SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Sophomore Bella Lozier won the mile and first-year Nikki Chopra won the 3000m as the Amherst College women's track and field team competed at the Triangle Classic on Saturday at Springfield College.

The Mammoths are back in action next weekend as championship season begins with the New England Division III Indoor Championships. The pentathlon will take place on Friday (Feb. 23) at Tufts University with the rest of the program on Sunday (Feb. 25) at the Track at New Balance in Boston.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

* Lozier won the mile in her first collegiate start at that distance, clocking a time of 5:14.08 to qualify for the New England Division III Championships.

* Chopra finished first in the 3000m, picking up her first collegiate win in her first start at that distance with a time of 10:45.12.

* Junior Olivia Steele qualified for the New England Division III Championships in the 60m hurdles, becoming Amherst's seventh qualifier in that event by finishing fourth with a personal-best 9.61 seconds.
 

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
	Bella Lozier	5:11.01 #
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
	Olivia Steele	9.61
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