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South Easton, Mass. – A total of 31 student-athletes from the Northeast-10 have qualified for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which will be held May 27-29 at the Irwin Belk Track Complex in Charlotte, N.C. (.)
On the men's side, the Northeast-10 has athletes competing in ten events and one relay, including four athletes participating in the 400-meter dash. UMass Lowell senior Doug Caves (Oxford, Mass.) leads the quartet and is followed by Adelphi University sophomore Mychael Fabio (Huntington, N.Y.), Southern Connecticut State University senior Richard Jackson (New Rochelle, N.Y.) and American International College sophomore Dominic Smith (Bloomfield, Conn.).
UMass Lowell senior Ruben Sanca (Boston, Mass.), the NE-10 Athlete of the Year, will be competing in two events including the 5,000-meter run and the 10,000-meter run. American International freshman Glarius Rop (Eldoret, Kenya) will also be participating in the 10,000-meter run with Sanca. Stonehill College freshmanCorey Thomas (Brookline, Mass.) will compete in two events as well. Thomas, the NE-10 Freshman of the Year, will compete in the 110-meter hurdles and then switch to the field events and partake in the high jump.
On the women's side, the Northeast-10 will have athletes competing in seven individual events and one relay. UMass Lowell senior Haley Catarius (Marshfield, Mass.) and Southern Connecticut senior Letecia Taylor (Plainfield, N.J.) will both be participating in two events each. Catarius will run in the 800-meters and will be part of the UMass Lowell 4x400 relay team. Taylor will take part in each hurdle event, the 100 and 400-meters.
UMass Lowell senior Jacqui Barrett (Woburn, Mass.), who owns the top throw in Division II, will be seeded number one in the shot put event with a season best throw of 49' 11.75". She finished second in the NCAA indoor championships with a throw of 49' 4.25".
For more information on the 2010 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships visit www.ncaa.com (.)
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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NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championship
Male Competitors (by event)
400 –
Meter Dash
Doug Caves – UMass Lowell
Mychael Fabio – Adelphi
Richard Jackson – So. Connecticut
Dominic Smith – American Int'l
800 –
Meter Run
Selasi Lumax – So. Connecticut
1,500 –
Meter Run
Patrick Fullerton – Stonehill
5,000 –
Meter Run
Ruben Sanca – UMass Lowell
10,000 –
Meter Run
Glarius Rop – American Int'l
Ruben Sanca – UMass Lowell
110-Meter
Hurdles
Corey Thomas – Stonehill
3,000 –
Meter Steeple Chase
Tim Guerin – UMass Lowell
Joseph Poulsen – So. Connecticut
High
Jump
Noel James – American Int'l
Corey Thomas – Stonehill
Dylan Moore – American Int'l
Pole
Vault
Ryan Whitehead – So. Connecticut
Long
Jump
Maurice Calenda – American Int'l
4x400
Relay
Logan Sharpe, Stenson Jean-Baptiste, Richard Jackson, Selasi Lumax
and Brian Robbins – So. Connecticut
John Mullinix, Emile Barnett, Carlton Wildman, Dominic Smith and
Maurice Calenda – American Int'l
Female Competitors (by event)
800 –
Meter Run
Haley Catarius – UMass Lowell
1,500 –
Meter Run
Laura Brustolon – So. Connecticut
100 –
Meter Hurdles
Letecia Taylor – So. Connecticut
400 –
Meter Hurdles
Letecia Taylor – So. Connecticut
Shot
Put
Jacqui Barrett – UMass Lowell
Hammer
Throw
Bidemi Balogun – American Int'l
Javelin
Kambryn Williams – American Int'l
4x400
Relay
Shannon Cunningham, Nicole Giaquinto, Haley Catarius, Amy Delgado
and Heather McCarthy – UMass Lowell
