UConn Claims Program’s 25th New England Championship

Friday, January 31

Boston, Mass.

10:00 AM

University of Connecticut

New England Championship

Photo by: ©Kelly Ross

2/1/2020 9:47:00 PM | Men's Track and Field

Final Results

FINAL RESULTS

BOSTON, Mass. – The UConn men's track and field team closed out their 25th New England Indoor Championship on Saturday afternoon, putting together a dominating performance that led to a total of 217.50 points as a team.

The Huskies recorded four individual New England titles and 17 top-three finishes over the weekend on the way to their second-straight regional championship in the 22-team field. The Huskies were 87.5 points better than Northeastern in second place (130) and 103.5 points better than Rhode Island in third.

"We had a big win last week, and our guys were pretty great today," stated director of cross country and track & field Greg Roy. "Last year, we won this by 80 points and this year, we had a lot of kids doing really great things today and yesterday for us. Our guys were just great professionals this weekend, really proud of them. They competed really well and they did their jobs."

"Jordan (Torney) had a huge PR in the hurdles, had a great race. Just missed winning it, but still a great performance from him. Our Sprinters did a real nice job, Josiah (Thompson) keeps getting better all the time. We'll need him to have a big day for us at the conference championships.

"Wellington (Ventura) was pretty spectacular in the 500, it was really something else," said Roy. "Great job by Steve (Sutton) in the 800 as well, he held off some big players in that race. Danny Claxton was awesome in the high jump."

MEET HIGHLIGHTS (DAY 2):

On the track…

Sophomore Wellington Ventura (Cresskill, N.J.) took home the gold in the 500 meters with a time of 1:03.01, a new PR in the event.
Junior co-captain Jordan Torney (Toms River, N.J.) took second place in the 60-meter hurdles and did so setting a new PR. Torney crossed the line in 8.04 seconds, with his previous top time of 8.16 seconds coming at the Beantown Challenge.
In the mile, junior Eric Van Der Els (Norwalk, Conn.) second overall with a time of 4:07.22
Freshman Stephen Sutton (Tolland, Conn.) was second in the 800 meters with a time of 1:54.75. Sutton set a new PR in the prelims, clocking a 1:54.62. Junior Omar Gebril (X) was fourth in the event with a time of 1:55.89. He also set a new PR in the prelim at 1:53.91.
The sophomore tandem of Josiah Thompson (Jamaica, N.Y.) and Myles Calhoun (Henrietta, N.J.) finished 2-3 in the 60-meter dash. Thompson recorded a new PR in the event, clocking in at 6.82 seconds. Calhoun matched his PR with a time of 6.86 seconds.
Calhoun followed that up with a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter final with a time of 21.95 seconds.
UConn had four Huskies score in the 400-meter final led by sophomore Adam Khriss (Secaucus, N.J.) who was third overall with a new PR time of 48.91 seconds. Sophomore Markus Bagley (Jersey City, N.J.) was fourth at 49.04, freshman Joseph O'Brien (Shrewsbury, Mass.) was seventh in 49.54 and sophomore Noah Woodman (Hampstead, N.H.) was eighth in 49.94.
UConn's team of juniors Brian Camillieri (Pearl River, N.Y.), Tyler Gleen (Shelton, Conn.), Van Der Els and freshman Angel Vicioso (Oviedo, Fla.) were second in the 4x800 relay with a time of 7:40.15.
In the 4x400 relay, O'Brien, Scott, Woodman and Ventura turned in a second-place finish with a clocking of 3:16.91.

In the field…

Junior Daniel Claxton (Nesconset, N.Y.) successfully defended his New Englnad title in the high jump, winning on Saturday with a height of 2.14 meters (7'0.25"), his top-height this season.
Freshman David Ajama (Lowell, Mass.) won the New England title in the triple jump, just missing a new PR with a leap of 15.42 meters (50'7.25"). Sophomore Safir Scott (Greenwich, Conn.) was second in the event at 14.88 meters (48'10.0").
The Huskies went 2-3 in the shot put with junior Matthew Brady (Biddeford, Maine) taking silver with a heave of 17.04 meters (55'11.0") and junior Todd Stueber (Toms River, N.J.) getting bronze at 16.25 meters (53'3.75").
In the heptathlon, sophomore Nicholas Pronovost (Coventry, Conn.) grabbed a fifth-place finish with 4625 points, a new PR, and won the high jump with a height of 1.91 meters (6'3.25").