Huskies Win Northeast Challenge on Senior Day

Friday, April 15

Storrs, Conn

11:00 AM

University of Connecticut

UConn Northeast Challenge

Men's Track and Field Northeast Challenge Day 2 at Sherman Family Complex 4/16/22

Photo by: Stephen Slade

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STORRS, Conn. – The UConn men's track and field team remained unbeated on their home track this season, winning the UConn Northeast Challenge on Saturday at the George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex.

The Huskies got seven wins over the weekend while piling up 182 total points on the way to the team win. UConn was ahead of Rhode Island in second with 134.5 points and UAlbany in third with 88 points.

"A fantastic weekend, tough to digest all of it until probably Monxday," said Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Greg Roy. "We just have to keep progressing. The overriding theme today, from all the visiting coaches as well, the competition was exactly what we needed. Didn't have to fly around the country to find it. Everyone was able to get on a bus and come to Storrs and find someone to go head-to-head with. It was just great. And it made us stronger."

The Huskies also honored their graduating seniors at the conclusion of the meet.

SATURDAY

On the track…

Freshman Terrel Williams (Maplewood, NJ) won the 110-meter hurdles, his second win this spring and a new PR with a 13.81 clocking.
Junior Wellington Ventura (Cresskill, NJ) won the 400 meters and classmate Noah Woodman (Hampstead, NH) was third. Ventura clocked in at 46.46 seconds while Woodman ran in 48.16.
Senior Will Brisman (Fairfield, Conn.) was the winner in the 5000 meters, besting the field with a time of 14:41.09. Sophomore Kabir Chavan (Fairfield, Conn.) took fourth in 14:51.47.
Senior Eric Van Der Els (Norwalk, Conn.) was second in the 1500 meters and set a new PR, clocking in at 3:43.90.
Sophomore Richmond Kwaatang (Lowel, MA) was second in the 100 meter dash with a time of 10.38 seconds, a new PR in his first time running the event this spring.
Senior Jordan Torney (Toms River, NJ) set a new PR in the 400 meter high hurdles and finished third with a time of 52.32.
Freshman Mahamed Sharif (Westbrook, Maine) was fifth in the 800 meters at 1:51.29.
Ventura anchored the Huskies 4x400 relay team to a win with a time of 3:09.63. Ventura was joined by Markus Bagley (Jersey City, NJ), Sharif and Woodman.

In the field…

Senior Daniel Claxton got his first win of the outdoor season in the high jump and did it with his best height this spring. Claxton beat the field clearing the bar at 2.08 meters. Freshman Kasey Savage (Tolland, Conn.) took third in 1.98meters and senior Benjamin Grosse (Wayzata, Min.) was fifth at 1.98 meters as well.
UConn went 1-2 in the pole vault with junior Travis Snyder (Saco, Maine) grabbing the win with a height of 4.97 meters. Junior Tyler Hrbek (Northvale, NJ) was second also hitting the 4.97 meter mark, his best height this outdoor season.
Senior Chris Keegan (West Hartford, Conn.) finished second in the hammer throw with his best throw at 59.55 meters. Sophomore Kevin Cetin (Massapequa, NY) came in sixth at 56.60 meters.
Sophomore Richmond Kwaateng (Lowell, Mass.) was third in the long jump with a leap of 7.49 meters. Freshman Marc Morrison (Orlando, Fla.) took sixth in 7.15 meters.
Senior Matthew Brady (Biddeford, Maine) was fifth in the shot put at 16.35 meters

FRIDAY

On the track…

Sophomore Chris Lepore (Trumbull, NY) ran the 3,000 meter steepchase for the first time this spring and won the event, posting a new PR time of 9:09.13.
Junior James Maniscalco (Fairfield, Conn) ran his first 10,000 meters of the outdoor season and came home second with a time of 30:15.83 to set a new PR.

In the field…

UConn took the fourth through seventh spots in the javelin throw led by sophomore Colin Winkler (Barkhamsted, Conn.) who had a throw of 62.55 meters for fourth. Sophomore Tanner Jameson (Durham, Conn.) was fifth in 62.49 meters, Gabriel Fountain (Manchester, Conn.) was sixth in 61.69 meters, a new PR, and Joseph Venables (Durham, Conn.) was seventh in 60.09 meters.
Senior Matthew Brady (Biddeford, Maine) took eighth in the discus throw with a toss of 47.23 meters.