The Judges were in their element this past Friday at the Reggie Poyau Memorial Invitational at Gosman Sports and Convocation Center. Both squads were able to display their mettle in front of a supportive home crowd through several strong finishes.

The men's and women's teams finished fifth-44 points for the women and 55 points for the men-out of eight teams, which included Stonehill College, Bentley University, Lasell College, Emmanuel College, Keene State College, Connecticut College, and the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Vincent Asante '14 started off the evening with an impressive win in both the preliminaries and the finals of the 55-meter dash, recording a finish of 6.52 seconds. And Asante was quick to point out that he enjoyed this opportunity to compete in front of a home crowd.

"The competition rises as the performance level rises," said Asante. "So at a meet like this where we are just out to compete and not out to win, we just like to make sure that we are happy with ourselves and we have fun. We look for good results and enjoyment, because that's what's important in the end."

Kensai Hughes '14, Galen Karlan-Mason '16, Jacob Wilhoite '15 and Jonathan Gilman '15 then rounded out the field in the 55, finishing in 6.78, 6.91, 7.01 and 8.15 seconds respectively. Asante, Hughes and Brittany Bell '13, who sprinted to a third place finish in 7.43 seconds, all qualified for the finals. Asante and Hughes ran in 6.52 and 6.78 seconds for first and fifth places respectively, while Bell ran 7.44 for fourth place.
Mik Kern '13, Greg Bray '15 and Grady Ward '16 all headlined a formidable field in the one-mile run. The trio ran in four minutes, 24.22 seconds, 4:33.54 and 4.40.15 for second, sixth, and eighth places respectively. Amelia Lundkvist '14 finished second in the women's mile, finishing in 5:25.78. Maggie Hensel '16 and Molly Paris '16 rounded out the field in 5:35.34 and 5:56.97, good for third and eighth places.

"It was an interesting first collegiate race," said Paris. "I came in the middle of the pack and we started out kind of slow, and I think that affected my time."

Pace is certainly not a problem for the 400-meter dash. Joshua Hacunda '16 and Trevor Tuplin '16 bolted ahead of the field for seventh and tenth place finishes with times of 53.65 and 54.48 seconds, while the veteran Joshua Hoffman-Senn '13 ran 55.09 for eleventh place. Senior runners Casey McGown '13 and Anifreed Sinjour '13 ran side-by-side in 1:03.54 and 1:03.59 for fourth and fifth place finishes.

Newcomer Matthew Becker '16 excelled in his first collegiate 600-meter race, finishing third in 1:36.73. He later joined Hacunda, Hoffman-Senn, and Tuplin in the 1600-meter relay for an overall time of three minutes and 37.24 seconds for fifth place.

In the 800-meter run, Carl Lieberman '16 finished fourth in 2:04.22. Nora Owens '16 and Gabriella Guillette '15 ran for fifth and sixth places on the women's side in 2:42.65 and 2:43:82, respectively.

Newcomers continued to make their presence known, especially in the 1,000-meter race. Liban Aden '16 took fourth place in 2:47.66, while Kelsey Whitaker '16 and Rachel Keller '16 ran for second and sixth places in 3:09.18 and 3:22.96.
Asante reappeared in the 200-meter dash, fresh off his 55-meter win, looking to replicate his success. He came quite close, securing a third place finish in 23.21 seconds. Karlan-Mason and Wilhoite followed Asante with finishes in 24.53 and 25.84 seconds, good for 15th and 32nd place. First-years Adam Berger '16 and Brandon Odze '16 continued to make noise for the bright core of first-years, rounding out the field in 24.71 and 24.78 seconds for 18th and 29th places. Odze later came back to sprint another race, the 55-meter hurdles, in 10.29 seconds for 10th place.

Brandeis fielded three standout finishes in the competitive 3000-meter run. Alex Kramer '13 took a noteworthy second place in 8:37.93, while Ed Colvin '14 and Jarret Harrigan '15 ran for 11th and 13th places in commendable times of 9:02.89 and 9:06.89.

In the shot put, Kris Stinehart '14 and Jonathan Gilman '15 threw the shot at 12.40 meters and 7.74 meters for eighth and 22nd places. Alyssa Fenenbock '15 and Ashley Klein '16 threw 7.46 meters and 7.21 meters for 12th and 13th places.
Hansen Yang '16 participated in the high jump, jumping 1.72 meters for eighth place, while also jumping 11.41 meters for ninth place in the triple jump. Berger joined Yang in the latter event, jumping 12.31 meters for sixth place, as well as Kim Farrington '13 who jumped 10.70 meters for fourth place.
Berger returned to jump 5.63 meters for sixth place in the long jump, while Hughes jumped 5.96 meters for fifth place. Bell also landed at 4.91 meters for sixth place.

The teams will next compete at the Dartmouth College Relays on Jan. 13, 2013.