FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 20, 2014
LIVE RESULTS
EVENT SCHEDULES: TRACK | FIELD
Championships get underway Saturday
at 4:00 p.m. at Boston's Reggie Lewis Center
SOUTH EASTON, Mass. – The Southern Connecticut State University men and Stonehill College women have been selected as the favorites for this Saturday's 2014 Northeast-10 Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships, as voted upon by the league's head coaches.
The indoor action gets underway this Saturday, February 22 at 4:00 p.m. from the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Mass.
So. Connecticut received seven first-place votes and 79 points in the men's championship coaches' poll, while Stonehill topped the women's poll with 74 points and four first-place votes.
Behind the Owls in the men's poll was defending Northeast-10 champion Stonehill, which garnered 75 points and three first-place votes. American International College finished third with 62 points, followed by Franklin Pierce University with 54 points and Adelphi University with 48 points.
In the women's poll, So. Connecticut and the University of New Haven finished in a tie for second place with 68 points apiece, although the Owls' received four first-place tallies to the Chargers' one.
American Int'l placed fourth in the women's poll with 55 points and one first-place vote, while Bentley University was fifth with 41 points and Adelphi and Merrimack College tied for sixth with 38 points each.
For the complete men's and women's poll results, please see below. To view a list of men's and women's Northeast-10 records, click here.
According to the 2013-14 Northeast-10 Indoor Performance list from the Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS), there have been 66 NCAA Championship qualifying times in the conference so far this season – 32 on the men's side and 34 for the women. All have met the NCAA Division II provisional standards, with the exception of New Haven junior Ada Udaya's two automatic times in the women's 60 meters and women's 200 meters and American Int'l sophomore Michael Biwott's auto time in the men's 5,000 meters.
In all, 25 of those qualifying times have come on the women's track, 16 have come on the men's track, 13 more have come in men's field events and seven have come from relays (three men's, four women's).
Many eyes will be on Udaya on Saturday, who owns the second-best Division II times in both the 60 meters (7.41) and 200 meters (23.95).
So. Connecticut junior Jasmine Bien-Aime and freshman teammate Shatajah Wattely have both hit provisional times in both the women's 60 and 200 meters as well, while So. Connecticut senior Jimm Guerrier has reached provisional marks in the men's 60, 200 and 400 meters.
Five have hit the provisional mark in the women's 400 meters, led by Merrimack freshman Carly Muscaro.
Four have hit provisional marks in both the men's and women's 800 meters, headed by Stonehill juniors Patrick Cooney and Sarah Wilson.
In the men's mile, Franklin Pierce junior Antoine Gisore, American Int'l junior Jeremy Antivo and Biwott have eclipsed the provisional time, while Bentley University senior Amy Varsell and Stonehill senior Elizabeth LaRegina have done the same in the women's mile.
Biwott, Gisore and Varsell have also connected on NCAA provisional times in their respective 3,000 meters.
In the 4x400 relay, the So. Connecticut men have reached a provisional time this season, as have the So. Connecticut, New Haven and Stonehill women.
In the distance medley relay, the Stonehill men and women have both hit the NCAA provisional standard along with the Franklin Pierce men.
Junior Nick Staley of Stonehill and Matthew Jeune of New Haven have both provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the men's high jump, while sophomores Michael Lee of So. Connecticut and Ricky Williams of American Int'l have done the same in the men's long jump. Lee, Guerrier, American Int'l freshman Mark Cohen and Stonehill senior Herby Saintil have all provisionally qualified in the men's triple jump, as has Owls senior Nelson Laskoski in the men's pole vault.
Provisional standards from women's field events include So. Connecticut junior Michelle Grecni in the pole vault, American Int'l freshman Brittany Bryant and So. Connecticut senior Brittany Brown in the long jump and New Haven juniors Briana Conyers and Tiara Mitchell in the triple jump.
Among nationally ranked teams by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), So. Connecticut is ranked No. 13 in the Division II men's top-25, while New Haven is ninth and So. Connecticut is No. 21 in the women's top-25.
For all the latest updates from the championships on Saturday, be sure to follow the Northeast-10 on Twitter (@TheNortheast10).
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 Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship Coaches' Poll
1. Southern Connecticut (7) – 79
2. Stonehill (3) – 75
3. American International – 62
4. Franklin Pierce – 54
5. Adelphi – 48
6. New Haven – 39
7. Bentley – 29
T8. Merrimack – 27
T8. Saint Rose – 27
10. Assumption – 10
2014 Northeast-10 Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship Coaches' Poll
1. Stonehill (4) – 75
T2. Southern Connecticut (4) – 68
T2. New Haven (1) – 68
4. American International (1) – 55
5. Bentley – 41
T6. Adelphi – 38
T6. Merrimack – 38
8. Saint Rose – 35
9. Franklin Pierce – 19
10. Assumption – 13
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