Track and Field Compete At UCF Black and Gold Invitational

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Track and Field Compete At UCF Black and Gold Invitational

3/19/2022 8:40:00 PM | Men's Track and Field

ORLANDO, Fla. – The UConn men's track & field program closed out their weeklong spring break trip in Florida competing in the Black & Gold Invitational at UCF.

The Huskies got a full week of training in and had a chance to get some of their outdoor athletes in competition for the first time in the spring opener.

On the track…

UConn finished 1-2 in the 3,000 meters led by junior James Maniscalco (Fairfield, Conn.) who took the top-spot with a time of 8:36.90. Senior Joshua Bedard (Tolland, Conn.) was second in a time of 8:38.47, a new PR.
Sophomore Kevin Cawley (Massapequa, N.Y.) won the 2,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 5:54.39 and teammate sophomore Christopher Lepore (Trumbull, N.Y.) was second in 5:59.58.
Freshman Terrel Williams (Maplewood, N.J.) ran the 400 meter hurdles for the first time and finished seventh overall with a time of 55.73 seconds. Junior teammate Xavier Smith (West Windsor, N.J.)
Junior Joseph Pearl (Manchester, Conn.) was 12^th in the 1500 meters with a new PR time of 3:55.18.
In the 200 meters, juniors Wellington Ventura (Cresskill, N.J.) and Noah Woodman (Hampstead, N.H.) were 12^th and 17^th, respectively. Ventura, running the event for the first time, posted a time of 21.21 seconds, and Woodman clocked at 21.52 seconds.
Senior Jordan Torney (Toms River, N.J.) was eighth in the 110-meter hurdles, posting a time of 14.48 seconds.
In the 400 meters, sophomore Connor Mahony and senior Aaron Hackett (Upper Marlboro, Md.) both recorded new PRs. Mahony was 13^th in 49.63 and Hackett came in 16^th in 49.70 seconds.

In the field…

Junior Travis Snyder (Saco, Maine) opened his outdoor season with a second-place finish in the pole vault, clearing a height of 5.11 meters. Junior Tyler Hrbek (Northvale, N.J.) was ninth overall at a height of 4.76 meters.
Sophomore Joseph Venables (Durham, Conn.) and freshman Gabriel Fountain (Manchester, Conn.) finished fourth and fifth in the javelin. Venables came up with a new PR on his first time out this season, unleashing a throw of 60.66 meters. Fountain's best throw of the day came in at 59.97 meters.
Senior Daniel Claxton (Nesconset, N.Y.) was fourth in the high jump with a height of 2.02 meters. Freshman Kasey Savage (Tolland, Conn.) was eighth clearing a height of 1.97 meters. Savage came back in the triple jump and took sixth place with a leap of 14.58 meters, a new personal best outdoors.
Senior Matthew Brady (Biddeford, Maine) was 10^th in the discus with his best throw at 47.32 meters.
Sophomore Richmond Kwaateng (Lowell, Mass.) took a fifth-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 7.35 meters. Freshman Marc Morrison (Orlando, Fla.), competing in his hometown, took 15^th with a jump of 6.88 meters.
In the hammer throw, sophomore Kevin Cetin (Massapequa, N.Y.) was 14^th overall with a throw of 52.26 meters.