Palmer Breaks School Record in Triple Jump, Men's Track and Field Finishes Second at NEICAAA Championships

Saturday, March 7

Boston, Mass.

10 AM

University of New Hampshire

NEICAAA

Photo by: UNH Athletics

Palmer Breaks School Record in Triple Jump, Men's Track and Field Finishes Second at NEICAAA Championships

3/7/2026 5:06:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

Eight Wildcats placed in the top-five of their respective events Saturday, including three first-place finishes.

BOSTON — Sophomore sprinter/jumper Ethan Palmer (Bowdoin, Maine) won the men's triple jump with a 49' 11" leap, breaking the school record, while Julian Rime (New City, N.Y.) won the men's 800m run with a 1:52.05 time and Yoofi Abaka-Amuah (Worcester, Mass.) won the men's shot put with a 60' 2" throw, highlighting the men's indoor track and field team's final day at the NEICAAA Championships.

As a team, the Wildcats finished with 105 points, good for second place.

Listed below are the full results from the meet:

-60m Hurdles Prelim

Danny Anderson (Naugatuck, Conn.) – 18^th place (9.39)

-1 Mile

John Murphy (Deerfield, N.H.) – 3^rd place (4:12.96)
Gavin Malark (Stratham, N.H.) – 4^th place (4:13.55)
Xavier Lemieux (Buxton, Maine) – 20^th place (4:23.76)

-500m

James Gecek (High Bridge, N.J.) – 7^th place (1:07.62)

-800m

Rime – 1^st place (1:52.05)
Joshua Lesniak (Durham, Conn.) – 4^th place (1:54.65)

-1000m

Porter Hurteau (Milton, Vt.) – 8^th place (2:40.55)

-3000m

Murphy – 5^th place (8:26.63)
Malark – 14^th place (8:39.85)

-4x800m Relay

Ian Smith (Munster, Ind.), Carter Norton (East Greenbush, N.Y.), Jake Kollmer (Saranac Lake, N.Y.), Lemieux – 6^th place (7:58.79)

-4x400m Relay

Anderson, Nathan Fletcher (Portsmouth, N.H.), Michael Mulcahy (Weymouth, Mass.), Evan Wong (Beverly, Mass.) – 5^th place (3:23.76)

-Shot Put

Abaka-Amuah – 1^st place (60' 2")
Shawn Boudreau (Hudson, N.H.) – 16^th place (45' 2.50")
Noah Buchanan (Murrieta, Calif.) – 21^st place (44' 10.25")

-Triple Jump

Palmer – 1^st place (49' 11")

-High Jump

Samuel Grube (Dover, N.H.) – 10^th place (6' 3.25")

-Heptathlon

Cameron Jacobs (Naugatuck, Conn.) – 6^th place (4395 points)
Avery Cipcic (Suffield, Conn.) – 7^th place (3958 points)

UNH returns to action on March 27 as the track and field opens the outdoor season with the Black and Gold Invite at the Bryant Track & Turf Complex in Smithfield, R.I.

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