University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
URI Sorlien Memorial Invitational
UConn at URI on Saturday
1/14/2022 10:09:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
STORRS, Conn. – The UConn track & field teams return to action on Saturday taking part in the Sorlien Memorial Invitational at the University of Rhode Island.
Saturday's event, a non-scoring meet, will start at 11 am at URI's Mackal Field House.
Both the UConn men and women got off to strong starts to the indoor season coming off competing at the Harvard Beantown Challenge last weekend. The Huskies will head into this event looking to build on that start. "We want to see progression from last week and toward our seasonal goals," stated Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Greg Roy. "We will have lots of things we can evaluate this weekend and then look for progress towards our seasonal goals."
For the UConn women, senior Taylor Woods (Marlboro, Md.) led several Huskies with big debut weekends and was awarded the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Women's Division I National Athlete of the Week. She won the long jump at 6.26 meters last weekend, just shy of a new indoor PR (7cm). She is currently second among the top long jump performances in the nation.
Junior Emma Chee (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) set a new school record, breaking her own mark, at 4.11 meters last weekend, putting her 15th in the NCAA heading into the weekend. Classmate Patricia Mroczkowski (Berlin, Conn.) set a new PR in winning the high jump at 1.78 meters, ranking her eighth on the NCAA leaderboard.
On the men's side, junior Travis Snyder (Saco, Maine) competed in his first career heptathlon and won, posting 5,192 points, a number that is sitting fourth in the early NCAA rankings. Snyder's pole vault height of 5.30 meter was a new PR and is the sixth best height in the early rankings. Senior Tyler Hrbek (Northvale, N.J.) won the pole vault last week at 5.20 meters, a new PR, and eighth behind Snyder in the rankings.
The Huskies will be facing some of the top-talent in the region again this weekend. "Of all teams in this region, the team that has challenged us the most within New England is Rhode Island over the years. They have always been a good rival and now they have a brand new coaching staff there, first in a long time, we are excited to compete."
The UConn contingent will feature some athletes competing in off-events and the multi-eventers focusing on specific events. The Huskies will also sit some athletes who will do further training through the weekend. "For example, this weekend, we are going to look for our 400 guys (Wellington Ventura, Noah Woodman) run in the 800. I told them we want to see how they compete, how they react to the challenge."
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