Men Narrowly Edge Vermont to Claim First at Quad Meet

Saturday, January 14

Hanover, N.H.

11:00 AM

Dartmouth College

Vermont-Maine-RPI

Men Narrowly Edge Vermont to Claim First at Quad Meet

1/14/2012 6:11:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. - The Dartmouth men's indoor track & field team narrowly edged out Maine Saturday afternoon at Leverone Field House, 64-62, to win Saturday's quad meet which also featured Vermont and Rensselaer.

The Big Green sealed the win with a first-place finish in the 4x800-meter relay at the end of the day. Dartmouth edged out Vermont in the event by just under two seconds, finishing in 8:02.49 to the Catamounts' 8:04.36.

Sophomore John Bleday's personal-best time of 8:16.06 in the 3000 meters helped lead a contingent of Dartmouth runners to the top four spots and five of the first seven in the event. Junior Matt Miner was second in 8:23.29.

In the 200 meters, sophomore Jalil Bishop took the top spot, posting a 22.87. The Big Green had four of the top-10 places in the race as freshman Brett Buskey also finished in the scoring for the home team. Bishop also ran to a second-place finish in the 400 meters in 51.27.

The finals of the 60-meter dash saw junior Tyrone DeSpenza place second (7.00) after qualifying first in the preliminaries. Buskey was third in the finals in 7:05. DeSpenza also was the Big Green's top competitor in the men's long jump. His mark of 20-7.25/6.28m was good for third.

Sophomore Will Geoghegan and junior Will Callan helped the home team's cause on Saturday as they finished first (2:30.84) and second (2:33.13), respectively, in the 1000 meters.

After qualifying first in the prelims of the 60-meter hurdles, junior Jacob Evanter earned the top spot in the finals, running a 8.45 to beat out RPI's David Kastner's 8.46 in the closest finish of the afternoon.

For the second week in a row, sophomore Dom Filiano won the shot put at Leverone. Saturday saw the Big Green thrower earn the top spot with a mark of 51-11.75/15.84m. Dartmouth's Tom Vorhies (44-5.5/13.55m) and Brett Gilson (40-2.25/12.25m) were the fourth- and fifth-place finishers in the event as well.

Filiano was also second in the weight throw, recording a mark of 47-3.75/14.42m. Vorhies was third, finishing with a mark of 44-10.25/13.67m.

Vermont was third with 32 points, while RPI's 26 earned them fourth.

The team will split next weekend for another home meet against Columbia and Yale on Saturday, Jan. 21, while Harvard will host a two-day multi-event meet beginning Saturday. The home meet with the Bulldogs and Lions is scheduled for a noon start.