February 23, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Carole Grills
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Tufts Women Claim New England III Indoor Track & Field Championship Title

Northampton, MA: The women of Tufts University won four events today en route to their 2008 New England Division III Indoor Track & Field Championship title. Tufts scored 136 points followed by Williams (128.5), MIT (79), Springfield (76), Amherst (73), Bates (62), Bowdoin (49), Keene State (38.5), Colby (33), Middlebury (33), Southern Maine (24), Brandeis (23.5), Smith (14), Trinity (8), Wesleyan (7), UMass-Dartmouth (6), Wheaton (6), Eastern Connecticut (5), Connecticut College (4), Coast Guard (3), Rhode Island College (3), WPI (3), Westfield State (1.5), Bridwater State (1) and Salem State (1).

Event winners:

55m dash - Logan Crane, Tufts, 7.18
200m dash - Carrie Plitt, Williams, 25.59
400m dash - Carrie Plitt, Williams, 58.55
Mile - Catherine Beck, Tufts, 4:56.48*
600m - Sara Wild, Williams, 1:37.10
800m - Izzy Alexander, Bates, 2:17.32
1000m - Stephanie McNamara, Tufts, 2:58.86
3000m - Heather Wilson, Amherst, 9:59.52
5000m - Kim Partee, Amherst, 17:48.61
55m Hurdles - Amy Magnuson, MIT, 8.26
4x200m relay - Southern Maine, 1:46.50
4x400m relay - Williams, 4:00.43
4x800m relay - Williams, 9:20.36*
DMR - Amherst, 12:19
High Jump - Crystal Blamy, Keene State, 1.63m (5'4 1/4")
Pole Vault  - Emily Hwang, MIT, 3.35m (10'11 3/4")
Long Jump -Logan Crane, Tufts, 5.33m (17'6")
Triple Jump - Nikki Hay, Springfield, 11.10m (36' 5")
Shot Put - Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan, Bates, 12.87m (42' 2 3/4")
20# weight - Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan, Bates, 16.42m (53'10.5")
Pentathlon - Stephanie Colella, Springfield, 2913

* new indoor New England record