Vault
Isaiah Backels: 5th – 4.10m
PR = Personal Record, SR = SVC Record