The biggest and best Valentine

Kat Warden leading the 800 meters. She finished 5th in 2:09.64.
photo by GreaterSnap

This Valentine meet at Boston University may be the biggest, best indoor track meet in the country. Forty-three sections, 199 men,158 women in 32 sections, ran 200 meters. The starter fired his pistol over three hundred times. The arena sounded like a war zone. Six sections ran in the men's 5,000. Two hundred and three men raced the mile. The final Friday night women's 5,000 meter ended at 11:20 pm! Too many GBTC athletes competed to list all here, but full results can be found here.

I'll list only our top finishers: Tahari James won the triple jump and placed 4th in the long jump behind Casey Taylor. Rich Harrison took third in the shot put and Ryan Place raced to 4th in the 5,000. Hafiz Greigre took 5th in the 200, fifth places also for Allison McCabe in the 1000 and for Kat Warden in the 800 marking her debut in GBTC colors.

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The New England Championships at Harvard next Sunday will mark the general end of the indoor season.