UConn track and field broke two school records this past weekend at the Harvard Invitational and the Terrier Classic.
During their time at the Harvard Invitational and the Terrier Classic they faced off against UMass, Vermont, New Haven, Sacred Heart, Boston University, Central Connecticut, Maine, Holy Cross and Harvard.
The first school record that was broken was the 60m sprint by junior Medwin Odamtten with a time of 6.61 seconds, breaking his previous record of 6.63 seconds set in Harvard Classic on Dec. 6, 2025.
The second record broken was the 4x400m by first-years Peyton Butler and TJ Jaravza, sophomore Del Lindsay and junior OJ Singletary with a time of 3:10.07, which broke the previous record of 3:13.36 set on March 1, 2025 at the Indoor Big East Championships by Singletary, Linsday, Mahamed Sharif and Mekhi Stone.
The Huskies also succeeded in the women’s 4x400m. Senior Jessica Starr, junior Anna Connor and freshman Kiley Shatzel and Emerson Flaker came third in the relay with a time of 3:43.41.
Junior Dar Jankovic’s 5,061 points won the men’s heptathlon, while junior Michael Johnson came in fifth with 4,781 points. Jankovic won the heptathlon’s high jump, while Johnson won the 1000m and shot put heptathlon events.
Brooke Struass won the women’s 1000m final with a time of 2:50.27 while freshman Brooklyn Taylor came fifth in the women’s 60m hurdles final.
Taylor also won the women’s long jump final and senior Sinclaire Fryer came third in the women’s shot put final.
UConn got another event win when senior Rachel Mason won the women’s pole vault event. Mason and Holy Cross junior Bridget Sachs tied their highest mark at 3.81 meters or 12 and a half feet, so they had to go to a jump-off. Mason started off hot, as she successfully made it over the 3.91 meter bar while Sachs could not. And since Sachs couldn’t make it over the 3.96 meter bar, Mason won by default.
Back to the men’s team, freshman Mason Brosious came second in the 800m final and sophomore Enaji Muhammad came third in the high jump final. Freshman Lucas DeCrescenzo also made an impact, coming second in the weight throw final.
In the women’s 800m final, junior Calista Mayer came second while seniors Caroline Rice and Allison McCarthy came fourth and seventh.
Senior Mia Dansby came fourth in the women’s 200m final while sophomore Harriet Barber came in at No. 11.
First-years John Canale and Brosious came in at No. 12 and No. 13 in the men’s 1000m sprint while Kyle Jeffers came in at No. 19.
Next on the docket, UConn track and field will travel to Penn State next for the Sykes and Sabock Challenge on Feb. 7, 2026.