Men’s Track to Travel to Providence and Host Wildcat Invitational This Weekend (April 15-16)

Friday, April 15

Providence, RI

5 PM

University of New Hampshire

Providence College

Photo by: Elise Austin-Washburn

Men’s Track to Travel to Providence and Host Wildcat Invitational This Weekend (April 15-16)

4/14/2016 1:38:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

DURHAM, N.H. –The University of New Hampshire women's track & field team will tackle two meets this weekend, the Ocean State Invitational at Providence College on Friday (April 15; 5:50 p.m.) and will host the Wildcat Invitational on Saturday (April 16, 11 a.m.) against the University of Maine, Bates College and Lesley University at the Reggie Atkins Track & Field Facility.

Meet Info
Five student-athletes will compete at Providence on Friday at the Ray Treacy Track & Field Complex. The events will kick off at 5:50 p.m. for the men with the 800-meter unseeded run. At the second straight home meet on Saturday, UNH will begin at 11 a.m. with field events before starting the running events around 1 p.m.

Junior Drew Piazza (Danvers, Mass.) will race in the mile at Providence for the first time since the 2016 America East Indoor Championships (Feb. 19-20) where he recorded a first-place time of 4:10.25.

Senior Brendan McCarthy (Mansfield, Mass.) will join Piazza in the mile after setting a new personal record in the 1,500-meter run at last weekend's home meet with a first-place finish (4:05.91).

Sophomore Thomas Harter (Hampton, N.H.) and freshmen Brett Hoerner (Manchester, N.H.) and William Ulrich (Mineola, N.Y.) are all primed to compete in the 800-meter race at the Ocean State Invitational. Harter raced in two events last weekend, placing second in the 400-meter run (50.82 seconds) and was a part of the third-place 4x400-meter relay team. Hoerner raced in the 800-meter run for the first time in his career and secured first overall (1:56.14). Ulrich joined Harter on the third-place 4x400-meter relay team and also placed second overall in the 800-meter run (1:56.40).

Home Sweet Home
The Wildcats have a total of three home track meets this season kicked off last weekend by a 191.50-point effort to place first in a quad meet. After this Saturday, the team welcomes conference foes for the America East Pre-Conference Meet on Saturday, April 30. With that said, UNH track & field supporters and alums are going to have a few more chances to check out the team this season.

Junior Michael Shanahan (Dover, N.H) competed in three throwing events last week and should help the scoring for UNH this weekend. He won the hammer throw with a 194 foot, 7 inch throw last Saturday. He also placed second in the discus (143' 11") and sixth in the shot put (44' 8").

Juniors Jacob Kittredge (Amherst, N.H.) and Nathan Kittredge (Amherst, N.H.) look for top finishes at home this weekend. The Kittredge brothers competed in the first home outdoor meet of the season last weekend at UNH. In that meet, Nate marked a time of 1:58.72 in the 800-meter run, while Jacob ran a time of 1:58.40 in the same race. The Kittredge's set career highs in the 800-meter run preliminaries at the NEICAAA Indoor Track & Field Championships back in late February and look to beat those as the outdoor season gets underway.

Freshman Cody Symonds (Alton, N.H.) looks to produce for the Wildcats as he continues his first collegiate outdoor track season. Symonds competed at UNH last weekend in the 1500-meter event, recording a time of 4:06.96 in the finals for third place.

Freshman Brandon Allen (East Elmhurst, N.Y.) looks to keep busy on the outdoor track this weekend. Last week at UNH, Allen competed in the 100- (10.99), 200- (22.00), and 4x100-meter (43.13) events, with a career high in the 100-meter run, all for second place finishes. Allen participates in a handful of events for UNH and looks to set a number of career highs this coming outdoor season.

Junior Ryan Maney (Reading, Mass.) and senior Daniel Johnson (Lancaster, N.H.) hope to lead the Wildcats to victory in the hurdles. In the last meet, Maney competed in the 110-hurdles final (15.16 seconds) and the 4x100-meter event with a time of 43.13 seconds. Johnson competed at UNH last weekend, as well, participating in five different events. As Johnson wraps up his career at UNH, he looks to keep busy with a variety of events and set some final career highs throughout the outdoor season.

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