Men's Track & Field Places First in Season-Opening Meet - University of New Hampshire Athletics

Saturday, April 3

Durham, N.H.

11 AM

University of New Hampshire

Maine, Southern Maine, Vermont

Results

Aidan Sullivan won the 1500 meters (Photo by China Wong)

4/3/2021 9:12:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

RESULTS

DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire men's track and field team won its season-opening meet with 234 points defeating Maine (187), Vermont (160) and Southern Maine (75).

The Wildcats won nine individual events and one relay. Graduate student Zachary Astle (Newbury, N.H.) won both the shot put and the hammer throw.

The Wildcats will return to action on Sunday, April 11 when they take on Bentley, Holy Cross, Maine and St. Anselm in Durham, N.H. The field events start at 11 a.m. and the running events start at 1 p.m.

DISCUS THROW

The Wildcats dominated the discus throw by taking the first four positions. Freshman Joshua Hoffman (Litchfield, N.H.) led the Wildcats with a first-place finish (156' 6"), while senior Jacob Dearborn (Wolfeboro, N.H.) was second (142' 1"), Astle was third (141' 3") and junior Patrick Brogioli (Milford, Mass.) was fourth (137' 4") with a career-best throw.

JAVELIN

Junior John King Jr. (Derry, N.H.) won the javelin with a distance of 191' 2".

HAMMER

Astle won with a career best distance of 180' 1", while Brogioli was third (161' 10") with a career-best throw, sophomore Andrew Fleming (Acton, Mass.) was fourth (159' 1") and Dearborn was fifth (146' 1").

HIGH JUMP

Junior Kevin McGrath (Hopkinton, Mass.) placed second (6' 2 3/4), while junior Emmanuel Nkounkou (Dover, N.H.) was third (6' 2 3/4) and junior Nate Hobbs (Peabody, Mass.) was fourth (6' 0 3/4). Freshman Andrew Kelly (Portsmouth, N.H.) placed seventh (6' 0 3/4).

LONG JUMP

Hobbs placed first with a jump of 24' 1". Senior Ryan Dutille (East Longmeadow, Mass.) was fourth (22' 2 1/2) with a career-best jump, junior Brian Genet (Merrimack, N.H.) was sixth (21' 5 1/4), Nkounkou was seventh (21' 5 1/4) and Kelly was eighth (21' 4 1/4).

SHOT PUT

Astle won the shot put with a throw of 55' 0". Brogioli was fourth (47' 8") with a career-best throw, Dearborn was seventh (44' 11 3/4) and Fleming was eighth (44' 6 1/4).

1500 METERS

Senior Aidan Sullivan (Nashua, N.H.) placed first with a career-best time of 3:54.42, while senior James Wilkes (Concord, N.H.) was second with a time of 3:54.64. Sophomore Aidan O'Hern (Concord, N.H.) was fifth (4:01.14) with a career-best time and senior Dylan McLaughlin (Moultonborough, N.H.) was seventh (4:02.03) with a career-best time.

110M HURDLES

Senior Michael Monahan (Tewksbury, Mass.) captured first place with a time of 15.02, while Kelly was eighth with a time of 17.62.

400 METERS

Sophomore Richard Randall (Spofford, N.H.) posted a time of 53.55 for a sixth-place finish.

100 METERS

Nkounkou placed fifth with a time of 11.38, while freshman Adrian Sutton (Rochester, N.H.) was sixth with a time of 11.39.

800 METERS

Wilkes won the event with a career-best time of 1:54.15. Sullivan was third (1:54.77) with a career-best time, graduate student Matthew Adams (Concord, N.H.) was fourth (1:55.10) and freshman Kenney McElroy (West Linn, Ore.) was fifth (1:55.42).

400M HURDLES

Sophomore Ryan Verhoog (Franklin Lakes, N.J.) placed second with a time of 58.29, while Monahan was third (59.34) with a career-best time and junior Dylan Weir (North Attleboro, Mass.) was fifth (1:01.86).

200 METERS

Sutton led the Wildcats with a sixth-place finish with a time of 23.33.

5000 METERS

Graduate student Nicholas Brown (Conway, N.H.) tallied a time of 15:45.74 to finish fifth.

3000M STEEPLECHASE

Graduate student Nicolas Sevilla-Connelly (Chester, N.H.) won the event with a time of 9:09.05. Junior Andrew LePage (Morrisonville, N.Y.) placed fourth with a time of 9:55.39.

4 X 400 METER RELAY

The team of McElroy, Wilkes, Sullivan and Adams won the relay with a time of 3:24.84.