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David Hemery Valentine Invitational
Huskies Head to BU for Hemery Invite
2/13/2020 2:40:00 PM | Women's Track and Field
STORRS, Conn. – The UConn women's track and field team will head to Boston University for the David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Friday. The women's competition will begin with running events starting at 11 a.m.
This weekend's competition will be the final tune-up before the American Athletic Conference Indoor Championship at the end of the month.
"This is a performance meet," said director of cross country and track & field Greg Roy. "Starting to let off the gas with the training a little bit. Our top guys will still be looking at NCAA qualifying in some events. On the men's side, we are in pretty good shape and the same on the women's side, in really good shape. Our oval kids will really be looking to get after it. It's a really, really fast track, one of the fastest in the country, so they will really be looking to open it up.
The Huskies are looking to continue their recent success and carry that momentum into the Hemery Invite and the conference championships.
"We competed really well at New England's, both men and women, and now we go out and see what kind of shape we are in. We know what we are here for. We should be really loose. This is a really fun meet, people coming from all over the place to run here. We'll enjoy it and then we get ready for conference."
Last Time Out
The Huskies return to action after a week off following their victory at the New England Championships on February 1st. UConn finished the weekend with 125 points, claiming its first NE Championship title since 2013.
The distance medley team and 4x800 teams took first place with times of 11:52.46 and 9:05.25 respectively. Sophomore Shanelle Colmon grabbed a first place finish in the 200m, finishing at 24.75. Senior Kristina Cherrington placed second in the 500m and set a new PR with a time of 1:14.45.
Several Huskies set new PR's in the field as well, including Sophomore Emma Chee who took second in the pole vault clearing a height of 4.00 meters (13'1.5"). Fellow sophomore Mikyla Rodgers took second in the weight throw with a PR of 19.01 meters (62-04.50).
Up Next
UConn will travel to Birmingham, Alabama for the American Athletic Conference Indoor Championship meet on February 28th and 29th.
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