Split Squad Heads to Boston & Rhode Island Ahead of Conference Championship

Friday, February 8

Boston, MA

12 PM

University of New Hampshire

David Hemery Valentine Invitational

(Photo by Matthew Troisi)

Split Squad Heads to Boston & Rhode Island Ahead of Conference Championship

2/7/2019 2:31:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire men's track & field team heads to Boston University and the University of Rhode Island this weekend for a pair of high-competition meets that will test the squad before they head to the conference championship meet later this month.

VALENTINE INVITATIONAL
At the David Hemery Valentine Invitational, hosted by Boston University, the Wildcats will send seven athletes down for three events.

In the 500m run the Wildcats will run freshman Chris Pinkham (Concord, N.H.), fifth-year Thomas Harter (Hampton, N.H.), freshman Ian Daly (Meredith, N.H.) and junior Matthew Adams (Concord, N.H.).

New Hampshire will also run senior William Ulrich (Mineola, N.Y.) in the mile run and fifth-year Timothy Kenefick (Guilford, N.H.) in the 3000m run.

URI COACHES TRIBUTE
The rest of the men's squad will head down to Kingston, R.I. for the annual URI Coaches Tribute meet, an unscored, open meet with solid competition to hone in the skills of the Wildcats as they prepare for the conference meet just two weekends away.

MEET INFO:
Valentine Invitational:
Date: Feb. 9, 2019
Start Time: 10:30 A.M.
Location: BU Track and Tennis Center – Boston, Mass.

URI Coaches Tribute
Date: Feb. 9, 2019
Start Time: 11 A.M.
Location: Mackal Fieldhouse – Kingston, R.I.

UP NEXT:
After a week off, the Wildcats head back to Boston University for the 2018-19 America East Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday, February 22 to Saturday, Feb. 23.

LAST TIME OUT:
The Wildcats took sixth at this year's indoor New England championships, led by junior thrower Zachary Astle (Newbury, N.H.) and senior distance runner Brett Hoerner (Manchester, N.H.). Astle took second in the weight throw with a throw of 58 feet, 6.5 inches on Friday, and finished fifth in the shot put with a 54'1.25" throw on Saturday. Hoerner took second in the 1000-meter run in 2 minutes, 26.86 seconds on Saturday. Hoerner's time was just 0.29 seconds behind the first-place finisher.

The Wildcats, who finished fifth last year, finished sixth out of 28 teams. UConn took first in the meet with a score of 194 points, followed by host-school Northeastern in second with 115.

FROM THE COACH:

"We're sort of having a 500 festival [at BU]. Trying to see who we can get fast enough to run at the conference, as we're trying to decide to get two good people in every event.

-Head Coach Jim Boulanger

"The competition at Rhode Island this weekend is going to be very solid, with Rhode Island finishing in the top 4 at New England's last week, and then you're gonna have Providence and Brown, so it's going to be a very good competition, and we'll see where we stack up a second week in a row."

-Head Coach Jim Boulanger
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