PHOTO GALLERY BY GEOFFREY MO '19
NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Sid Holder (Fy./West Orange, NJ/Phillips Academy) won two individual events and anchored a winning relay as the Carleton College women’s indoor track and field team hosted the Meet of the Hearts. The Knights won 11 of the 17 events.
Racing in front of the home crowd for the first time, Holder started her day by anchoring the Knights’ victorious 4x200-meter relay that posted a winning time of 1:51.14. She later added first-place results in both the 200-meter dash (27.23) and long jump (5.11 meters).
“The Meet of the Hearts is a fun atmosphere allowing our athletes to focus on running paces and implementing good technique. And each year it sets them up to some tremendous achievements,” said Carleton head coach Donna Ricks.
“We have young talent. They are gaining racing experience with each meet, allowing them to gain valuable information regarding race structure and effort of each event. I am really proud of how they are developing.”
Carleton won five other events on the track. Emily Kaegi (Sr./Williamstown, Mass./Mount Greylock) took first place in the mile run with her personal-best time of 5:08.99. Tonya Piergies (Jr./Kenilworth, Ill./North Shore) followed with a victory in the 55-meter hurdles (9.27).
Despite racing the mile earlier in the day, Amanda Mosberg (Fy./Edina, Minn./Edina) returned to cross the line first in the 800-meter run at 2:26.88. Meg Mathison (So./Waunakee, Wis./Waunakee) followed with another victory, this one came in the 1000-meter run as she posted a PR time of 2:57.61. Emma Greenlee (Fy./Aurora, Minn./Mesabi East) kept the Knights rolling with her first-place result in the 3000-meter run by clocking a time of 10:40.77.
In the field events, Damali Britton (Sr./Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista) won the triple jump competition with a distance of 10.97 meters. Rookie Erica Blackett-Thomas (Fy./Wellesley Hills, Mass./Wellesley) cleared 1.65 meters to win the high jump, and Jade Ogilvie (So./Durham, N.C./Woods Charter) in her first season competing in the pole vault, won the event with a jump of 2.48 meters.
Next up on the Knights’ schedule is the SDSU Indoor Classic next Friday and Saturday in
Brookings, S.D.
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