Wildcats Head to Annual Holy Cross Classic - University of New Hampshire Athletics

Tuesday, April 23

Worcester, MA

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

Holy Cross, URI

(Photo by Vincent Dejana)

4/22/2019 5:07:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

The annual men’s quad-meet kicks off a full week for New Hampshire.

DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire men's track & field team gets right back into action after a big weekend at Northeastern as the Wildcats head to Worcester, Mass. for the annual Holy Cross Classic men's meet.

Several Wildcats return from last year's meet and look to raise the bar even higher in the unscored meet. Riding three straight meet victories, the Wildcats aim to use the quad-meet as another step towards their goal of finishing high in the conference championship meet.

New Hampshire expects more big things out of throwers Eric Brogioli (Milford, Mass) and Edward Speidel (Dover, N.H.), coming off of a big weekend in Northeaster taking second and third in the hammer throw at the Jay Carisella invitational, with Speidel setting a new personal best in the event.

On the track and in the hurdles the Wildcats have looked to freshmen Michael Monahan (Tewksbury, Mass.) and Emmanuel Nkounkou (Dover, N.H.), who were both a part of a first place 4x100 relay team at Northeastern, to lead the charge at the quad meet Tuesday afternoon. As individuals, Monahan was also the runner up in the 110 meter hurdles at Northeastern and Nkounkou ended the high jump in a four-way tie for first.

MEET INFO:
Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Start Time: 3 PM
Location: Hart Turf Field & Track - Worcester, Mass.

ALSO THIS WEEK:
New Hampshire travels to the Penn Relays from Thursday, April 25 to Saturday the 27th. UNH also 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.

LAST TIME OUT:
The Wildcats won eight of the 20 events outright and had several others take runner up finishes as they won the Jay Carisella Coaches 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.

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