MEDFORD, MA – The Judges returned to Tufts University today for the third time for the  Last Change National Qualifying Meet. They earned 6 PRs across both sides, including one school record, one event victory and one NCAA qualifying performance. 

TOP PERFORMANCES

• On the men's side, sophomore TJ Carleo (Newburyport, Mass. / Newburyport) ran 15:2.48 in the 800-meter run, good for second place. With the conversion for the track size, the time puts Carleo at 11th place in overall in Division III this season and qualifies him for his second career NCAA Championships in the 800, first indoors. Sophomore Garret Rieden (Littleton, Mass. / Littleton) scored his third 800 PR in a row with a time of 1:53.95, good for 5th place.
• For the women, senior Alya Campbell (Eastchester, N.Y./Eastchester) placed 6th in the 60-meter hurdles prelims with a time of  9.41 seconds, qualifying her for the finals. She then placed 5th in finals with a time of 9.21 seconds, giving her a PR, and tying the school record. Her time matched the previous school record set by former teammate Sonali Anderson '22 in 2022. 

• Sophomore Shaniece Nugent (Hartford, Conn./Lawrence Academy) won the triple jump with a distance of 10.99 meters.

OTHER WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Junior Kirsten Man (Kendall Park, N.J. / South Brunswick) placed 6th in the long jump with a PR of 5.01 meters, then went on to capture another PR in the high jump at a height of 1.64 meters for 4th place. 

• Sophomore Emma Liu (Taipei, Taiwan / Phillips Exeter Academy) placed 6th and earned a PR in the 20-pound weight throw with a toss of 13.87 meters. 

• Senior Smiley Huynh (Bronx, N.Y./Bronx H.S. of Science)  pole vaulted 3.38 meters for 6th place and sophomore Alisha Anderson (Denver, Colo. / Ralston Valley) went 3.23 meters for 9th place.

• In the 400, junior Hannah Bohbot-Dridi (Mountain View, Calif./Los Altos) placed 5th with 59.81 and senior Olivia Zarzycki (Belmont, Mass./Belmont) placed 6th with 1:02.52.

OTHER MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Sophomore Matthew Yue (Vancouver, B.C./Woodside Priory School) placed 9th in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.14 seconds, earning him a PR.

UP NEXT

• TJ Carleo will continue his season next weekend at the NCAA Indoor Nationals in the 800 meters, while the rest of the Judges prepare for their outdoor season, which will start  at the end of March.