Open New Englands College Championships (NEICAAA) Mainers running wild

The top college track and field runners in New England are at BU this weekend competing in the Open New England (NEICAAA) Championship. This competition features D1, D2, D3 athletes al competing against eachother. Check out how the Maine teams are doing as well as former Maine HS runners.


Complete Results

Bates

Former Greely HS star James Lepage broke the 83 year old College record in the 800m in the trials as he clocked 1:51.59. The senior is currently ranked #3 in the country in the event for D3. Read more on Bates

 

  QUALIFIERS FOR FINAL
  1   104 Chavez, Alvaro         Connecticut            1:51.37Q 
  2    24 LePage, James          Bates                  1:51.59Q 
  3    15 Melton, Matt           Amherst                1:51.97Q 
  4   362 Brown, David           Umass Lowell           1:53.62Q 
  5   100 Bennatan, Alex         Connecticut            1:51.39q 
  6   298 Desmond, Kevin         Southern Mai           1:51.70q 
  7   329 Black, Mitchell        Tufts                  1:51.89q 
  8   296 Chipman, Parker        Southern Mai           1:52.78q 

 

Day 2

BOSTON — The No. 7 nationally ranked Bates men’s track and field team scored points in the shot put, hepthathlon and 800 meters on Saturday to finish ninth among 32 point-scoring teams at the all-divisions Open New England Championships, and first among Division III teams.

Bates scored 30.5 points at the meet, trailing only seven Division I teams and one Division II squad. Bowdoin was next among DIII competition, in 14th place with 16 points.

Senior six-time All-American David Pless (Atlanta, Ga.) captured his first all-divisions New England title in the shot put with a top effort of 58-10, out-throwing a field of 24 competitors, only six of whom were from Division III schools. Bates had half of the DIII athletes in the event, as sophomore Sean Enos (Lynnfield, Mass.) placed fifth overall, second in DIII, at 54-11.25, while first-year Nick Margitza (Waterville, Maine) placed 14th at 47-6.25.

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Bates senior Elizabeth “Bud” Arens broke the team record in the 800 meters on Friday at the all-divisions Open New England Indoor Championships at Boston University.

Qualifiers for Final

  1   117 Gorski, Brittany       Holy Cross             2:12.12Q 
  2   130 Fitter, Maggie         Keene State            2:12.41Q 
  3   198 Hubbard, Jocelyn       Northeastern           2:13.73Q 
  4   301 Gaudreault, Gabrie     Springfield            2:13.99Q 
  5    14 Arens, Elizabeth       Bates                  2:12.37q 
  6   388 Bennett, Samantha      Wheaton (Mas           2:13.74q 
  7   103 Williamson, Laura      Connecticut            2:14.24q 
  8   141 Scanlan, Mary          Maine                  2:14.32q 

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USM

 

Sophomore Kevin Desmond (Monmouth, Maine/Monmouth Academy) established a new school record in the 800 meters to highlight the University of Southern Maine men's indoor track and field performance Friday in the first day of competition at the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEIcAAA) New England Championships.  The championships are being held at the Track and Tennis Center on the campus of Boston University.

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Day 2

            BOSTON – Paced by the school record performance in the triple jump by sophomore Jamie Ruginski (Buxton, Maine/Bonny Eagle), the University of Southern Maine men's indoor track and field team finished in a tie for 16th place among the 32 scoring teams at the 45th Annual New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEIcAAA) Indoor Track and Field Championships held this weekend at the Track and Tennis Center on the campus of Boston University.

Ruginski and University of Rhode Island senior Ronald Woodley staged a battle in the triple jump as each had a best mark of 14.90 meters (48-10 ¾).  Woodley won the event based upon having the better second jump (14.86-14.66).  Ruginski broke his own school record of 14.75 meters (48-4 ¾) set last weekend at the New England Division III Championships.

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Sophomore Anna Whitaker (Cumberland, Maine/Greely) etched her name into the University of Southern Maine women's indoor track and field record book Friday during the first day of competition at the annual New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEIcAAA) Championships being held at the Track and Tennis Center on the campus of Boston University.

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Day 2

     BOSTON – The University of Southern Maine 4 x 400-meter relay established a new school record for the third straight week on Saturday competing at the 45th Annual NEIcAAA (New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association) Championships held at the Track and Tennis Center on the campus of Boston University.

The foursome of sophomores Emily Panciera (Monson, Maine/Foxcroft Academy), Anna Whitaker (Cumberland, Maine/Greely) and Peyton Dostie (Standish, Maine/Bonny Eagle), along with freshman Nicole Kirk (Scarborough, Maine), turned in a time of three-minutes, 54.05 seconds to break their previous mark of 3:58.92 set last weekend at the New England Division III Championships.

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Bowdoin

BOSTON, Mass. - Bowdoin distance runners Sam Seekins and Coby Horowitz both broke school records to lead the Bowdoin track and field teams at the Open New England Championships at Boston University this weekend.

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5k Finals
  1   217 Jenkins, Eric          Northeastern          14:24.80  
  2    58 Seekins, Samuel        Bowdoin               14:28.16  
  3   233 Hillery, Liam          Providence            14:28.37  
  4   190 Xie, Benjamin          MIT                   14:35.68  
  5   378 Veiga, Jeff            Umass Lowell          14:37.97  
  6    26 Martin, Michael        Bates                 14:42.89  
  7   142 Gisore, Antoine        Franklin Pie          14:46.84  

 

Mile Final

  1 Peterson, Patrick         JR Sacred Heart           4:06.74   10   
  2 Horowitz, Coby            JR Bowdoin                4:06.85    8   
  3 Moser, Alexander          JR Maine                  4:07.78    6   
  4 Dixon, Harvey             FR Providence             4:07.94    5   
  5 Bennatan, Tim             SR Connecticut            4:08.37    4   
  6 Channon, Dominic          SR Providence             4:08.75    3   
  7 Widzgowski, Ryan          JR Keene State            4:09.01    2   
  8 Biekert, Brian            SO Central Conn           4:09.60    1   

 

 

UMAINE

 

ORONO, Maine – Robyn McFetters (Barrington, R.I.) took fourth in the weight throw to lead the University of Maine women's track and field team on day one of the New England Championships hosted by Boston University.

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Scorers for Umaine of Day 1

Women

5k- Stocker, Carolyn Maine 17:23.24 finished 6th

60 H- Hackett, Ashten Maine 9.16q finished 16th to make the semis

 

Men

LJ- Del Duca, Frank Maine J6.94m 22-09.25 finished 7th

 

Day 2

ORONO, Maine – Justin Gagne (Biddeford, Maine), Alexander Moser (York Harbor, Maine) and Matthew Toothaker (Hampden, Maine) each had third place finishes to lead the University of Maine men's track and field team on day two of the New England Championships hosted by Boston University. The Black Bears scored 31 points to place eighth out of 32 teams.

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ORONO, Maine – Mary Scanlan (Pembroke, Mass.) and Ashten Hackett (Auburn, Maine) competed on day two of the New England Championships hosted by Boston University for the University of Maine women's track and field team.

Scanlan took eighth in the 800 meter final with a time of 2:27.83 while Ashten Hackett was 11th in the 60-meter hurdle semi-finals with a time of 9.17.

 

 

Mainers at other schools

Women

400m- 9th  Curit, Maria        Stonehill      57.15  
3k-     16th Durgin, Emily     Connecticut 10:08.02  

60H Semis 10th Tuttle, Shelby Central Conn 9.08

Shot Put 21st Huntress, Abigail New Hampshire 38-00.25 

Men

200m- 24th Collins, Joey  WPI 22.50

400m - 20th Collins, Joey WPI 49.79

800m- 4th Mitchell Black Tufts 1:52.77

Mile- 7th Widzgowski, Ryan Keene State 4:09.01

3k- 15th Cassidy, Liam Tufts 8:38.73

60H - 23rd HoddWells, Max New Hampshir 8.61