University of New Hampshire’s James Myles (Merrimack, N.H.), Boston U.’s Lucjan Zabrowski (Chorzow, Poland) and Stony Brook’s Lenora Joy (Auckland, New Zealand/Auckland University of Technology) have been named America East Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track Performers of the Week. Stony Brook’s Rhamel Huffman (Uniondale, N.Y./Temple University), Hartford’s Corey Berger (Pittsfield, Mass./Pittsfield) and New Hampshire’s Erin Moore (Nashua, N.H.) are this week’s Men’s and Women’s America East Indoor Field Performers of the Week. The awards were announced Tuesday (December 13). (Week Two recap)
Myles won all four individual events in which he was entered and also was a member of the winning 4x440-yard relay team to lead New Hampshire to victory against Maine. Myles recorded the top performance in the 60-yard dash (6.56 seconds), 60-yard hurdles (7.87) 200-meter dash (22.38) and long jump (22 feet-9.75 inches).
Zabrowski, a senior at Boston U., won the 400-meter race with a time of 49.14. He also anchored the 4x400 relay team that finished first with a time of 3:17.15.
Joy kicked off her final indoor track season earning the women’s mile title at the Fordham Quad Meet, finishing first in an ECAC qualifying time of 5:00.5.
Newcomer Huffman won his first competition in a Stony Brook uniform when he captured first place in the men’s high jump with a jump of 6’6" to lead Stony at the Fordham Quad Meet.
Berger led the men’s team at the Harvard Track and Field Invitational where he set a new school record with his first collegiate triple jump experience. He opened his college career with two events, first was the long jump where he set the bar at 5.50-meters and then broke the school record with a 12.09-meter leap in the triple jump.
Moore won both events in which she competed at Maine, and that included a school-record effort in the weight throw with a distance of 52 feet-2.5 inches. That mark surpassed the previous benchmark of 50-6.75 established in 1989 by Karen Wenmark. Moore also took first place in the shot put with a throw of 12.50 meters.