Week #7 Indoor Track and Field Awards Release (PDF)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – University of New Hampshire junior Brice Paey (Milton, N.H./St. Thomas) and senior Ashlee Lathrop (Sherburne, N.Y./Sherburne-Earlville) led the Wildcats, capturing titles at the Dartmouth Indoor Classic with IC4A and ECAC-qualifying marks and garner this week’s male and female Field Performer of the Week honors, respectively. University at Albany senior Jeffery Barnes (Albany, N.Y./Albany) claimed top finishes at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational against some of the top runners in the nation and earns the male Track Performer of the Week award. University of Vermont senior Aly Millett (Half Moon Bay, Calif./Half Moon Bay) takes home the female Track Performer of the Week accolade for the week ending February 7 after claiming a title for Vermont at the Dartmouth Classic.
Paey finished first in the shot put, breaking his own school record with a toss of 18.07m. The mark is over two meters better than any throw by an America East competitor this season. Paey also provisionally qualified for the NCAA championship.
Lathrop captured the weight throw title at the Dartmouth Classic with an ECAC-qualifying toss of 17.29m. Her toss bested the rest of the field at the meet by over two meters. Lathrop remains at second in the conference standings.
Barnes set a school record and posted two IC4A-qualifying marks at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational, which included six of the nation’s top-25 teams. Barnes placed sixth in the college race in the 400m with a personal-best time of 49.00. The mark qualifies him for the IC4A meet in March and puts him at fourth in the conference standings. Barnes then was a member of two relay squads. He anchored the third-place 4x200m relay team that broke the school record with a time of 1:28.74. The squad’s time is sixth-fastest in the nation. Barnes ended the meet by running the leadoff leg of the 4x400m relay that won with in an IC4A-qualifying time of 3:14.87.
Millett raced to first in the 1,000m with an ECAC-qualifying time of 2:51.62. Her time was just a second off of the school record and ranks sixth in the performance list. Millett also led the 4x800, relay team to victory at the Dartmouth Classic. The relay team crossed the finish line in an ECAC-qualifying time of 9:22.15. The squad’s mark is the fastest time posted by a conference relay team this season by over 15 seconds.
Albany – The Great Dane squads combined to register 20 IC4A and ECAC qualifying marks at the New Balance Invitational February 5-6. The Albany men, led by the 4x200 relay squad, competed against six teams ranked in the USTFCCCA Division I national rankings, including 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Champion Texas A&M. The 4x200m relay team placed third in a school-record time of 1:28.74, the sixth-fastest time in the nation. Jeffery Barnes and freshman Jonathan Santana (Rochester, N.Y./Edison Tech), both members of the 4x200 relay team, also qualified for the IC4A championship in the 400m, finishing sixth and seventh, respectively. Barnes ranks fourth in the performance list while Santana ranks fifth. Juniors Tyler Fogarty (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) and John Moore (Fort Johnson, N.Y./Fonda-Fultonville) also claimed IC4A-qualifying times at the meet. Fogarty placed fifth in the 800m in 1:50.86, which is the fastest time posted by a conference runner this season. Moore finished seventh in the mile run (4:06.53) and ranks third in the conference standings. Fogarty and Moore also ran legs of the men’s distance relay, which finished eighth in 9:53.09 and tops the performance list by over 16 seconds. In the field events, junior Fred Casimo (Cohoes, N.Y./Shaker) placed fourth in the long jump with an IC4A-qualifying leap of 7.46m. Casimo’s mark was a personal best and ranks second in the conference standings. The Albany women competed against four of the top five nationally-ranked teams, including Tennessee, which won the 2009 indoor national championship. Seniors Fey Adaramola (Bronx, N.Y./Trevor/Central Florida) and Laura Cummings (Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore/North Carolina) led the women, each posting two ECAC-qualifying marks at the meet. Adaramola moves to second in the 200m after posting a time of 24.88 while Cummings moves to second in the mile with a time of 4:56.74. The 4x200m relay squad also turned in a top performance, breaking a school record after placing 10th in 1:43.02. Junior Celine Cauderlier (Entzhein, France/Lycee Louis Pasteur/Université Louis Pasteur) matched a program record in the pole vault for a second straight week, leaping 3.45m while junior Jennifer Pierson (Brentwood, N.Y./Chenango Valley/Broome C.C.) placed fifth in the 3,000m (9:58.91) and is the first female Great Dane to qualify for the ECAC meet in a distance event since 2007. Members of the Albany squads will travel to the Tyson Invitational on February 12-13 while the rest of the team will participate in a tri-meet at Binghamton on February 12.
Binghamton – The Bearcats competed at the Syracuse Invitational on Saturday. Freshman Casey Gilbert (Berlin, N.Y./Berlin Central) led the men, capturing two titles at the meet. Gilbert won the 500m in a time of 1:05.26 ahead of classmate Dustin Ross (Bainbridge, N.Y./Bainbridge-Guilford-Afton), who finished third in 1:06.77. He also ran a leg of the 4x400m relay that crossed the finish line in first in 3:23.35. In the field events, sophomore John Slaven (Sherrill, N.Y./Vernon-Verona Sherill) also captured a top-finish for the Bearcat men, placing third in the pole vault with a mark of 4.70m. Slaven is tied for fourth in the conference standings. Freshman Adam Helman (Grand Island, N.Y./Grand Island) also competed in the pole vault, taking fourth. Sophomores Colin Anderson (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) and Nelson Hall (Scarsdale, N.Y./Scarsdale) captured two other top-five finishes for the Bearcats. Anderson placed fourth in the weight throw while Hall claimed fifth in the high jump. On the women’s side, senior Maureen Metz (Commack, N.Y./St. Anthony’s) led the women, capturing a title in the 500m with a time of 1:20.97. Senior Krystelle Patrice (Brooklyn, N.Y./Health Professions) claimed two more top finishes for the Binghamton women, finishing second in both the 55m (7.59) and the 200 (26.77). Sophomore Kaitlin Sullivan (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park) also posted a second-place finish in the 55m hurdles with a time of 8.63. Junior Kim Law (Newark, N.Y./Newark) captured another top-five finish for the women, placing third in the mile with a time of 5:13. Several Bearcat runners also competed at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational. Binghamton’s men’s 4x400m relay team posted the best Bearcat performance at the meet. The squad crossed the finish line in an IC4A-qualifying time of 3:15.43 and moves to second in the conference standings. Binghamton next plays host to Syracuse and conference rival Albany in a tri-meet on Friday, February 12.
Boston U. – The Terrier squads competed in the Battle for Beantown on February 6 where the men placed second and the women finished fourth out of four teams. Senior Jeff Moreau (Hanson, Mass.), junior Joel Senick (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) and sophomore R.J. Page (Swedesboro, N.J.) led the men, posting titles and breaking meet records. Moreau claimed the title in the 800m with a meet-record and IC4A-qualifying time of 1:52.05. He ranks third in the performance list. Senick won the 400m in a meet-record and IC4A-qualifying time of 48.59. Page placed first in the 60m with a meet-record and IC4A-qualifying time of 6.94. He ranks fifth in the conference standings. Page also won the 200m in 22.17, another meet record and IC4A-qualifying mark. Freshman Robert Gibson (Brookline, Mass.) also turned in one of the Terrier men’s top performances of the day, finishing second in the mile with an IC4A time of 4:13.06. Junior Eric Ashe (Hanson, Mass.) finished right behind Gibson in third with an IC4A time of 4:13.58. Freshman Nikko Brady (New Castle, Del.) turned in another top performance for the women, placing first in the long jump with a meet-record leap of 6.05m. Her mark is the best in the conference this season and also qualified her for the ECAC championship. Brady also won the 60m hurdles in an ECAC-qualifying time of 8.65. Her time of 8.34 in the preliminary round of the 60m hurdles was also a NCAA provisional mark and a meet record. Junior Karly Neveu (Surrey, British Columbia) also earned a title at the meet, finishing first in the high jump with a leap of 1.65m. Freshman Allison Barwise (Orange, Conn.) finished in third behind Neveu with a mark of 1.60m. Sophomore Shelby Walton (Danbury, Conn.) claimed a fourth first-place finish for the Terriers, winning the 60m in 7.74. Sophomore Jackie Dim (Sicklerville, N.J.) claimed another top finish, racing to second in the 400m dash in a time of 57.13. Junior Laura Martin (Tacoma, Wash.) finished in fourth behind Dim in 57.59 and ranks fourth in the conference standings. Martin claimed a title of her own in the 200m, leading a sweep of the event with a meet-record time of 24.86. Her time is the fastest by a conference runner this season. Sophomore Katie Matthews (Rocky Hill, Conn.) claimed the last title for the Terriers, racing to first in the 3,000m with a time of 10:01.48.
Hartford – The Hawks competed at the Dartmouth Invitational on Saturday and broke three school records. Freshman Brittney Lawson (Woonsocket, R.I./Woonsocket) and sophomore Caitlyn Hauswirth (Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North) led the women, each posting a new school record. Lawson claimed the women’s highest finish of the meet, placing second in the weight throw with a school-record toss of 15.17m. Lawson ranks third in the conference standings. Hauswirth placed sixth in the pole vault after clearing a height of 2.90m. Her mark is a personal best and new school record. Senior Ariana Bass (Penacook, N.H./Concord) claimed another top finish for the women on the track, claiming third in the 500m in a time of 1:18.33. In the field events, sophomore Nicolle Adams (Schoharie, N.Y./Schoharie) added another top finish capturing third in the long jump with a leap of 5.23m. Classmate Kristalena Lamore (Hudson, Mass./Hudson) finished behind Adams in fourth with a jump of 5.21m. Sophomore Diana Kornberg (Highland Mills, N.Y./Monroe Woodbury/Wheaton) rounded out the top-five finishes in the field events, taking fifth in the shot put with a toss of 11.25m. On the men’s side, the 4x200m relay team of juniors Christopher Carr (Stillwater, N.J./Kittatinny) and Eric Ciccone (Malden, Mass./Arlington Catholic), and sophomores Anthony Carrasquillo (Albany, N.Y./Albany) and Anderson Emerole (Jamaica, N.Y./Manhattan Center for Math and Sciences) claimed the sole title for the Hartford men. The squad raced to first in 1:31.87, besting the six-year old school record. Emerole also took home a second-place finish in the 200m with a time of 22.65. Junior Warren Lane (Brooklyn, N.Y./Murry Bergtraum) and graduate student Mike DuPaul (East Haven, Conn./East Haven/Connecticut) also captured top-five finishes, placing fourth and fifth in the 400m run, respectively. DuPaul also ran a leg of the 4x800m relay that claimed third place in 8:10.58. In the field events, freshman Ackeme Brown (Englewood, N.J./Dwight Morrow) placed third in the long jump with a leap of 6.74m. Hartford returns to action on Friday, February 12 in the Rider/Lafayette Invitational.
Maine – The Black Bears swept the Maine Open against Holy Cross on Saturday. Sophomore Jesse Labreck (Oakland, Maine/Messalonskee) led the women with two wins at the meet. Labreck placed first in the 55m hurdles with a school-record time of 7.99. She also won the triple jump title with a leap of 12.23m. Labreck’s mark in the triple jump is the best by a conference field performer this season. Freshman Cearha Miller (Waldorf, Md./Oxon Hill) also claimed a title for the women, placing first in the 55m dash with a time of 7.23. Miller ranks fifth in the conference standings tied with teammate Jillian O’Brien. Senior Vanessa Letourneau (Fairfield, Maine/Lawrence) claimed a fourth title for the women, racing to first in the 1,000m with a time of 2:54.84. Letourneau moves to third in the conference standings. Sophomore Trevor England (Poland, Maine/Poland) led the Black Bear men at the meet, claiming first in the long jump with a leap of 6.53m. England also placed second in the triple jump with a mark of 14.43m. He ranks fourth in the conference standings behind freshman teammate Jamie Ruginski (Buxton, Maine/Bonny Eagle), who placed first in the event with a mark of 14.90m. Freshman Justin Gagne (Biddeford, Maine/Biddeford) also captured two top finishes for the men, winning the weight throw with a toss of 14.38m and placing second in the shot put with a mark of 14.52m. Sophomore Riley Masters (Bangor, Maine/Bangor) claimed a title for the men on the track, racing to first in the 800m with a time of 1:54.60. Masters ranks fifth in the conference standings. The Black Bears return to competition on February 13 at the Valentine’s Invitational at Boston University.
UMBC – The Retriever squads competed at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational over the weekend. The women’s 4x200m relay team of sophomore Nicole Smalls, seniors Tawana Wilson (Yorktown, Va./Tabb) and Britney Foreman (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake) and freshman Ashley Ajayi (Bowie, Md./Elizabeth Seton) led the women at the meet, breaking the UMBC record in a time of 1:43.97. Senior Suzanne Gabriel (Falls Church, Va./McLean) also earned a top finish in the college 5,000m run, placing sixth in a time of 17:37.16. Gabriel posted the top time by a conference runner this season. Classmate Sara Parkinson (Chorley, England/Loughborough University) also finished in the top 10, finishing ninth in the mile run in 5:00.17. On the men’s side, sophomore Joshua Hewitson (New Market, Md./Linganore) earned a second-place finish in the 500m in an IC4A-qualifying time of 1:04.53. Hewitson ranks second in the conference standings. In the 5,000m, junior Chris Bowie (Bethesda, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase) finished third (14.51.48) followed by senior Andrew Madison (Edgewater, Md./South River) in fourth (14.55.97). The duo is 2-3 in the conference standings, respectively. The distance medley relay team also posted an IC4A-qualifying time, finishing sixth in 10:09.48 while the 4x200m relay squad finished ninth in 1:30.76, just .25 off of a school record. The distance medley relay squad ranks third in the conference standings. The Retrievers return to action next week at the Rider/Lafayette Invitational.
New Hampshire – The Wildcats competed at the non-scoring Dartmouth Indoor Classic on February 6. Brice Paey led the men, setting a new school record and provisionally qualifying for the NCAAs in the shot put. Paey finish first in the shot put with a throw of 18.07m. His throw is the best posted by an America East competitor this season. Graduate student Jeff Kaste (Atkinson, N.H./Timberlane) placed third in the event, but claimed the weight throw title with a mark of 18.88m. Kaste ranks first in the conference standings and qualified for the IC4A championship in March. In the high jump, freshman Matthew Guarente (Saugus, Mass.) placed first with a jump of 1.98m. On the track, the New Hampshire 4x800m relay team claimed a second-place finish in 8:01.08. Senior Marc Ouellette (Hopkinton, N.H./Hopkinton) captured another top-two finish in the mile run, placing second in 4:14.55, just five-hundredths of a second off the winning pace. Sophomore Sean Mitchell (Shrewsbury, Mass./St. John’s) and freshman Corey Duchemin claimed two more top-five finishes for the men on the track, earning second in the 400m and fourth in the 800m, respectively. Ashlee Lathrop and freshman Melanie Frazier each won an event to lead the New Hampshire women at the meet. Lathrop won the weight throw with a toss of 17.29m. Frazier finished first in the long jump with a leap of 5.25m just ahead of junior teammate Kaitlyn Dugan (Hatfield, Pa./North Penn Senior), who placed second. To round out the Wildcats’ scoring in the field events, sophomore Eliza Mackintosh and senior Amanda Hutchins (Plymouth, N.H./Plymouth) claimed second and third, respectively, in the triple jump. On the track, the 4x200m relay squad finished first in 1.45.02. Senior Tayla Ryan (Norwood, Mass./Norwood) also claimed a top finish, racing to second in the 60m hurdles in 9.09. Junior Allison Letourneau (Kingston, Nova Scotia/Berkshire Prep School) also earned a second-place finish in the 800m with a time of 2:15.15 while senior Tracy Howell (Grafton, Mass./Grafton) came in second in the 500m. Letourneau posted the top time by a conference competitor this season. The Wildcats return to action on February 12 at the Valentine Classic.
Stony Brook – The Seawolves competed at the Giegengack Invitational on February 5-6. Senior Alex Felce (Stroud, England/Archway Comp.) led the men, setting a school record in the mile. Felce finished fifth in an IC4A-qualifying time of 4:07.83. He ranks fifth in the conference standings. Senior Daire Bermingham (Portmarnock, Ireland/Sutton Park), who held the previous school record in the mile, finished ninth in the event with an IC4A-qualifying time of 4:12.82. Sophomore Drew Dillingham (Riverhead, N.Y./Riverhead) posted a season-best time in the 3,000m run, clocking in at 8:46.86. On the women’s side, sophomore Kristal Conklin (Middletown, N.Y./Valley Central) posted a top finish, placing second in the 1,000m with a time of 2:58.11. Conklin earns the seventh spot in the performance list. Senior Lisa Voltaire (Stockholm, Sweden/Lopargymnasiet) picked up an ECAC-qualifying time for the women in the mile, crossing the finish line in sixth with a time of 4:58.53. Voltaire ranks fifth in the conference standings. Sophomore Justine Noel (Brooklyn, N.Y./Midwood) captured another top-10 finish for the women, claiming seventh in the 500m in 1:18.58. Sophomore Patricia Barry (Tipperary, Ireland/University of Limerick), freshman Lorraine McCarthy (Waterford, Ireland/St. Augustine’s College) and junior Leanne Skrabacz (West Seneca, NY/West Seneca East) each posted season bests in the 3,000m. Stony Brook returns to action at the Valentine Invitational on Friday, February 12.
Vermont – The Catamounts competed at the Dartmouth Indoor Classic on Saturday. Sophomore Marie Fourie (Waterloo, Ontario/Ontario Schools) led the women with a win in the 60m hurdles in a time of 9.01. She also earned a third-place finish in the 200m in 26.57. Seniors Kailey Jasper (Whitby, Ontario/Anderson) and Aly Millett also posted wins for the women, racing to first in the 500m and 1,000m, respectively. Jasper won in a time of 1:17.64 while Millett finished first a second off the school record in 2:51.62. Millett moves to second in the conference standings and qualified for the ECAC championship meet. Freshman Julie McGilpin (Westfield, Mass./Westfield) finished in third behind Millett in a time of 2:56.07 and ranks fifth in the performance list. She also qualified for the ECAC championship. The Catamount women also picked up two relay victories, placing first in the 4x800m and the 4x200m. Vermont posted the top time by a 4x800m conference relay squad this season, crossing the finish line in 9:22.15. The men’s team also won the 4x800m relay, posting a time of 7:59.49. Vermont ranks second in the conference standings and is only the second 4x800m relay squad in the league to break the eight-minute mark. Senior Justin Scricca (Wethersfield, Conn./Wethersfield) also picked up a title for the Catamount men, winning the 400m in 50.27. Seniors Doug Masiey (Gwynedd Valley, Pa.) and Charlie Schaefer (Blue Bell, Pa./Wissachickon) added to the first-place tally, earning victories in the 800m and 1,000m, respectively. Senior David Hanss (Ann Arbor, Mich./Ann Arbor Pioneer) and sophomore Connor Jennings (Concord, N.H./Univ. of New Hampshire) captured two more top finishes at the meet, placing second in the 500m and the 3,000m, respectively. The Catamounts next compete at the Valentine Invitational on February 12-13.