2008 NE-10 Outdoor Track & Field

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March 31, 2008

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Northeast-10 Men’s Track Athlete of the Week

Torrey Price, Stonehill (Jr., Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.) - Took first place in the 100 meter dash with a time of 10.95 and second in the 200 meters with a time of 22.36 at the Southern Connecticut State Owl Invitational.

Northeast-10 Women’s Track Athlete of the Week

Stephanie Montagano, Bryant (Jr., Wakefield, Mass.) - Took first in the 200 meters in a time of 26.70 seconds at the Rhode Island College Invitational and also added a first place finish in the 100 meter dash in 13.10 seconds.

Northeast-10 Men’s Track Co-Freshmen of the Week

Thomas O'Connor, Bryant (Fr., Westwood, Mass.) - Took a pair of first place finishes at the Rhode Island College Invitational Saturday, winning the 100 meters in 11.27 seconds and first in the 200 meters in 22.29 seconds.

Johan Rafael, UMass Lowell ( Fr. , Lawrence, MA ) - Won the 100 meter dash at the Trinity College Bantam Invitational with a time of 11.08 seconds. Also placed second in the 200 meters with a time of 22.52.

Northeast-10 Women’s Track Freshman of the Week

Sherri Gamberale, Southern Connecticut (Fr., East Hampton, Conn.) - Was a member of the 4x100 meter relay team that ran to a first place time of 49.63 seconds at the 2008 SCSU Owl Invitational. Also finished second in the 200 meter dash with a time of 25.82.

Northeast-10 Men’s Field Athlete and Freshman of the Week

Maurice Calenda, American International (Fr., Bloomfield, Conn.) - Led the team to a third-place finish at Westfield State's Jerry Gravel Classic after winning the long jump and the triple jump with respective jumps of 6.82 meters and 13.80 meters. Also won the 200 meter dash with a time of 23.05 seconds and was a member of the third place 400-meter relay team that clocked in at 44.8 seconds.

Northeast-10 Women’s Field Athlete of the Week

Sasha Saylor, Southern Connecticut (So., Hartford, Conn.) - Won the long jump with a leap of 17’6” at the 2008 SCSU Owl Invitational. Also placed third in the triple jump with a distance of 35'0.25”.

Northeast-10 Women’s Field Freshman of the Week

Sharmaine Gregor, Southern Connecticut (Fr., Niantic, Conn.) - Won the discus throw with a distance of 130’1” at the 2008 SCSU Owl Invitational. Also took fourth in the hammer throw with a throw of 134’6”.

Weekly Honor Roll:

Lauren King, Assumption (Sr., Stoughton, Mass.) - Won the 100-meter race (13.67) and the 200-meter race (28.53) at the Worcester City Championships to help Assumption win the event.

James Morgan, Assumption (Fr., Stoneham, Mass.) - Won the 400-meter hurdles at the Worcester City Championships with a time of 1:00.58.

Melissa Nash, Bentley (Jr., Marshfield, Mass.) - At the Raleigh Relays, posted times of 4:56.47 in the 1500 and 18:50.67 in the 5,000 meters. Was 21st of 68 in Section II of the 1500, and third amongst Division II runners. Placed 26th of 31 in Section II of the 5,000.

Stephan Ramirez, Bentley (Sr., San Antonio, Texas) - Was the top Division II finisher in the 1500 meters (Section I) at the Raleigh Relays. Was 20th of 25 overall with a time of 3:58.21.

Jacqui Barrett, UMass Lowell (So., Woburn, Mass.) - Won the shot put at the Trinity College Bantam Invitational with a distance of 44' 0.5''. Also placed second in the discus with a throw of 98' 4.0''.

Sharikka Finley-Moise, UMass Lowell (So., Lexington, Mass.) - Won the 100 meter dash at the Trinity College Bantam Invitational with a time of 13.18 seconds, improving on the preliminary heat time of 13.34 seconds.

Rocky LeFort, UMass Lowell (Sr., Nashua, N.H.) - Won the shot put at the Trinity College Bantam Invitational with a throw of 51' 0.25''.

Terry Young, UMass Lowell (Sr., Mansfield, Mass.) - Won the long jump at the Trinity College Bantam Invitational with a distance of 21' 3.25''.

Kevin Jackson, Saint Rose (Jr., Schenectady, N.Y.) – Ran a school record in the 110-meter hurdles by completing the race in a fifth place time of 15.93 at the Dick Shea Invitational on Saturday at West Point.

Robert Golabek, Southern Connecticut (Fr., Hamburg, N.Y.) - Won the shot put with a heave of 53’8.75” at the 2008 SCSU Owl Invitational. Also claimed sixth place in both the discus throw and the hammer throw.

Sasha Mathelier, Southern Connecticut (Sr., Freeport, N.Y.) - Broke school record in the pole vault with a vault of 12’0” en route to claiming first place in the event at the 2008 SCSU Owl Invitational.

McNeil Johnson, Southern Connecticut (Jr., East Hartford, Conn.) - Won the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 54.31 seconds at the 2008 SCSU Owl Invitational.
Weekly Honor Roll:

Katherine Reynolds, Southern Connecticut (Jr., Hamden, Conn.) - Reached an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the hammer throw with a first place heave of 164’4” at the 2008 SCSU Owl Invitational.

Letecia Taylor, Southern Connecticut (So., Plainfield, N.J.) - Won the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:06.06 at the 2008 SCSU Owl Invitational.

Sutton Underwood, Southern Connecticut (Jr., Norwalk, Conn.) - Won the pole vault with a vault of 16’0.75" at the 2008 SCSU Owl Invitational.

Chris Watson, Southern Connecticut (Sr., Manchester, Conn.) - Won the triple jump title with a distance of 45’1.75” at the 2008 SCSU Owl Invitational.