Wildcats Place First at Jay Carisella Invitational - University of New Hampshire Athletics

Saturday, April 20

Boston, MA

10 AM

University of New Hampshire

Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational

Results

(Photo by Jess Speechly)

4/20/2019 8:05:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

Nine event wins for New Hampshire propels the ‘Cats to victory.

DEDHAM, Mass. – The University of New Hampshire men's track and field team took home a meet victory at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational hosted by Northeastern on Saturday, April 20.

The Wildcats won eight of the 20 events outright and had several others take runner up finishes as they won the invitational with a team score of 265.5 points.

New Hampshire was propelled once again by a balanced attack on the track, in the throws, and in the jumps. Two Wildcats took the victory in throwing events, led by senior Jon Chapman (Newport, R.I.) who set a season high for the Wildcats in the hammer throw at 185 feet, 4 inches. Senior Eric Brogioli (Milford, Mass.) took second in the hammer (184').

The shot put was won by junior Zachary Astle (Newbury, N.H.) with a winning mark of 53'9". Astle also took runner up in the discus throw, with a best distance of 142'11". Behind him in third was sophomore Jacob Dearborn (Wolfeboro, N.H.) with a throw of 141'10".

On the track, senior William Ulrich (Mineola, N.Y.) took an event victory in the 800 meter run, with a time of 1:56.63. He was followed by junior Matthew Adams (Concord, N.H.) in second, finishing just milliseconds behind Ulrich with a time of 1:56.81. In the 3000 meter steeplechase, junior Nicolas Sevilla-Connelly (Chester, N.H.) took first in 9:21.77, and sophomore Aidan Sullivan (Nashua, N.H.) took second in 9:31.71.

New Hampshire won the meet by almost 30 points, as host school Northeastern finished second with a team score of 236.5. Vermont rounded out the top three at 131 points.

TEAM SCORES:

NEW HAMPSHIRE – 265.5
Northeastern – 236.5
Vermont – 131
Dartmouth – 51
Bentley – 30
Newbury – 13

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 27^th. 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.

MEET RESULTS:
Other key contributors for the Wildcats:

The sprint realy team of junior Joseph Hook (Rockaway, N.J.), freshman Emmanuel Nkounkou (Dover, N.H.), sophomore Jordan Buckmire (Nashua, N.H.) and freshman Michael Monahan (Tewksbury, Mass.) took first in the 4x100 relay with a time of 44.12 seconds.
Buckmire also won the triple jump with a distance of 47'3.5".
In the long jump, freshman Nate Hobbs (Peabody, Mass.) took first with a jump of 22'7.25". Finishing two spots behind him was Buckmire in third (21'4.25").
Hobbs, along with Nkounkou, also scored in the high jump; Hobbs took second, and Nkounkou third, with a four-way tie of 6'2".
In the 400 meter hurdles, freshman Orion Clachar (Northwood, N.H.) took first with a time of 58.59 seconds.
Freshman John King Jr. (Derry, N.H.) won the javelin throw with a distance of 176'8".