Hobbs Breaks School Record; Wildcats Win Pre-Conference Invitational

Saturday, April 24

Durham, N.H.

11 AM

University of New Hampshire

Dartmouth, Hartford, Maine, UMass Lowell, Vermont

Results

Nate Hobbs broke his own school record in the long jump.

4/24/2021 6:18:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

Nate Hobbs broke his own school record in the long jump.

RESULTS

DURHAM, N.H. – Junior Nate Hobbs (Peabody, Mass.) broke his own school record in the long jump with a distance of 24'10.50" as the University of New Hampshire men's track and field team won the Pre-Conference Invitational at the Reggie Atkins Track and Field Facility on Saturday.

The Wildcats won nine individual events and one relay.

UNH placed first (172), while Dartmouth was second (127), Maine was third (125), UMass Lowell was fourth (75), Hartford was fifth (54) and Vermont was sixth (49).

The Wildcats will return to action on Saturday and Sunday, May 1-2 when they will compete at the America East Championships at UMass Lowell.

DISCUS THROW

The Wildcats took the first two places. Freshman Joshua Hoffman (Litchfield, N.H.) led the Wildcats with a first-place finish with a throw of 159'1", while graduate student Zachary Astle (Newbury, N.H.) was second (153'6").

JAVELIN

Junior John King Jr. (Derry, N.H.) placed first in the javelin with a distance of 180' 9".

HAMMER

Astle won with a career-best distance of 194' 8", while junior Patrick Brogioli (Milford, Mass.) was sixth (168' 6").

HIGH JUMP

Freshman Andrew Kelly (Portsmouth, N.H.) placed fourth (6'2.75) and junior Emmanuel Nkounkou (Dover, N.H.) was fifth (6'0.75).

LONG JUMP

Hobbs placed first with a school-record jump of 24'10.50" and senior Ryan Dutille (East Longmeadow, Mass.) was sixth (22'0.25") with a career-best jump.

TRIPLE JUMP

Senior Jordan Buckmire (Nashua, N.H.) placed first with a distance of 47'0.75". Hobbs placed second with a distance of 45'5.25".

SHOT PUT

Astle won the shot put with a throw of 56'3.25", while senior Jacob Dearborn (Wolfeboro, N.H.) was seventh (46'9.50").

1500 METERS

Graduate student Nicolas Sevilla-Connelly (Chester, N.H.) placed first with a career-best time of 3:52.58, while sophomore Aidan O'Hern (Concord, N.H.) was third with a career-best time of 3:56.15.

110M HURDLES

Senior Michael Monahan (Tewksbury, Mass.) won with a career-best time of 14.79, while freshman William Love (Newton, Mass.) was second with a time of 15.61.

200 METERS

Nkounkou finished fourth with a career-best time of 23.03 and junior Brian Genet (Merrimack, N.H.) was sixth with a career-best time of 23.74.

400 METERS

Sophomore Kenney McElroy (West Linn, Ore.) placed second with a time of 50.48.

800 METERS

Senior James Wilkes (Concord, N.H.) won the event with a career-best time of 1:50.19. Sophomore Dillon Adamy (Clinton, N.J.) placed third with a time of 1:54.96.

400M HURDLES

Senior Jack Kennefick (Walpole, Mass.) placed fourth with a time of 58.12, while Monahan was sixth in the event with a time of 59.85.

4 X 100 METER RELAY

The team of Monahan, Nkounkou, Love and Genet won with a time of 44.66.

4 X 400 METER RELAY

The team of McElroy, junior Spenser Sawyer (Windham, N.H.), Adamy and graduate student Matthew Adams (Concord, N.H.) placed second with a time of 3:25.40.