2008 Woodie Awards
Men's and women's distance medley relays perform well at championship
Patrick Bagley
Issue date: 3/2/07 Section: Sports
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A select few of the men's and women's indoor track team traveled to Boston University last weekend to compete in the New England Indoor Championships. Because this event is open to schools of all divisions, the competition can be fierce, if not overwhelming.
Undaunted, both the men and women fielded a distance medley relay. The 'DMR', as it is known, consists of four legs of different lengths, which are 1,200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters and 1,600 meters. The women's DMR finished in ninth place out of 16 with a combined time of 12:15.29. While Bowdoin College bested the women by two places in that event, the Lady Mules did manage to stick it to Bates College, who finished in 14th.
The men's DMR won their heat to an overall tenth place finish out of 20 teams, clocking in at 10:16.53. Chris Deroo, the track team's sophomore sensation, ran the 400 meter leg. The Echo caught up to him after the race. Here is what he had to say:
"The gun went off and Bob [Glotfelty '08] started out in a pretty poor position. Despite this he managed to work his way up the pack over the first two laps, and by the time he finished the 1200 he was in third. From there I got the handoff, but actually had a pretty poor start as well, getting shoved around by the larger sprinters, and eventually settled into the middle of the pack, in about 5th place or so."
"In the end I crossed right with the pack, and handed off to [Dan] Moss ['08], who threw down a fast first lap to get into the front of the pack. From there he succeeded in keeping a constant pace until the last lap, where he managed to give the baton to [Ian] London ['07] in second place."
"In Ian's case, being in the slow heat may have really affected how he ran, as he had no one else to keep pace with. He initially settled in behind the first place runner, until it became clear that he was running significantly slower than Ian needed to be going. [He was] following but eventually broke off on his own."
"Here it would have been a huge asset if any other teams had been around to push Ian; we're pretty confident that he is capable of running below a 4:10, but with no one else to run with, he ended up winning the heat by a large margin."
Captain Dan Vassallo '07 was the only mule to run an open race. (Having raced for seven consecutive weekends, a number of the varsity women opted to rest for the National competition). DV, as Vassallo is affectionately known as, ran a lifetime's best in the 5,000 meter race, crossing the line in 14:46.79 en route to a fourth place finish. Vassallo was the top Division III finisher. He also made the provisional qualifications for indoor Nationals to be held in Terre Haute, Indiana on March 10th and 11th.
Undaunted, both the men and women fielded a distance medley relay. The 'DMR', as it is known, consists of four legs of different lengths, which are 1,200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters and 1,600 meters. The women's DMR finished in ninth place out of 16 with a combined time of 12:15.29. While Bowdoin College bested the women by two places in that event, the Lady Mules did manage to stick it to Bates College, who finished in 14th.
The men's DMR won their heat to an overall tenth place finish out of 20 teams, clocking in at 10:16.53. Chris Deroo, the track team's sophomore sensation, ran the 400 meter leg. The Echo caught up to him after the race. Here is what he had to say:
"The gun went off and Bob [Glotfelty '08] started out in a pretty poor position. Despite this he managed to work his way up the pack over the first two laps, and by the time he finished the 1200 he was in third. From there I got the handoff, but actually had a pretty poor start as well, getting shoved around by the larger sprinters, and eventually settled into the middle of the pack, in about 5th place or so."
"In the end I crossed right with the pack, and handed off to [Dan] Moss ['08], who threw down a fast first lap to get into the front of the pack. From there he succeeded in keeping a constant pace until the last lap, where he managed to give the baton to [Ian] London ['07] in second place."
"In Ian's case, being in the slow heat may have really affected how he ran, as he had no one else to keep pace with. He initially settled in behind the first place runner, until it became clear that he was running significantly slower than Ian needed to be going. [He was] following but eventually broke off on his own."
"Here it would have been a huge asset if any other teams had been around to push Ian; we're pretty confident that he is capable of running below a 4:10, but with no one else to run with, he ended up winning the heat by a large margin."
Captain Dan Vassallo '07 was the only mule to run an open race. (Having raced for seven consecutive weekends, a number of the varsity women opted to rest for the National competition). DV, as Vassallo is affectionately known as, ran a lifetime's best in the 5,000 meter race, crossing the line in 14:46.79 en route to a fourth place finish. Vassallo was the top Division III finisher. He also made the provisional qualifications for indoor Nationals to be held in Terre Haute, Indiana on March 10th and 11th.
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