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UConn Northeast Invitational
Huskies Host UConn Northeast Challenge on Friday
4/22/2021 4:40:00 PM | Men's Track and Field
STORRS, Conn. – The UConn track & field teams will host their final home meet this weekend with the UConn Northeast Challenge set for Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24. The program will also celebrate their "Senior Day" this weekend, honoring the graduating seniors from each team.
The Huskies welcome Brown, Northeastern, Rhode Island and Southern Connecticut State University to the George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex for an unscored team meet. The men will compete on Friday with the women closing the weekend on Saturday. Live results for each day are available HERE.
"We are looking forward to another opportunity to compete on our home turf and it will be great because we will be able to recognize our graduating seniors," stated associate head coach Rich Miller.
"This will weekend will be a little different," said Miller. "It's going to be a non-team scoring meet so our focus will really be on individuals going out and continuing to develop. This is going to be one of our last chances to start getting ready as we head towards the BIG EAST championships next month."
For the fourth-straight week, the UConn men sit atop the USTFCCA Northeast Regional rankings heading into this weekend's competition. On the women's side, UConn is in the top-spot for the second-straight week.
The Huskies are coming off last weekend's split squad competitions at Navy and Virginia. Senior Jordan Torney (Toms River, N.J.) was this week's BIG EAST Field Athlete of the Week after setting a new PR in the decathlon with 7,282 points at the Navy meet. He is currently ranked 2nd in the BIG EAST and 22nd in the NCAA.
Another highlight was junior Wellington Ventura (Cresskill, N.J.), who broke the UConn school record in the 400-meter hurdles and holds the top spot in the BIG EAST thanks to his 50.97 second clocking at Navy.
At UVA, Sophomore Kevin Cawley (Massapequa, N.Y.) set a new PR in the 3000-meter steeplechase for the second-straight week, posting a 9.02.76 clocking. In the 10,000 meters, senior Sean Parker (Bridgewater, Conn.) had a new PR time of 29:54.29 and in the 5,000 meters Will Brisman (Fairfield, Conn.) took posted a new PR with a time of 14:12.79.
"I feel like both teams have been taking steps got continue getting better. This weekend we want to continue to focus on the fundamentals. We have done a good job returning to competition, and improving our execution and performance and we need to continue to building and developing as a team."
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