BOSTON – Junior Casie Eifrig broke her own school record in the 400m to highlight action for the Amherst College women's track and field team on Friday at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational, a massive meet featuring athletes from all three NCAA divisions as well as world-class professionals at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center.

Most of the women's events were held today with the distance medley relay the only remaining event on the program at BU coming up on Saturday (Feb. 10) at 1:55 p.m. The rest of the Mammoths will be in action on Saturday at the Middlebury Field and Track Meet beginning at 11:30 a.m.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

* Eifrig broke the Amherst school record in the 400m for the second time this season, clocking a time of 57.40 seconds to finish 60th in a field of 215 runners.

* Junior Julia Schor set a new personal best in the mile with a time of 4:57.83, a time that ranks in the top 20 nationally in Division III so far this season, finishing 144th in a field of 330 runners.

* Junior Eliza Cardwell was the top Division III finisher in the 60m hurdles, placing fifth with a time of 8.78 seconds.

* Sophomore Anastasia Ioppolo was the top Division III finisher in the triple jump with a mark of 10.88m.
 

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	Claire Callon	18:25.59
60m Hurdles	Eliza Cardwell	8.71 *
	Arissa Grace McGowan	9.15
	Myeh Medina	9.31
	Anaya Thomas	9.38
	Anastasia Ioppolo	9.52
	Trintje Nydam	9.54
High Jump	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