Abaka-Amuah Breaks School Record at River Hawk Invitational

Saturday, February 7

Boston, Mass.

9 AM

University of New Hampshire

River Hawk Invitational

Photo by: Alex Miller

2/7/2026 10:21:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

Four Wildcats placed top six in the weight throw.

BOSTON — Senior thrower Yoofi Abaka-Amuah (Worcester, Mass.) placed second in the men's shot put with a school-record 18.87m toss, while Liam McGovern (North Kingstown, R.I.) finished in first place after throwing for a meet-leading 20.26m in the weight throw, highlighting the men's indoor track and field team's day at the River Hawk Invitational.

Listed below are the full results from the meet:

-200m

Danny Anderson (Naugatuck, Conn.) – 55^th place (23.05)
Michael Mulcahy (Weymouth, Mass.) – 73^rd place (23.33)

-400m

Evan Wong (Beverly, Mass.) – 36^th place (51.98)
Mulcahy – 37^th place (52.03)

-500m

James Gecek (High Bridge, N.J.) – 19^th place (1:08.21)

-800m

Joshua Lesniak (Durham, Conn.) – 3^rd place (1:52.97)
Carter Norton (East Greenbush, N.Y.) – 34^th place (1:59.84)

-1000m

Julian Rime (New City, N.Y.) – 4^th place (2:27.15)
Xavier Lemieux (Buxton, Maine) – 25^th place (4:21.15)
Porter Hurteau (Milton, Vt.) – 27^th place (4:21.42)
Ian Smith (Munster, Ind.) – 31^st place (4:23.36)

-1 mile

Christian Cerullo (Yardley, Pa) – 74^th place (4:44.64)

-3000m

John Murphy (Deerfield, N.H.) – 3^rd place (8:21.94)
Gavin Malark (Stratham, N.H.) – 8^th place (8:30.58)
Zachary Hooper (Concord, N.H.) – 33^rd place (8:45.30)
Carson Eames (Littleton, N.H.) – 43^rd place (8:58.59)

-60m Hurdles

Anderson – 34^th place (9.07)

-High Jump

Avery Cipcic (Suffield, Conn.) – 14^th place (1.90m)
Cameron Jacobs (Naugatuck, Conn.) – 38^th place (1.70m)

-Pole Vault

Kyran Maher (Andover, Mass.) – 2^nd place (4.70m)

-Long Jump – Invite

Gunnar Sokol (Berwick, Maine) – 4^th place (6.86m)
Cipcic – 24^th place (6.00m)

-Long Jump – Open

Jacobs – 10^th place (6.12m)

-Triple Jump

Ethan Palmer (Bowdoin, Maine) – 2^nd place (14.78m)

-Shot Put – Invite

Abaka-Amuah – 2^nd place (18.87m)
Noah Buchanan (Murrieta, Calif.) – 26^th place (13.35m)

-Shot Put – Open

Shawn Boudreau (Hudson, N.H.) – 4^th place (13.23m)

-Weight Throw – Invite

McGovern – 1^st place (20.26m)
Caden Zalenski (Milford, N.H.) – 3^rd place (19.69m)
Abaka-Amuah – 4^th place (19.59m)
Jack Washam (Nashua, N.H.) – 6^th place (17.33m)

-Weight Throw – Open

Boudreau – 3^rd place (14.17m)

UNH returns to action on Feb. 11 as the indoor track and field team competes in a dual meet against UMass Lowell at Paul Sweet Oval in Durham, N.H.

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