Track & Field: Squads fall in overall standings at UAAs
by Max Goldstein
Staff Writer
Sports | 3/9/10
Posted online at 11:12 PM EST on 3/8/10
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Norton and others impressed at the University Athletic Association Indoor Track and Field Championships at Brandeis last weekend.
The men's squad finished fifth out of seven teams, while the women placed fourth of seven teams.
WashU won the men's meet, while University of Chicago was victorious on the women's side.
Overall, the Judges finished with 11 All-UAA performances and two titles.
Even though neither team finished at the top of the standings, Norton enjoyed having the meet at Brandeis.
"It definitely helped me," he said. "I was more relaxed for this meet then I ever had been. I didn't even feel like I was getting ready for a race. It felt like practice. It helped keep the nerves down, and it was also really nice not to have to travel."
On the first day of competition, the men and women combined for four All-UAA finishes. The distance medley team consisting of Marc Boutin '12, Brian Foley '13, Chris Brown '12 and Devon Holgate '11 won Brandeis' sole title on the day. They finished with a time of 10 minutes, 8.42 seconds.
Holgate won the race in a photo-finish, beating New York University junior Matt Turlip by 0.5 seconds.
The team qualified provisionally for next weekend's NCAA Division III Championship.
The other notable finish was Norton, who placed second in the 5,000-meter run behind Emory University senior Tommy Fyffe, who set a conference record with a time of 14:43.09.
Norton noted the rivalry that exixsts himself and Fyffe, which has gone on for the past few years.
"I came in second last year to the same guy. … [Fyffe] made a huge move 2,000 meters in. I stayed back, and with six laps to go I picked the pace up and tried to catch up but ran out of space," Norton said. "It was my third time being second, and I'm kind of tired of always finishing second, so it gave me a lot of motivation for the next day."
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Observations
posted 3/09/10 @ 11:10 AM EST
I find the title of the article curious given the fact that the men actually tied their best finish since 2006 and the women finished on par with previous performances at the same meet. (Continued…)
Paul Norton
posted 3/09/10 @ 11:01 PM EST
This article is filled with inaccuracies, horrendous syntax, and many clues that the author (and headline writer) know nothing concerning the sport they are writing about. (Continued…)
Marc Boutin
posted 3/10/10 @ 12:47 AM EST
Brandeis was very well represented last weekend by both the Women's and Men's track and field teams. By referring to our collective performance as a "fall" is an insult to us and the entire Brandeis community, that we represented. (Continued…)
The Announcer
posted 3/10/10 @ 9:02 AM EST
"Squads fall in overall standings at UAAs" I really did not even need or want for that matter to continue reading the article after just gazing at this headline. (Continued…)
Fail Goldstein
posted 3/10/10 @ 9:15 AM EST
Title is completely inconsistent with article and furthermore how the team actually did at the meet.
Track Runner
posted 3/10/10 @ 9:34 PM EST
To be fair Max lives on my floor and said this morning that he doesn't come up with the title the editor does and makes changes.....
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