Men

The Amherst men’s indoor track team took three of the top five spots in the 600-meters on its way to a fourth place finish at the Springfield Invitational Saturday. Senior Matt Melton won the event in 1:22.40, while Brent Harrison ’16 (1:23.60) and Nick Codola ’15 (1:24.93) finished second and fifth respectively.

“The 600 was definitely a strong event for us,” noted Head Coach Eric Nedeau. “We got some great marks in the jumps with Khalil Flemming ’16 getting over 45 feet in the triple and Mark Cort ’15 a big personal best — over 22 feet — in the long,” Nedeau added.

Flemming’s jump earned him third place, while Cort took second.

Melton and Harrison joined Greg Turissini ’15 and Romey Sklar ’15 on a distance medley relay team that placed second with a time of 10:39.75. Turissini also ran the mile in 4:17.16, earning third place.

Rounding out the top five finishes for the Jeffs, sophomore Judd Liebman’s time of 53.13 was good for third in the 400-meters, and junior Lucas Lebovitz took third in the 800 with a time of 2:00.52. The team will travel to Boston Univ. next weekend to race in the Valentine Classic.

Women

The Lady Jeffs indoor team also competed in Springfield; their second place finish was highlighted by victories in the 60-meter dash, the 5000-meter run and the high jump. First-year Karen Blake sprinted the 60 meters in 7.90 seconds, just three-hundredths of a second faster than Wheaton’s second place finisher, Francesca Flynn.

Lizzy Briskin ’15 ran away with the Jeffs’ second victory of the meet in the 5000-meters, as her time of 18:07.99 was 52 seconds faster than Trinity’s Cassandra Cronin ’17, who took second. First-year Kiana Herold captured another first-place finish for the Jeffs in the high jump, winning the event for the third time this season, with a jump of 5.80 meters.

In the 600-meters, Keelin Moehl ’16 ran a 1:41.09 to finish in second place. Sophomores Victoria Hensley and Sarah Foster finished the 800 in 2:26.13 and 2:29.42, respectively, good for third and fifth. Three Jeffs finished within seconds of each other in the 1000, with Amy Dao ’14 (3:04.10), Hannah Herrera ’17 (3:05.39) and Kelli Ellingson ’15 (3:06.96) taking third, fourth and fifth places.