Three Husky Wins Highlight URI Sorlein Invite

Saturday, January 18

Kingston, R.I.

11:00 AM

University of Connecticut

Sorlien Invitational

Christopher Keegan throws in a track meet

Photo by: Stephen Slade

1/18/2020 11:28:00 PM | Men's Track and Field

Final Results

FINAL RESULTS

KINGSTON, R.I. – The UConn men's track & field team sent a limited roster to the Sorlien Memorial Invitational at the University of Rhode Island on Saturday and the Huskies that competed continue to build upon the team's early season success.

"We did a good job today as a group, getting guys to be consistent," stated director of cross country and track & field Greg Roy. "We worked hard this week, the athletes that were there worked really hard this week and I think they all progressed and we are excited about going down to New York next week."

An unscored meet, the limited roster UConn featured at the Mackal Field House came away with a pair of individual victories and a win in the 4x400 relay. "A good win for Myles (Calhoun) in the dash and Steve Sutton got his first college win in the 800, where we went 1,2,3," stated Roy. "Two freshman and guy who moved up from the 400 with good times so that was nice to see. Chris Keegan had a nice showing in the weight throw with another PR, his second overall, and Matt Brady had a solid performance in the shot put. And Jordan Torney had a nice day, he and Ben Grosse, did a great job in the events they did today."

MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

On the track…

Coming into the weekend, three Huskies own the top-three spots in the AAC rankings in the 400 meters in freshmen Marzio Mastroianni (Branford, Conn.), Stephen Sutton (Tolland, Conn.) and junior Omar Gebril (North Haven, Conn.), and those same three took the top-three spots in the event on Saturday.
Sutton won the event in 1:55.76 followed by Mastroianni in second (1:57.98) and Gebril (1:58.06).
In the 60-meter dash, sophomore Myles Calhoun (Jersey City, N.J.) got his first collegiate win by besting the field with a time of 6.94 seconds.
The Huskies had three runners finish in the top-five in the 400 meters led by sophomore Markus Bagley (Jersey City, N.J.) at 50.97 seconds. Junior Colt Nichols (Portsmouth, R.I.) was third (51.19) and sophomore Gregory Clark (Quaker Hill, Conn.) was fifth (51.88).
Junior Joshua Bedard (Tolland, Conn.) was third in the mile, posting a time of 4:22.44.
Junior Benjamin Grosse (Wayzata, Minn.) posted a season-best time in the 60-meter hurdles, clocking in at 8.85 seconds in the prelim round.
The foursome of Nichols, Clark, Sutton and Gebril took home a first place finish in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:23.91.

In the field…

Sophomore Chris Keegan (West Hartford, Conn.) set a new personal best in the weight throw and came in second. Keegan registered a throw of 17.52 meters (57'5.75") as he led three Huskies who finished in the top-five.
Senior Cameron Thompson (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) took fourth (17.10 m) and senior Sebastian Castano (Crestkill, N.J.) was fifth (16.66 m).
Junior Matthew Brady (Biddeford, Maine) was second in the shot put with a throw of 17.01 meters (55'9.75") while junior Todd Stueber (Toms River, N.J.) was third at 15.17 meters (49'9.25")
Junior Devon McShane (Madison, Conn.) was third in the pole vault with a height of 4.65 meters (15'3").