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February 22, 2014
Ten new conference records set Saturday at 2014 indoor meet
BOSTON, Mass. – The Southern Connecticut
State University men and Stonehill College women claimed victory at
the 2014 Northeast-10 Conference Indoor Track & Field
Championships Saturday night at Boston’s Reggie Lewis
Center.
It marks the first-ever Northeast-10 title for the Stonehill women
(pictured), who finished with 173 points, after the Skyhawks had
finished runner-up twice in the last four years at the conference
championship. They were followed by second-place So. Connecticut
with 143 points and the University of New Haven with 93 points.
The So. Connecticut men finished the evening with 193 points,
ahead of Stonehill (147) and American International College (117)
in the team standings.
New Haven junior Ada Udaya was named the
Women’s Most Outstanding Track Performer at the championships
after winning in both the 60 and 200 meters. She finished in 7.53
in the 60 prelims before winning the finals in 7.51, while her time
of 24.19 in the 200 set a new conference record.
American International College sophomore Michael
Biwott was victorious in both the men’s 3,000
run and 5,000 meter run on Saturday evening. He won in 8:35.08 in
the 3K before taking the 5K in 14:43.54 on his way to being named
the 2014 Northeast-10 Men’s Track Athlete of the Year and the
Men’s Most Outstanding Track Performer at the
championship.
Udaya and Biwott were also named the 2014 Northeast-10
Women’s and Men’s Track Athletes of the Year on
Saturday, as voted upon by the conference’s head coaches. For
the complete list of yearly major award winners, please see
below.
In all, 10 new Northeast-10 records were set Saturday night at the
Reggie.
So. Connecticut's Tresley Dupont
set the new men’s weight throw mark with a toss of
62-0.25”, as the junior was also honored as the Men’s
Most Outstanding Field Performer at the championship.
Adelphi University junior Angela
Mongitore set the new conference mark in the
women’s 400 meters with a time of 55.34.
Stonehill junior Emily Anderson set the
new Northeast-10 record in winning the women’s 1,000 meter
with a time of 2:56.50.
Stonehill senior Chelsea Bishop beat the
field in the women’s 5,000 meter with a time of 17:33.14,
which set a new conference best.
The So. Connecticut foursome of Jasmine
Bien-Aime, Moneque
Beckford, Angelique Ross
and Shatajah Wattely set the new
conference mark in the women’s 4x400 meter relay, finishing
in 3:51.75.
Both distance medley relay records fell as well, as the Franklin
Pierce University quartet of Jon Holmes,
Matthew Carpenter, Dage
Minors and Antoine Gisore
finished with a time of 10:14.46 for a Ravens program that is in
just its second year of existence.
Stonehill set the new women’s DMR record with a time of
12:31.06, courtesy of Sarah Wilson,
Jeana Esernio, Molly
Hellman and Brianna
Venturo.
So. Connecticut junior Michelle Grecni
broke her own conference record in the women’s pole vault at
12-09.50”.
Fellow So. Connecticut junior Michael
Cameron set the new Northeast-10 standard in the
men’s shot put with a heave of 56-3.75”.
So. Connecticut senior Jimm Guerrier won
both the men’s 60 (6.93) and 400 meters (49.07).
Bentley sophomore Edy-Elliott
Uthman-Olukokun won the men’s 200 meters with a
time of 22.55.
Stonehill senior Xavier Dixon took the
men’s 60 meter hurdles finals (8.00), while American
Int’l freshman Akayla Anderson won
the women’s 60 hurdles in 8.74 seconds.
In the 500 meter run, So. Connecticut senior Logan
Sharpe took the men’s final in 1:03.46, while
Stonehill sophomore Jordan Gray won the
women’s (1:14.83).
In the 800 meter run, Stonehill junior Patrick
Cooney won the men’s final with a time of
1:53.56. The Skyhawks’ Sarah Wilson
was victorious in the women’s final (2:13.21).
Owls sophomore Dieter Gutbrod took the
men’s 1,000 with a time of 2:29.20.
Franklin Pierce University junior Antoine
Gisore took the men’s mile in 4:15.79, while
Bentley senior Amy Varsell won the
women’s mile with a time of 4:58.59.
American Int’l grad student Jeptui
Cherutich took the women’s 3,000 meters in
10:33.34.
Stonehill took the men’s 4x400 meter relay with a time of
3:24.15.
In the 4x800 meter relay, Franklin Pierce won the men’s
event (7:56.07) while Stonehill took the women’s race in
9:47.49.
Stonehill’s Nick Staley took the
men’s high jump (6-10.25”), while So.
Connecticut’s Brittany Brown took
the women’s high jump with a leap of 5-6.50”.
Brown was recognized as the Women’s Most Outstanding
Field Performer of the championship for her efforts.
So. Connecticut’s Nelson Laskoski
won the men’s pole vault, while American Int’l’s
Ricky Williams and Stonehill’s
Maria Curit won the men’s and
women’s long jumps, respectively.
In the triple jump, New Haven’s Briana
Conyers won the women’s event and So.
Connecticut’s Michael Lee was
victorious among the men.
Sonja Campbell of the Owls was the winner in the
women’s shot put, and Stonehill’s Elizabeth
Bashir (52-9.50) won women’s weight throw
competition.
Next week’s New England Championships get underway Saturday,
February 28 at noon, while the 2014 NCAA Division II Championships
take place March 14-15 in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The Northeast-10 Conference is an association of 15 NCAA Division
II colleges and universities located in New England and New York
that is committed to supporting balanced academic and athletic
opportunities for more than 6,000 student-athletes. Each year,
4,000 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships
in 23 sports, making the NE-10 the largest DII conference in the
country in terms of sport sponsorship. Leading the way in the
classroom, on the field and within the community, the Northeast-10
is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it
provides student-athletes.
2014
Northeast-10 Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Meet
Men’s Most Outstanding Track
Performer – Michael Biwott, American International
Women’s Most Outstanding Track Performer –
Ada Udaya, New Haven
Men’s Most Outstanding Field Performer –
Tresley Dupont, Southern Connecticut
Women’s Most Outstanding Field Performer –
Brittany Brown, Southern Connecticut
2014
Northeast-10 Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the
Year
Men’s Track Athlete of the Year – Michael
Biwott, American International
Women’s Track Athlete of the Year – Ada
Udaya, New Haven
Men’s Field Athlete of the Year – Nick Lebron
, Southern Connecticut
Women’s Field Athlete of the Year – Brittany
Bryant, American International
Men’s Track Rookie of the Year – Yakabu
Ibrahim, Southern Connecticut
Women’s Track Rookie of the Year – Carly
Muscaro, Merrimack
Men’s Co-Field Rookies of the Year – Matt
Bowers, American International; Will McFee,
Southern Connecticut
Women’s Field Rookie of the Year – Brittany
Bryant, American International
Men’s Coach of the Year – John Wallin,
Southern Connecticut
Women’s Coach of the Year – Melissa Stoll,
Southern Connecticut
Final
Men’s Standings
1. Southern Connecticut – 193
2. Stonehill – 147
3. American International – 117
4. Adelphi – 71
5. Franklin Pierce – 52
6. New Haven – 46
7. Bentley – 44
8. Merrimack – 31
9. Saint Rose – 30
10. Assumption – 10
Final
Women’s Standings
1. Stonehill – 173
2. Southern Connecticut – 143
3. New Haven – 93
4. Merrimack – 77
5. American International – 68
6. Adelphi – 61
7. Saint Rose – 46
8. Bentley – 39
9. Franklin Pierce – 23
10. Assumption – 17
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