Junior Anaya Thomas won three events as the Amherst College women's track and field team competed at both the Middlebury Field & Track Meet and the David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Saturday.

The bulk of the action took place at Middlebury with the distance medley relay the only women's event on today's program at Boston University's Hemery Valentine Invitational. Both meets featured entrants from all three NCAA divisions.

The Mammoths, ranked 19th in the nation in the latest USTFCCCA Division III rating index, return to action next Saturday (Feb. 17), competing in the Triangle Classic at Springfield College.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

* Thomas won the 60m hurdles with a personal-best time of 9.35 seconds for her first collegiate win in a track event. She also set a personal best and qualified for the New England Division III Championships in the high jump, clearing 1.62m to win the event. Thomas also won the triple jump with a mark of 10.85m on her final attempt.

* Senior Mia Bawendi won the pole vault, clearing 3.55m to top a field that included five Division I pole vaulters for her first win in an indoor pole vault event.

* Senior Muffie Mazambani won the long jump with a leap of 5.34m to defend her title from last year in this same event at the Middlebury Field & Track Meet.

* First-year Daphne Witherell finished second and sophomore Allison Lounsbury was third in the 5000m. Both qualified for the New England Division III Championships as Witherell ran a time of 18:24.83 in her first collegiate start at that distance and Lounsbury clocked in with a season-best 18:26.30.

* First-year Nikki Chopra and sophomore Ona Ortiz-Gudeman were the top Division III finishers in the mile. Chopra finished in 5:27.42 to finish fifth overall in her first collegiate track event and Ortiz-Gudeman was just behind in sixth place at 5:32.47.

* The only women's event on today's program at Boston University saw the Mammoths post a season-best time of 11:43.04 in the distance medley relay, finishing 20th in a field of 41 and besting seven Division I teams. The time posted by first-year Zoë Marcus, junior Casie Eifrig, sophomore Piper Lentz and junior Julia Schor is one of the top five times in Division III so far this season.
 

NEW ENGLAND DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS
Event	Student-Athlete	Mark
60m	Héloïse Hughes	7.92
	Rachel Hubley	8.08
200m	Héloïse Hughes	25.33
400m	Casie Eifrig	57.40 *
	Christa Prasertsintanah	57.61
	Camilla Lash	1:00.66
	Madison Rabb	1:00.77
600m	Piper Lentz	1:39.29 #
	Ava Zielinski	1:40.73 #
800m	Zoë Marcus	2:15.45
	Piper Lentz	2:17.91
	Ava Zielinski	2:19.32
	Bella Lozier	2:21.02
1000m	Zoë Marcus	2:55.57 #
	Bella Lozier	3:03.14 #
	Emma Vatnsdal	3:09.45 #
Mile	Julia Schor	4:57.83
3000m	Julia Schor	9:53.98 #
	Claire Callon	10:21.76 #
5000m	Daphne Witherell	18:16.44 #
	Allison Lounsbury	18:17.90 #
	Claire Callon	18:25.59
60m Hurdles	Eliza Cardwell	8.71 *
	Arissa Grace McGowan	9.15
	Myeh Medina	9.31
	Anaya Thomas	9.35
	Anastasia Ioppolo	9.52
	Trintje Nydam	9.54
High Jump	Anaya Thomas	1.62m
	Leah Smith	1.60m
Pole Vault	Mia Bawendi	3.60m *
	Payton Sorensen	3.35m
	Jordan Hecker	3.25m
Long Jump	Eliza Cardwell	5.62m
	Anastasia Ioppolo	5.50m
	Muffie Mazambani	5.41m
	Leah Smith	5.34m
Triple Jump	Myeh Medina	11.22m
	Anaya Thomas	11.15m
	Muffie Mazambani	10.91m
	Leah Smith	10.89m
	Anastasia Ioppolo	10.88m
Shot Put	Emma Ramsingh	11.23m
Pentathlon	Anaya Thomas	2880 #

Bold indicates new season best
Highlighted indicates new qualifiers today
* indicates school record
# indicates converted from flat track