FANTASTIC FINALE TO REGULAR SEASON FOR INDOOR TRACK

FANTASTIC FINALE TO REGULAR SEASON FOR INDOOR TRACK

BOSTON, Mass.-Competing in their final meet of the 2011-12 regular season, the men's and women's track & field squads finished with fast times and high marks. The sprinters competed on Boston University's fast track at the Valentine's Invitational, while the distance and field events competed on the other side of the Charles River at the MIT CO-ED Invitational.

Sophomore Tori Rapsis (Nashua, N.H.) qualified in the pole vault for her third straight Division III New England Track & Field Championship. Rapsis tied her school record of 9' 6 ¼" in the process. She achieved the qualifying mark on the first try placing 5th out of 16 athletes in the event. Co-Captain Anyah Hernandez (Brookline, Mass.) posted the other top mark for the women's team by competing in the 55-meter dash. Her time of 8.10s placed her as the 5th fastest woman in Regis College History.

On the Men's side freshmen Carlos Romer (Boston, Mass.) and Alex Tran (Lawrence, Mass.) both sped to personal bests at the MIT Invitational. Chandler Davies (Hartford, Conn.), Jeremy Israel (Medfield, Mass.) and Ryan Manning (Hanover, Mass.) raced to chart-topping times in their events at the Valentine's Invitational.

Israel registered his second ECAC qualifying mark with a 50.61s performance in the 400-meter dash. The time breaks his own school record, and currently ranks him 20th entering into the Division III Indoor New England Champion ship taking place this weekend.
Fellow sprinters Davies and Manning dropped down in distance, running almost identical times in the 200-meter dash. Davies' 23.53s ties Israel's comparable time set the week before for the 2nd fastest indoor 200 in Regis Men's history. Meanwhile, Manning's time of 23.58s stands as an all-time personal best, and only his 2nd foray past the 24s barrier.

The Division III New England Indoor Track & Field Championships will take place this weekend, with Israel travelling to Springfield College and Rapsis to Smith College.  

 
Results MIT CO-ED: http://mitathletics.com/sports/m-track/2011-12/files/TF_Coed2_021112.htm
 Results Valentine's Invite: http://www.lancertiming.com/results/winter12/valentinem.htm
 
 Videos of races are available here:

Davies, 200: http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/247836-2012-BU-Valentine-Invitational/video/602270-M-200-H29

Manning, 200: http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/247836-2012-BU-Valentine-Invitational/video/602279-M-200-H33 Israel, 400: http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/247836-2012-BU-Valentine-Invitational/video/601883-M-400-H24