University of New Hampshire Athletics
Saturday, April 20
Boston, MA
10 AM
University of New Hampshire
at
Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational
Nate Hobbs (Photo by Matthew Troisi)
4/18/2019 1:38:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
New Hampshire heads to Northeastern ahead of pre-conference week.
DURHAM, N.H. – After two straight weeks hosting a home meet, the University of New Hampshire men's track & field team heads to Northeastern for the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational this Saturday, April 20 at the newly renovated Solomon Track Facility in Dedham, Mass.
The Wildcats will look to capitalize on two big home victories as the championship season draws closer, starting with the America East pre-conference meet next Saturday hosted by New Hampshire.
New Hampshire comes into the weekend off of hot performances by throwers Zachary Astle (Newbury, N.H.) and Hani Traboulsi (Bensalem, Pa.) who won the shot put and discus throws, respectively. Another bright spot for the Wildcats recently has been the jumpers, led by freshman Nate Hobbs (Peabody, Mass.), Jordan Buckmire (Nashua, N.H.) and Emmanuel Nkounkou (Dover, N.H.).
On the track, the 'Cats have been led by fifth-year senior Timothy Kenefick (Guilford, Conn.), junior Joseph Hook (Rockaway, N.J.) and Aidan Sullivan (Nashua, N.H.), all with big individual wins in last weekend's home invitational.
MEET INFO:
Date: Saturday, April 20
Start Time: 10 AM
Location: Solomon Track Facility – Dedham, Mass.
UP NEXT:
The men's track and field team heads to the annual Holy Cross/Rhode Island mid-week meet hosted by Holy Cross on Tuesday, April 23 beginning at 2 P.M.
That meet kicks off a busy week for New Hampshire, traveling to the Penn Relays from Thursday, April 25 to Saturday the 27th. New Hampshire hosts the America East pre-conference meet Saturday, April 27 at the Reggie Atkins Track & Field Facility beginning at 11 A.M., one week ahead of the America East Championship meet hosted by Albany, May 4 and 5.
LAST TIME OUT:
Another balanced performance from both track athletes and field athletes led the Wildcats to victory. Nine Wildcats took individual event wins out of a total of 18 events.
Junior Zachary Astle led the throwers once again with another shot put victory, taking the event with a distance of 54 feet, 1 inch. Following close behind was senior Hani Traboulsi who took runner up in the shot put at 50'1.75". Traboulsi also took first in the discus throw, with a distance of 144'5".
The freshmen jumping duo of Nate Hobbs and Emmanuel Nkounkou were back on top again this weekend, as both athletes took the top two spots in the high jump and the long jump. The two took first in the high jump with a tie of 6'2.75, while Hobbs took first in the long jump with a distance of 23'0.5". Nkounkou took second with a new personal best distance of 21'6".
A group of four runners took the top four spots in the 1500 meter run separated by less than a second, led by sophomore Aidan Sullivan (Nashua, N.H.) who set a new personal best with a time of 3 minutes, 58:46 seconds. Junior Joseph Hook (Rockaway, N.J.) took first in the 100 meter dash with a new personal best time of 11.4 seconds, and took second in the 200 meter dash with a new personal best time of 22.88, and fifth-year Timothy Kenefick (Guilford, Conn.) took first in the 3000m with a time of 8:49.83.
FROM THE COACH:
[On the Jay Carisella Invite]
"In it's second year, basically the first year the facility has been open. They've run a couple meets, it'll be interesting to see what teams show, but Northeastern will be there and they're one of the better teams in New England. We'll have a whole team meet, going into next week's team meets at home and at Penn, we're looking forward to continuing improvement from all the freshmen to the veterans."
-Head Coach Jim Boulanger
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The Wildcats will look to capitalize on two big home victories as the championship season draws closer, starting with the America East pre-conference meet next Saturday hosted by New Hampshire.
New Hampshire comes into the weekend off of hot performances by throwers Zachary Astle (Newbury, N.H.) and Hani Traboulsi (Bensalem, Pa.) who won the shot put and discus throws, respectively. Another bright spot for the Wildcats recently has been the jumpers, led by freshman Nate Hobbs (Peabody, Mass.), Jordan Buckmire (Nashua, N.H.) and Emmanuel Nkounkou (Dover, N.H.).
On the track, the 'Cats have been led by fifth-year senior Timothy Kenefick (Guilford, Conn.), junior Joseph Hook (Rockaway, N.J.) and Aidan Sullivan (Nashua, N.H.), all with big individual wins in last weekend's home invitational.
MEET INFO:
Date: Saturday, April 20
Start Time: 10 AM
Location: Solomon Track Facility – Dedham, Mass.
UP NEXT:
The men's track and field team heads to the annual Holy Cross/Rhode Island mid-week meet hosted by Holy Cross on Tuesday, April 23 beginning at 2 P.M.
That meet kicks off a busy week for New Hampshire, traveling to the Penn Relays from Thursday, April 25 to Saturday the 27th. New Hampshire hosts the America East pre-conference meet Saturday, April 27 at the Reggie Atkins Track & Field Facility beginning at 11 A.M., one week ahead of the America East Championship meet hosted by Albany, May 4 and 5.
LAST TIME OUT:
Another balanced performance from both track athletes and field athletes led the Wildcats to victory. Nine Wildcats took individual event wins out of a total of 18 events.
Junior Zachary Astle led the throwers once again with another shot put victory, taking the event with a distance of 54 feet, 1 inch. Following close behind was senior Hani Traboulsi who took runner up in the shot put at 50'1.75". Traboulsi also took first in the discus throw, with a distance of 144'5".
The freshmen jumping duo of Nate Hobbs and Emmanuel Nkounkou were back on top again this weekend, as both athletes took the top two spots in the high jump and the long jump. The two took first in the high jump with a tie of 6'2.75, while Hobbs took first in the long jump with a distance of 23'0.5". Nkounkou took second with a new personal best distance of 21'6".
A group of four runners took the top four spots in the 1500 meter run separated by less than a second, led by sophomore Aidan Sullivan (Nashua, N.H.) who set a new personal best with a time of 3 minutes, 58:46 seconds. Junior Joseph Hook (Rockaway, N.J.) took first in the 100 meter dash with a new personal best time of 11.4 seconds, and took second in the 200 meter dash with a new personal best time of 22.88, and fifth-year Timothy Kenefick (Guilford, Conn.) took first in the 3000m with a time of 8:49.83.
FROM THE COACH:
[On the Jay Carisella Invite]
"In it's second year, basically the first year the facility has been open. They've run a couple meets, it'll be interesting to see what teams show, but Northeastern will be there and they're one of the better teams in New England. We'll have a whole team meet, going into next week's team meets at home and at Penn, we're looking forward to continuing improvement from all the freshmen to the veterans."
-Head Coach Jim Boulanger
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