Balanced Attack Leads UNH Past Holy Cross - University of New Hampshire Athletics

Saturday, January 18

Durham, N.H.

10:30 AM

University of New Hampshire

Holy Cross

Results

Jacob Dearborn (Photo by Andrew Yourell)

Photo by: Andrew Yourell

1/19/2020 8:51:00 AM | Men's Track & Field

‘Cats take first place in 13 of 17 events.

DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire men's track & field team took down Holy Cross in a home dual meet this past Saturday, January 18 at the Paul Sweet Oval.

The Wildcats dominated the event with 13 event wins, with several of those won events having Wildcats in the top two spots. New Hampshire finished with a team score of 106, Holy Cross finished with 71.

The day started off with the throws, which saw one-two finishes by UNH in both events; the winner of each was senior Zachary Astle (Newbury, N.H.), who threw 55'7.75" in the shot put, and 64'4.5" in the weight throw; his weight throw was just one foot short of his personal best set at Dartmouth last weekend. The runner up in both events was junior Jacob Dearborn (Wolfeboro, N.H.) with a shot put of 48'4", and a new personal best in the weight throw at 51'9".

In first in the high jump once again was sophomore Kevin McGrath (Hopkinton, N.H.) with a height of 6'4.75". He has the team's best high jump this season at 6'8.25". In second was sophomore Emmanuel Nkounkou (Dover, N.H.) with a height of 6'2.75".

Nkounkou also took first in the long jump, his best try going 20'9.25"; he was followed by junior Jordan Buckmire (Nashua, N.H.) at 20'25". Buckmire also took first in the triple jump with a distance of 44'7".

New Hampshire saw great success on the track, beginning with the mile run, with senior Aidan Sullivan (Nashua, N.H.) taking first with a time of 4:20.66, and junior Dylan McLaughlin (Moultonborough, N.H.) taking second with a personal best time of 4:21.06.

In the 55-meter hurdles, junior multi-eventer Michael Monahan (Tewksbury, Mass.) took the number one spot with a time of 7.92 seconds, and freshman Adam Spencer (Derry, N.H.) took second in 8.03 seconds. Monahan own's UNH fastest time in that event this season, just shy of Saturday's mark at 7.80 seconds.

Continuing the domination in the short-distance events, sophomore Ian Daly (Meredith, N.H.) took the first place spot in the 500m dash with a time of 1:08.30, and fifth-year Thomas Chant (North Conway, N.H.) took the 55m dash in 6.72 seconds, and also took third in the 200m dash with a time of 24.34, the best 200 time by a Wildcat this season.

In the middle distance and distance events, UNH saw wins from senior Matthew Adams (Concord, N.H.) in the 1000m, and sophomore Andrew Lepage (Morrisonville, N.Y.) in the 3000m. Adams took first with a new personal best time of 2:31.39, followed by sophomore Spenser Sawyer (Windham, N.H.) in second with 2:32.50. Lepage finished his 3000m in 9:04.45, followed by Aidan Sullivan in second, who finished with a personal best time of 9:05.43.

The Wildcats finished out the afternoon sweeping the relays; a team of Ian Daly, freshmen Dillon Adamy (Clinton, N.J.) & William Curran (Old Saybrook, Conn.), and Spenser Sawyer took first in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:32.04; it's UNH's best 4x4 finish this season.

In the 4x800 relay, the team of senior Samuel Lanternier (Derry, N.H.), senior Nicholas Brown (Conway, N.H.), freshman Kenny McElroy (West Linn, Ore.) and Matthew Adams finished first in 8:13.85.

TEAM SCORES:

New Hampshire – 106
Holy Cross – 71

UP NEXT:
New Hampshire hosts one more indoor track meet at the Paul Sweet Oval next Saturday, January 25 against Vermont and Maine. The Wildcats will also compete at BU at the John Thomas Terrier Invitational, which takes place Friday and Saturday January 24 and 25.

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