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South Easton, Mass. – A total of 37 athletes
from the Northeast-10 have qualified for the NCAA Division II Track
& Field Championships, which will be held March 12-13 at the
Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M.
University of Massachusetts Lowell leads the NE-10 with 16 track
and field athletes (11 men and 5
women) that qualified for the national championships. Junior
Donte Brown (Raynham, Mass.) highlights a
list of UMass Lowell athletes and will be competing in the
400-meter dash and the 4 X 400-meter relay. On the women’s
side, senior Haley Catarius (Marshfield,
Mass.) and freshman Shannon Cunningham
(Foxboro, Mass.) will both compete in the 4 X
400-meter relay, as well as one individual event. Catarius will
compete in the 800-meter run, while Cunningham qualified for the
400-meter dash.
University of New Haven’s junior Shannon Gagne
(Meriden, Conn.) will be participating in two events,
including the 200-meter dash and the 400-meter dash. Gagne was the
Northeast-10 Championship’s Most Outstanding Female Athlete,
as well as, the 2010 Northeast-10 Female Athlete of the Year.
Southern Connecticut State will be represented by senior
Letecia Taylor (Plainfield, N.J.) who
qualified for the 60-meter hurdles.
Northeast-10 Male Athlete of the Year freshman Corey
Thomas (Brookline, Mass.) from Stonehill College and
American International freshman Noel James (Whitman,
Mass.) are seeded one and two, respectively, in the
high jump. Thomas will also compete in the 60-meter hurdles at the
national championships. Freshman Glarius Rop (Eldoret,
Kenya) will also be representing American
International at NCAA’s and will be coming in the 5,000-meter
run. Rop holds a conference-best 14:08.83 in the 5,000-meter run
this season.
With 16 member institutions the Northeast-10 shares the distinction
of being the largest Division II conference in the country along
with the PSAC and WVIAC. Its 23 championship sports provide
athletic opportunities for over 5,500 student-athletes, the largest
such program of any Division II conference.
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Men’s Qualifiers ( by event)
60-meter dash
Kevin Durant- Adelphi
200-meter dash
Evan White- UMass Lowell
400-meter dash
Donte Brown- UMass Lowell
Mychael Fabio- Adelphi
800-meter run
Selasi Lumax- So. Connecticut
1-mile
Angus MacDonald- UMass Lowell
5,000-meter
run
Glarius Rop- American International
60-meter
hurdles
Corey Thomas- Stonehill
High Jump
Corey Thomas- Stonehill
Noel James- American International
Pole Vault
Ryan Whitehead- So. Connecticut
Triple Jump
Diwani Augustine- So. Connecticut
Relays
4 X 400-meter
Relay
UMass Lowell- Donte Brown, Jeffrey Wundt, Craig Bennett, Robert
Liekweg, Nicholas Delgiudice
American Int’l- Emile Barnett, Emmanuel Jean, Dominic Smith,
Carlton Wildman, Maurice Calenda
Distance Medley
Relay
UMass Lowell- Tim Guerin, Jeffrey Wundt, Angus MacDonald, Danny
Wang, Chris Estrella
Women’s Qualifiers (by event)
200-meter dash
Shannon Gagne- New Haven
400-meter dash
Shannon Gagne- New Haven
Shannon Cunningham- UMass Lowell
800-meter run
Danielle Moore- So. Connecticut
Haley Catarius- UMass Lowell
60-meter
hurdles
Letecia Taylor- So. Connecticut
Weight throw
Bidemi Balogun- American International
Relays
4 X 400-meter
relay
UMass Lowell- Shannon Cunningham, Amy Delgado, Haley Catarius,
Nicole Giaquinto, Ashley Zielinski
Distance
medley
So. Connecticut- Alasia Griebel, Shaina Barr, Daniell Moore, Laura
Brustolon
