Piazza and Poggi Break Records, Men’s Track Defeats Maine, 90-75

Saturday, February 13

Boston

12 PM

University of New Hampshire

David Hemery Valentine Invitational

Photo by: Greg Greene

Piazza and Poggi Break Records, Men’s Track Defeats Maine, 90-75

2/13/2016 9:27:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

BOSTON – Junior Drew Piazza (Danvers, Mass.) and classmate Christopher Poggi (Dover, N.H.) set school records in the 1,000- and 500-meter events at the David Hemery Invitational in Boston while the rest of the University of New Hampshire men's track & field team finished first overall at the University of Maine, Saturday.

Records Broken
1,000-meters
Old: 2009 – Robert Edgerton (2:22.00)
New: 2016 – Drew Piazza (2:21.97)

500-meters
Old:2009 – Sean Mitchell (1:03.36)
New: 2016 – Christopher Poggi (1:03.34)

Team Rankings (at Maine)

New Hampshire – 90 points
Maine – 75 points

David Hemery Finishes
Weight Throw
Michael Shanahan

2^nd overall: 67 feet, 0.50 inches

1,000 meter
Drew Piazza

1^st overall: 2:21.97 – School record – 2^nd in the nation

500-meter
Christopher Poggi

2^nd overall: 1:03.34 – School record – T-11^th in the nation

200-meter
D'Mahl McFadden

41^st overall: 22.19

60-meter hurdles
D'Mahl McFadden

16^th overall: 8.35

800-meter
Joseph Poggi

79^th overall: 1:55.75

Nathan Kittredge

103^rd overall: 1:56.82 - PR

400-meter
Andrew McFarland

76^th overall: 50.18 – PR

3,000-meter
Brendan McCarthy

36^th overall: 8:22.75 - PR

Maine Finishes (1^st place only)
Weight Throw
Duncan Holland

1^st overall: 48 feet, 11.75 inches

Pole Vault
Bryan Morris

1^st overall: 13 feet, 5.25 inches

Long Jump
Tyler Mulcahy

1^st overall: 20 feet, 2.25 inches

Shot Put
Nicholas Ritzo

1^st overall: 46 feet, 8.25 inches

Mile
Brett Hoerner

1^st overall: 4:18.54

60-meter hurdles
Ryan Maney

1^st overall: 8.64

60-meter dash
Brandon Allen

1^st overall: 7.27

600-meter
James Busi

1st overall: 1:25.11

200-meter
Brandon Allen

1^st overall: 23.10

4x800 relay
Cody Symonds, Douglas Rose, Brett Hoerner, William Ulrich

1^st overall: 7:58.14

'Cat Facts

Piazza sets his sixth school record in both indoor and outdoor seasons.
Poggi collects his third school record in both indoor and outdoor seasons.

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