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The Laurentian University women's track team travelled south of the border on the weekend, competing at the Valentine Invitational in Boston. Hosted by Boston University, the meet featured a large field of athletes from dozens of NCAA Division 1, 2 and 3 universities plus a selection of schools from Canada.
The Lady Vees returned with two OUA-qualifying marks and two personal bests. Senior Emma Tallman, of Mindemoya, ran a season-best time of 2:54.72 in the 1,000-metre to place second in her heat and 12th overall in a field of 72 runners. Tallman's time was her second-best performance, all-time.
Rookie Katie Wismer, of Sudbury, ran a 40-second personal best time of 10:20.26 and qualified for the OUA's in the 3,000-m. Wismer led her heat for most of the race, eventually finishing second in her section of 18 runners and 45th overall.
Second-year runner, Morgan Rammo, of Toronto, ran an eight-second personal best time of 3:01.93 in the 1,000-m to place third in her heat and 37th overall. Rammo's time qualifies her for the OUA campionship in two weeks.
Adrienne Wilson, of Kitchener, placed 110th in the mile event with a time of 5:23.60.
"It's a fast track and this meet will have as as many as 200 athletes in a single event, so the competition and the atmosphere lead to excellent times," head coach, Dick Moss said. "Adrienne hasn't been feeling 100 per cent for a couple of weeks and didn't have a good race, but Emma is definitely rounding into shape and Morgan and Katie had great performances."
The Lady Vees' next competition is the Hal Brown Invitational this Friday at the University of Toronto.
Posted by Laurel Myers
