FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 5, 2015
MEN: BY EVENT | BY TEAM
WOMEN: BY EVENT | BY TEAM
Fourty-Two Athletes Represent NE-10 at NCAA Championships
MANSFIELD, Mass. – Qualifiers for the 2015 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships were released on Thursday with 42 student-athletes from seven Northeast-10 institutions receiving invitations. Action is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on Friday, March 13 and will run through Saturday, March 14 from Birmingham, Ala.
For a complete list of Northeast-10 qualifiers, please see below.
Adelphi, American International, New Haven, Southern Connecticut and Stonehill will be represented in both the men's and women's events. Franklin Pierce will also have representatives on the men's side, while Merrimack will be represented on the women's side.
New Haven's Ada Udaya, the Northeast-10 Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year, will be competing in three events – 60-meter dash, 200-meter dash and 4x400 meter relay. NE-10 Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year Michael Biwott of NE-10 Champion American Int'l will compete in the 3000- and 5000-meter runs.
The Northeast-10 Field Athletes of the Year, So. Connecticut's Michael Lee and Michelle Grecni, will compete in the field events. Lee will participate in the men's triple jump, while Grecni will compete in the women's pole vault.
Maria Curit of NE-10 Champion Stonehill will compete in three events as well, taking part in the 800-meter run, 4x400 and distance medley relay. American Int'l and Stonehill will partake in the men's distance medley relay. On the women's side, Stonehill will participate in both the 4x400 and distance medley relay, while New Haven and So. Connecticut will partake in the 4x400.
Northeast-10 Men's Qualifiers
Nicholas Filippazzo, Adelphi – 5000m
Ryan Healy, Adelphi – 800m
Michael Biwott, American Int'l – 3000m, 5000m
Conor Cashin, American Int'l – mile, DMR
Chandler Cotton Jr., American Int'l – DMR
Xavier McIntosh, American Int'l – triple jump
Johnathan Morgan, American Int'l – mile, DMR
Andre Rolim, American Int'l – 800m, DMR
Vinny Biuno, Franklin Pierce – heptathlon
Dage Minors, Franklin Pierce – 800m
Matthew Jeune, New Haven – high jump, triple jump
Michael Cameron, So. Connecticut – shot put
Tresley Dupont, So. Connecticut – weight throw
Yakabu Ibrahim, So Connecticut – 60m hurdles
Michael Lee, So. Connecticut – triple jump
Patrick Cooney, Stonehill – DMR
Teague Grubel, Stonehill – DMR
Nick Kirkpatrick – Stonehill – DMR
Daniel Zawalich – Stonehill – DMR
Northeast-10 Women's Qualifiers
Angela Mongitore, Adelphi – 400m
Shaina Blamahsah, American Int'l – 60m dash, 200m
Pascaline Jerotich, American Int'l – 5000m
Tonique Sobah, American Int'l – 60m hurdles
Carly Muscaro, Merrimack – 400m
Briana Conyers, New Haven – triple jump
Marshae Holt, New Haven – 4x400
Riley Knebes, New Haven – 4x400
Tiara Mitchell, New Haven – triple jump
Ada Udaya, New Haven – 60m dash, 200m, 4x400
Ivy Watts, New Haven – 400m, 4x400
Jasmine Bien-Aime, So. Connecticut – 200m
Michelle Grecni, So. Connecticut – pole vault
Crystle Hill, So. Connecticut – 400m, 4x400
Sarah Hill, So. Connecticut – 4x400
Georgette Nixon, So. Connecticut – 4x400
Shatajah Wattely, So. Connecticut – 200m, 4x400
Nicole Borofski, Stonehill – 3000m, DMR
Maria Curit, Stonehill – 800m, 4x400, DMR
Jeana Esernio, Stonehill – 4x400
Jordan Gray, Stonehill – 4x400, DMR
Leanne Kent, Stonehill – 4x400
Aisha McAdams, Stonehill – DMR
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.
