Men's Track and Field Finishes Third at Tri-Meet with Rhode Island, Stonehill

Friday, December 5

Kingston, R.I.

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Photo by: Makena Lee

Men's Track and Field Finishes Third at Tri-Meet with Rhode Island, Stonehill

12/6/2025 11:18:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

Three Wildcats placed first in their respective events on Friday.

KINGSTON, R.I. — Senior thrower Yoofi Abaka-Amuah (Worcester, Mass.) finished first in the men's shot put and second in the men's weight throw at the Rhody Tri-Meet Opener at Mackal Field House in Kingston, R.I. on Friday (Dec. 5), highlighting the men's indoor track and field team's third place finish.

In addition to Abaka-Amuah, senior Liam McGovern (North Kingstown, R.I.) and Joshua Lesniak (Durham, Conn.) each topped their respect events, winning the men's weight throw and men's 1000-meter run, respectively.

UNH's men's track and field team finished the meet in third with 89 points, while URI won with 96 points and Stonehill closed with 91 points.

In addition to New Hampshire's first place winners, the following Wildcats placed:

-Men's Long Jump

Freshman Rio Calle (Weare, N.H.), fourth place (7.01m)

-Men's Triple Jump

Sophomore Ethan Palmer (Bowdoin, Maine), third place (14.60m)

-Men's Shot Put

Abaka-Amuah, first place (18.14m)
Freshman Noah Buchanan (Murrieta, Calif.), sixth place (14.13m)
Freshman Shawn Boudreau (Hudson, N.H.), eighth place (13.48m)

-Men's Weight Throw

McGovern, first place (19.79m)
Abaka-Amuah, second place (19.53m)
Senior Jack Washam (Nashua, N.H.), third place (17.73m)

-Men's High Jump

Junior Gunnar Sokol (Berwick, Maine), seventh place (1.90m)
Sophomore Samuel Grube (Dover, N.H.), ninth place (1.90m)

-Men's Pole Vault

Senior Kyran Maher (Andover, Mass.), second place (4.75m)
Junior Avery Cipcic (Suffield, Conn.), seventh place (3.65m)
Junior Cameron Jacobs (Naugatuck, Conn.), eighth place (3.20m)

-Men's 1 Mile

Sophomore Xavier Lemieux (Buxton, Maine), sixth place (4:24.11)
Freshman Porter Hurteau (Milton, Vt.), eighth place (4:36.80)

-Men's 600m Run

Sophomore James Gecek (High Bridge, N.J.), seventh place (1:25.58)

-Men's 1000m Run

Lesniak, first place (2:30.97)
Freshman Ryan Zumbach (Hampton, N.H.), second place (2:32.88)
Sophomore Ian Smith (Munster, Ind.), sixth place (2:36.17)

-Men's 3000m Run

Sophomore Gavin Malark (Stratham, N.H.), tenth place (8:58.20)

-Men's 4x400 Relay

New Hampshire "A" (Gecek, Daniel Anderson [Naugatuck, Conn.], Calle, Lesniak), fourth place (3:28.38)

UNH returns to action on Jan. 24 as the indoor track and field team hosts Bryant University at Paul Sweet Oval in Durham, N.H.

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