University of Connecticut Athletics
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Joe May Invitational
Huskies At LSU and SCSU This Weekend
4/8/2022 12:49:00 PM | Men's Track and Field
STORRS, Conn. - The UConn men's track & field team will send sets of athletes to both the Joe May Invitational at LSU and the Wilton Wright Invitational at Southern Connecticut State University this weekend.
The Huskies moved up a spot to No. 2 in this week's USTFCCCA Northeast Regional rankings as they look to focus on individual performances at this weekend's meets. "This week is about getting out there and seeing where we are at," stated Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Greg Roy. "Last week was so good from a team perspective, this is going to be much more individually oriented this weekend. We are focued at LSU on the speed, power group through the 800 and field events. We will have a group of 24 men and 24 women heading down. Looks like great weather, which is great, and there will be some high levels of competition, I mean LSU is the defending national champs on the men's side. So we just want to get out there and compete."Â
Joining the Huskies in Baton Rouge on Saturday will be Alabama, Houston, Kent State, Kentucky, Northwestern State, Ohio State, and Southern Miss. "This is a solid individual checkpoint for us," stated Roy. "With these schools, this level of competition, we will see a lot of athletes who will be at the top of the East Regional down the line. Shows us where we stand and what we are working for."
The Huskies are coming off a win in their home opening meet last weekend, the UConn Dog Fight. The Huskies also collected a BIG EAST award again this week as sophomore Richmond Kwaateng (Lowell, Mass.) earned the Field Athlete of the Week honor after winning the long jump winner last Saturday's home meet with a leap of 7.66 meters to set a personal best. He is tops in the BIG EAST and 14th nationally in the event.Â
Junior Wellington Ventura (Cresskill, N.J.) was a double winner last weekend in the 200 and 400 meters and enters this weekend's event ranked 36th in the NCAA in the 400 meters at 46.68 last time out. Freshman Terrel Williams (Maplewood, N.J.) won the 110-meter hurdles and did so with a new PR of 13.98 seconds to put himself 35th nationally.
Following this weekend's meets the Huskies will return home next week for the two-day UConn Northeast Challenge, Friday and Saturday, April 15-16.
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