Izzy Alexander breaks school record in indoor 500 at BU
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Izzy Alexander ’09 |
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Jen Caban ’07 |
BOSTON — Bates sophomore Izzy Alexander broke her own school record in the 500-meter race on Friday at the all-division Open New England Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at Boston University.
In the preliminary heats of the event Alexander ran a time of 1:17.05, eclipsing the school mark she set last year of 1:19.09. Alexander qualified for Saturday’s 500-meter final, one of 10 runners to do so.
Also on Friday, senior Jen Caban (Bedford, Mass.) became the second-fastest indoor 800-meter runner in Bates history with a time of 2:17.43, behind only Ashley Wentworth ’06 (2:15.22), while first-year Katie Bash (Wallingford, Pa.) made it to No. 4 on the all-time Bates performance list with a time of 2:19.04.
Bates fielded a distance medley relay team that recorded the seventh-best time in school history, 12:50.02. Running the event were junior Molly Balentine (Hampden, Maine) in the 1,200-meter leg, sophomore Tara Higgins (Hyde Park, Vt.) in the 400, junior Amy Rosania (Rye Beach, N.H.) in the 800 and first-year Morgan Maciewicz (Marblehead, Mass.) in the anchor 1,600 meters.
The meet continues on Saturday.