FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 21, 2015
RESULTS: MEN | WOMEN | PHOTO GALLERY
16 NE-10 Records Broken
BOSTON, Mass. – The Stonehill women's team won the 2015 Northeast-10 Indoor Track & Field Championship for the second season in a row, while American International won it all on the men's side on Saturday night at the Reggie Lewis Center.
An astonishing 16 Northeast-10 Championship records were broken on the day.
The Skyhawks won the title for the second straight year after winning its first-ever championship a year ago. The Yellow Jackets beat out Southern Connecticut, who was chosen to win the championship in the coaches' poll, by 9.5 points.
The Owls wound up second in both the men's and women's fields, just four points behind Stonehill on the women's side. New Haven finished third in the women's standing with 111.5 points, while the Skyhawks tallied a third-place finish in the men's field.
So. Connecticut's Michael Lee was named the Men's Most Outstanding Field Performer after setting an NE-10 record in the triple jump. Fellow Owl Destiney Coward earned Women's Most Outstanding Field Performer winning the shot put and finishing second in the weight throw.
American International's Michael Biwott was tabbed Men's Most Outstanding Track Performer after recording record times in both the 3,000 meter and 5,000 meter runs. New Haven's Ada Udaya earned Women's Most Outstanding Track Performer with record-breaking wins in the 60 meter dash and 200 meter dash.
Two records were broken instantly as the Franklin Pierce men's and Stonehill women's distance medley relay teams set new Northeast-10 times in the first two races. After Biwott shattered the 5,000 meter mark, Stonehill's Nicole Borofski broke the conference mark in the women's mile run.
New Haven's Courtney Moshood and Udaya both set new records in the 60 meter dash before Merrimack's Carly Muscaro set a new record time in the 400 meter dash. Udaya followed that up by taking the new 200 meter dash mark, while Biwott and Stonehill's Aisha McAdams set records in the 3,000 meter run.
To cap off the track events, So. Connecticut set a new record in the 4x400 meter relay and Stonehill broke the NE-10 mark in the 4x800 relay.
In the field, So. Connecticut's Michelle Grecni set a new conference mark in the women's pole vault before Lee broke the men's triple jump record, which had been set since 2010. So. Connecticut's Tresley Dupont demolished the men's weight throw record, while teammate Michael Cameron also shattered the NE-10 men's shot put record.
Final Women's Standings:
1. Stonehill – 160.5
2. So. Connecticut – 156
3. New Haven – 111.5
4. American Int'l – 84
5. Adelphi – 77
6. Merrimack – 56
7. Franklin Pierce – 34
8. Assumption – 30
9. Bentley – 18
10. Saint Rose – 14
Final Men's Standings:
1. American Int'l – 149.5
2. So. Connecticut – 140
3. Stonehill – 115.5
4. Franklin Pierce – 84
5. Adelphi – 81
6. New Haven – 65
7. Saint Rose – 39
8. Merrimack – 31
9. Assumption – 22
10. Bentley – 12
11. Le Moyne – 2
Men's Most Outstanding Field Performer: Michael Lee, So. Connecticut
Women's Most Outstanding Field Performer: Destiney Coward, So. Connecticut
Men's Most Outstanding Track Performer: Michael Biwott, American Int'l
Women's Most Outstanding Track Performer: Ada Udaya, New Haven
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 6,500 student-athletes.
Each year, 4,500 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships in 24 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.
