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December 6, 2003
TEAM DASHES THROUGH THE SNOW TO HUSKY CARNIVAL
TechTrack was slated to open their 2003-04 campaign against the Huskies, but record snows cancelled a northern trip to Southern Maine. However, the team found themselves a different doghouse and was sill able to open the season on schedule by bussing across the Charles to take part in the Northeastern Husky Winter Carnival held at the Reggie Lewis center in Boston. There was no team scoring in the meet which was the indoor debut for all local competitors and teams, but the team picked up 8 New England Division III qualifiers during the day.
In the straightaway races, freshman Christine Fanchiang proved she'll be make an immediate "impact player" by making the Tech top 10 list in two events in her first meet, running 7.80 for the 55 (#6) and 9.61 in the 55 hurdles (#7).
A rare chance for MIT to compete on a banked oval, other runners responded with fast opening times, particularly those coming of the cross country season. The distance crew recorded a number of personal bests from Liz Walker's 500 meters (#4 MIT time) to milers Alisha Schor (8th place, 5:34.06) and Nancy Benedetti (5:34.06 and 5:35.96, the latter a 17 second PR) to Karen Condon's 3K (11:14.08, #4).
On the field, Nalini Gupta and Cat Tweedie had matching 15'8 1/4" distances in the long jump, tying for 7th place. Gupta and Chinwe Nyenke both passed 34' in the triple jump and took 2-3 overall. Adrienne Irmer pushed her personal best in the weight out by three feet with a toss of 42'8" and added a PR in the shot as well (34'10 1/4").
The squad will square off against Springfield and Southern Maine on Wednesday evening before heading off for semester break.
