Men's Track and Field Flies Past Bryant 101-54

Saturday, January 24

Durham, N.H.

11 AM

University of New Hampshire

Bryant

Photo by: Makena Lee

1/24/2026 9:03:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

The Wildcats came in first in six different track events and four field events.

DURHAM, N.H. — 10 different Wildcats finished first in their respective events at Paul Sweet Oval on Saturday (Jan. 24), highlighting the men's indoor track and field team's first place finish in their dual meet with Bryant University.

On the track, James Gecek (High Bridge, N.J.) came in first place in the 400m after running a 53.21 time and Porter Hurteau (Milton, Vt.) led the 1000m with a 2:36.01 run, while Rio Calle (Weare, N.H.) took home first in the long jump with a 6.86m leap.

UNH's men's track and field team finished the meet in first place with 101 points, while Bryant ended the day in second with 54 points.

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

-55m

Michael Mulcahy (Weymouth, Mass.) – 5^th place, 2pts (6.71)

-55m Hurdles

Danny Anderson (Naugatuck, Conn.) – 3^rd place, 2pts (8.36)
Cameron Jacobs (Naugatuck, Conn.) – 5^th place, 1pt (8.54)
Avery Cipcic (Suffield, Conn.) – 6^th place (10.15)

-200m

Mulcahy – 2^nd place, 3pts (24.15)
Anderson – 3^rd place, 2pts (24.18)

-400m

Gecek – 1^st place, 5pts (53.21
Joshua Lesniak (Durham, Conn.) – 3^rd place, 2pts (53.60)

-600m

Evan Wong (Beverly, Mass.) – 1^st place, 5pts (1:27.75)
Carter Norton (East Greenbush, N.Y.) – 2^nd place, 3pts (1:29.00)

-800m

Julian Rime (New City, N.Y.) – 1^st place, 5pts (1:56.13)
Ian Smith (Munster, Ind.) – 2^nd place, 3pts (2:02.17)

-1000m

Hurteau – 1^st place, 5pts (2:36.01)
Christian Cerullo (Yardley, Pa.) – 2^nd place, 3pts (2:40.25)

-1 mile

John Murphy (Deerfield, N.H.) – 1^st place, 5pts (4:17.59)
Gavin Malark (Stratham, N.H.) – 2^nd place, 3pts (4:20.60)
Lesniak – 3^rd place (4:23.28)
Jake Kollmer (Saranac Lake, N.Y.) – 4^th place (4:42.09)

-3000m

Xavier Lemieux (Buxton, Maine) – 1^st place, 5pts (9:02.83)
Carson Eames (Littleton, N.H.) – 2^nd place, 3pts (9:08.57)

-4x400m

Gecek, Anderson, Mulcahy, Wong – 2^nd place, 3pts (3:34.34)

-High Jump

Gunnar Sokol (Berwick, Maine) – 1^st place, 5pts (1.85m)
Samuel Grube (Dover, N.H.) – 2^nd place, 3pts (1.80m)
Ethan Palmer (Bowdoin, Maine) – NH

-Long Jump

Calle – 1^st place, 5pts (6.86m)
Cipcic – 6^th place, 1pt (6.18m)
Jacobs – 7^th place (5.87m)

-Pole Vault

Cipcic – 6^th place, 2pts (3.50m)
Jacobs – 8^th place, 1pt (3.20m)
Kyran Maher (Andover, Mass.) – NH

-Shot Put

Yoofi Abaka-Amuah (Worcester, Mass.) – 1^st place, 5pts (18.25m)
Caden Zalenski (Milford, N.H.) – 2^nd place, 3pts (16.67m)
Noah Buchanan (Murrieta, Calif.) – 4^th place (14.28m)
Shawn Boudreau (Hudson, N.H.) – 6^th place (13.51m)

-Triple Jump

Palmer – 1^st place, 5pts (14.83m)
Sokol – 2^nd place, 3pts (14.06m)

UNH returns to action on Feb. 6 as the indoor track and field team competes in the River Hawk Invitational.

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