As the rest of the Brown students traveled to their respective spring break destinations, the Brown track and field team were warming up for the Husky Invitational in Boston. Only a few members - all throwers - of both the men's and women's teams competed March 22.
The throwers for the women's track team emerged victoriously in three of the four events. Danielle Grunloh '10 excelled, winning both the shot put with a 46-01.50 foot throw and the discus, with a throw of 150-09 feet. Both events saw some freshmen perform well, as Natasha Smith'11 earned a fifth-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 35-95.25 feet, and Brynn Smith '11 finished in seventh place in the discuss with her throw of 102-11 feet.
Molly Hawksley '09, who missed the end of the indoor season because of a broken wrist, appeared to be fully recovered as she brought home the women's team's third first-place finish, winning the hammer throw with a distance of 157-02 feet. The freshmen subsequently earned second-place positions. Natasha Smith '11 had a 131-02 foot heave in the javelin and Smith had a 147-07 foot toss in the hammer throw.
The three members of the men's team who traveled to Northeastern on Saturday all competed in the discus throw, with Bryan Powlen '10 spurring on the team with his winning throw of 162-09 feet. He was followed by teammates David Howard '09, who threw a solid 156-02 feet, and then by Eric Wood '09, who emerged in eighth place with a throw of 139-08 feet.
Powlen continued his success by throwing 48-07.25 feet in the discus, earning him second place in the event. Wood competed in two more events, including the shot put, in which he came third with his 47-05.00 foot throw, and the hammer throw, in which he also took third place with a toss of 178-09 feet.
The Bears will split its squad this weekend to compete at the Stanford Invitational at Palo Alto, Calif., and the UConn Invitational at Storrs, Conn.
