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January 22, 2007

For Immediate Release

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Northeast-10 Men’s Track Athlete of the Week

Lawrence Aidoo, UMass Lowell (Sr., Pawtucket, RI) - Placed second in the 200-meter dash and third in the 60-meter dash (second among college runners) at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational. In the 200, posted a time of 22.61 seconds and ran the 60-meters in 7.07 seconds.

Northeast-10 Women’s Track Athlete of the Week

Nicole Plante, UMass Lowell (Sr., North Adams, MA) - Placed second overall and first among collegiate runners in the mile at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational. Posted a time of 5:07.29, the second-fastest time in UMass Lowell history and just 0.25 seconds off the school record.

Northeast-10 Men’s Track Freshman of the Week

Robert Liekweg, UMass Lowell (Fr., Salem, NH) - Placed second overall and tops among collegiate runners in the unseeded 400-meter dash at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational in 50.44 seconds. Also placed fifth overall and first among Division II-III runners in the 60-meter hurdles preliminary in 8.48 seconds (qualified for the final, did not run); and second (first among II-III entries) in the long jump with a distance of 20' 3.5''.

Northeast-10 Women’s Co-Track Freshman of the Week

Barbara Powell, Bentley (Fr., Granby, MA) - Finished third in the mile at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational, with a time of 5:21.67.

Joy Osahon, Southern Connecticut (Fr., East Hartford, CT) - Finished third in the women's 800-meter run with a finishing time of 2:24.29.

Northeast-10 Men’s Field Athlete of the Week

Dana Burbank, Stonehill (Sr., North Andover, MA) - Won the heptathlon event at the Rhode Island Sorlein Invitational, qualifying for New England Championships in process.

Northeast-10 Women’s Field Athlete of the Week

Toni-Marie Henry, UMass Lowell (Sr., Springfield, MA) - Shattered the school record for the second time in three weeks. Placed third overall and tops among collegians in the triple jump at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational. Posted a distance of 40' 4.75'' to eclipse her previous mark of 40' 3.25''. Currently ranks No. 2 in the country.

Northeast-10 Women’s Field Freshman of the Week

Jacqui Barrett, UMass Lowell (Fr., Woburn, MA) - Won the shot put at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational with a throw of 41' 9.75''.

Weekly Honor Roll:

Lloyd Brown, American International (Fr, Bloomfield, Conn.) - Finished second at the Tufts Invitational in the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.58 seconds. Also finished ninth overall in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.55 seconds.

Caitlyn Clark, Assumption (Gr., Worcester, MA) - Finished fourth in the mile (5:16.37) and ran the opening leg of the fifth place 4x400 relay team (4:26.29) at the Tufts Jumbo Invitational.

Joe Kowalczyk, Assumption (Gr., Wilbraham, MA) - Won the shot put at the Tufts Jumbo Invitational with a winning distance of 47 feet, 7 inches (14.52 m).

Molly O’Connell, Assumption (So., Sandy, UT) -Placed second in the shot put at the Tufts Jumbo Invitational with a distance of 38 feet, 2.75 inches (11.65 m).

Nicole Pankey, Assumption (Sr., Portsmouth, RI) - Finished fourth in the triple jump (32-07.50/9.94 m) at the Tufts Jumbo Invitational.

Kevin Donovan, Bentley (Jr., Tonawanda, NY) - Was fourth amongst collegians and sixth overall in the 3000-meter run at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational.

Doug Caves, UMass Lowell (Fr., Oxford, MA) - Placed third overall and first among Division II, III and juco runners in the 400-meter dash at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational with a time of 49.06 seconds.

Rocky LeFort, UMass Lowell (Jr., Nashua, NH) - Won the shot put at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational with a throw of 48' 6.25''.

Steve Plouffe, UMass Lowell (Sr., Methuen, MA) - Placed sixth overall and tops among college runners in the mile at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational with a time of 4:17.25.

Kelly Chaisson, Stonehill (Sr., Walpole, MA) - Placed fourth in the 3,000 meters at the Rhode Island Sorlein Invitational with a time of 10:32.37.

Dana DeIngenis, Stonehill (Sr., Cranston, RI) - Placed third in the 1,000-meters at the Rhode Island Sorlein Invitational with a time of 3:00.69.

Keith Gill, Stonehill (Jr., Brockton, MA) - Placed second in the 1,000-meters with a school record time of 2:27 at the Rhode Island Sorlein Invitational.

Torrey Price, Stonehill (So., Sleepy Hollow, NY) - Placed fifth with a school record time of 6.48 in the 55-meters at Rhode Island Sorlein Invitational.