Top Five Flashback: Women's Track and Field #2 (May 2, 2015)
Top Five Flashback
Women's Track and Field #2 - Fraga sets school record in seven-event, two-day Heptathlon (May 2, 2015)
NEWPORT, R.I. - At the New England Division III Championships held at MIT on May 1-2, competing in the meet was Chrissy Fraga (Milford, Mass.) in the heptathlon, a series of seven events contested over two days. Competitors score points based on their results in the events. Fraga started out on Friday with the 100m hurdles, recording a collegiate best 17.52 for a gain of 74 points over her qualifying effort. Next came the High Jump where her best jump (4'3.5") was 2 centimeters shy of her qualifying leap for a 20 points loss. After the high jump came the shot put where again, her effort of 7.81 (25' 7.5") meters was off her qualifying mark with a loss of another 88 points from her qualifying pace. It would need a good 200m time to get back to the points she had earned over the first day of qualifying. Fraga responded with a big improvement, running 27.44 for a 74 point gain and a first day total of 2021, 40 points ahead of her qualifying pace.
Day two saw Fraga standing in 12th place. The javelin throw started the competition and Fraga tossed the spear 23.66 meters (77' 7") for 357 points and a 19 point gain. The long jump was the sixth event and here Fraga faltered slightly, jumping 4.42 meters (14' 6") for a total of 408 points, an 18 point loss. It all came down to the 800m, an event with which Fraga is not terribly comfortable. However, she came through with flying colors, even passing some competitors down the stretch and crossing the line in 2:40.37. This four second improvement over her qualifying effort represented a 46 point event gain and a two day total of 3355 points compared to the 3268 total which got her into the meet.
Fraga, who is a neophyte to the multi-event competition, enjoyed her experience as she improved her placing over the last three events to 10th overall. "It was fun," she said. "I think this will definitely help me for next year in knowing how to approach the events and organize my training."