The Amherst women continued their championship season with gusto on Saturday, placing eighth as a team at the Division III New England championships, hosted by MIT. The team improved upon their 11th-place team finish at this meet last season thanks to strong contributions from some key team leaders. The required time standards to qualify for the meet were the fastest of the season to date, so only a small crew of Amherst runners competed. But Amherst was still well represented across the board in the sprints, distances and jumps.
From a grand slam spark by a first-year to consistently strong output from their captains and seniors, the Amherst women’s softball team bounced back from a tough series last weekend. Amherst won their Wednesday game against Elms College and their weekend series against Wesleyan to close out their 2015 regular season campaign.
Though the weather was volatile at the NESCAC track and field championships, going from cold and windy to warm and still, the Amherst women’s track team had a definitively sunny meet with many great performances across the board. The Jeffs grabbed a fifth-place finish as a team, their highest finish since the 2008 team finished fourth. The meet was the first championship meet of the season, starting a five-week stretch during which various championship meets take place each weekend.
In their last meet before the championship racing season begins, the Amherst women’s track team capitalized on race day conditions that finally weren’t windy or cold, putting up some good marks across the board in their Saturday meet at the Wesleyan-hosted Swanson Classic.
“Overall, our team had a pretty good day,” co-captain Kelli Ellingson ’15 said. “There weren’t a lot of other teams, and the weather was conducive to fast times, so we saw a lot of first place finishes and season bests.”
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Coming off of an exciting series win against Williams last weekend, the Amherst women’s softball team had a busy week of games, playing six in just five days. The Jeffs showed some strong pitching and hitting over the course of the games, although they ultimately lost some very close conference matchups.
The Amherst women’s track team had a busy weekend, splitting their time between a trip down to Connecticut College on Friday and up the road to UMass on Saturday. The team came away with some successful results that qualify them for championship races later this season.
The lengthy winter has thrown off the Amherst softball team’s schedule since returning from spring break. Despite the canceled games, the Jeffs still got in three games over the last two weeks, playing a doubleheader against Hamilton on March 27 and a game against Brandeis on April 3. They now sport a record of 9-6 on the season.
