MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Junior Anaya Thomas finished second in her first collegiate pentathlon to lead a trio of multi-eventers from the Amherst College women's track and field team on Friday afternoon at the Middlebury Winter Classic.

Friday's pentathlon served as an appetizer to a full slate of track and field events at Middlebury on Saturday (Jan. 20) beginning at 9:35 a.m.

Thomas placed second in a field of seven and was the top Division III finisher with 2,859 points, qualifying her for the New England Division III Championships. Junior Briahnna Bouchard of Division II Franklin Pierce won the pentathlon with 2,899 points. Junior Trintje Nydam placed third with 2,585 points and sophomore Morgan Rome finished fourth with 2,487 points.

Thomas set personal bests in the 60m hurdles (9.38 seconds) and shot put (8.39m) and cleared 1.55m to lead the field in the high jump. Thomas and Nydam also each qualified for New Englands in the 60m hurdles.
 

NEW ENGLAND DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS
Event	Student-Athlete	Mark
60m	Héloïse Hughes	7.97
400m	Casie Eifrig	58.69
600m	Ava Zielinski	1:41.96
800m	Zoë Marcus	2:22.72
1000m	Bella Lozier	3:11.39
Mile	Julia Schor	5:12.69
3000m	Claire Callon	10:27.09
60m Hurdles	Eliza Cardwell	8.81
	Anaya Thomas	9.38
	Trintje Nydam	9.54
	Arissa Grace McGowan	9.63
	Myeh Medina	9.64
High Jump	Leah Smith	1.60m
Pole Vault	Jordan Hecker	3.25m
Long Jump	Eliza Cardwell	5.62m
	Anastasia Ioppolo	5.50m
	Muffie Mazambani	5.33m
	Leah Smith	5.26m
Triple Jump	Anaya Thomas	10.97m
	Muffie Mazambani	10.91m
	Anastasia Ioppolo	10.69m
Pentathlon	Anaya Thomas	2859

Highlighted indicates new qualifiers today