Hobbs Makes UNH History, ‘Cats in Second After Day 1

Saturday, May 4

Albany, N.Y.

10 AM

University of New Hampshire

America East Championships

Nate Hobbs (photo from Jacky Mendes)

5/4/2019 8:46:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

Results

Freshman Nate Hobbs shatters a 61 year old long jump record.

ALBANY, N.Y. – University of New Hampshire freshman jumper Nate Hobbs (Peabody, Mass.) broke a long-standing school record in the long jump, as the Wildcats track & field team competes at the America East Outdoor Championships hosted by the University at Albany this Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5.

Hobbs' long jump of 24 feet, 9.75 inches broke a school record that stood since 1958 by 9.75 inches (24' set by Arnold Fowler), and tied a 19 year old America East record. Hobbs broke his old personal best by 11 inches with the jump, and won his first career individual America East Championship. He becomes the first freshman to break a school record in the Jim Boulanger era, and the first Wildcat to win the America East outdoor long jump since 1989.

The Wildcats also crowned one other individual champion on day one of the weekend championships: Freshman John King Jr. (Derry, N.H.) won his first America East gold medal, winning the javelin throw with a new personal best distance of 206'6". That mark beat his old career best by almost 23 feet (183'9").

TEAM SCORES (Day 1 – 6 events scored):

UMass Lowell – 52
New Hampshire – 50
UMBC – 26
Vermont – 24
UAlbany – 22
Hartford – 19
Binghamton – 16
Maine – 14
Stony Brook - 8

UP NEXT:
The 2019 America East Outdoor Championships continue Sunday, May 5 beginning at 9 A.M., with live results on LancerTiming and live video on AmericaEast.TV.

DAY ONE QUALIFIERS:
UNH competed in several qualifying races on Saturday; qualifying Wildcats from Saturday will move on to Sunday's races in the following events:

110m Hurdles
800m
1500m

MEET RESULTS:
Other scoring Wildcats included:

Three UNH hammer throwers scored third, fourth, and fifth on Saturday. Senior Jon Chapman (Newport, R.I.) took third with a throw of 187'6", fellow senior Eric Brogioli (Milford, Mass.) took fourth with 181'4", and junior Edward Speidel (Dover, N.H.) took fifth with 176'8".
In the 10,000 meter run, senior Davis Clark (Manchester, N.H.) scored with a sixth place finish; his final time was 31:21.28.
Freshman Emmannuel Nkounkou (Dover, N.H.) also scored in the long jump behind Hobbs, taking seventh with a personal best distance of 21'9.5".
In the 3000m steeple, sophomore Aidan Sullivan (Nashua, N.H.) took third in 9:06.71, a new career best, and junior Nicolas Sevilla-Connelly (Chester, N.H.) took fifth in 9:10.81.