By JOSHUA NATOLI
Sports Editor
Both the men’s and women’s track and field teams took to the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Massachusetts for the Northeast-10 Conference Indoor Championships this past weekend. The men’s team finished eighth out of eleven schools while the women’s squad finished sixth out of just as many competitors who included UMass Lowell, American International, Stonehill, New Haven, Merrimack, Franklin Pierce, Southern Connecticut State, Bentley, and Assumption.
The Golden Knights women’s distance medley relay team took home first place after crossing the finish line with a time of 12:56.70, beating out second place Stonehill by nearly six seconds. The relay team was made up of junior Jordan Westcott, sophomore Kelly Kobani, and seniors Emma Cohen and Patty Massa to earn first-team All-Conference honors. They were not so fortunate in either the 4×400 meter relay medley or 4×800 meter relay. The Golden Knights finished in eighth and tenth place with times of 4:13.08 and 10:54.41 respectively.
Sophomore Bianca Jordan set a school record with an 11:17.50 finish in the 500 meter dash which garnered a fourth place finish. Junior Jessica Razy placed a time of 57.50 in the 400 meter dash, good enough for fourth place as well.
Both Westcott and Cohen finished back-to-back in the 5000 meter run. Westcott crossed the finish line with a sixth place time of 18:39.22. Cohen finished not far behind her in seventh place with a time of 19:00.37. Freshman Kristen Harrington finished the 3000 meter run in eighth place with a time of 11:12.68.
In the shot put, freshman Cheyenne Rodriguez finished in twelfth place with a throw of 9.76 meters. Rodriguez also had success in the weight throw with a distance of 11.93 meters, good enough for seventh place. Junior Soroya Hudson also earned a seventh place finish, this time in the long jump, setting a distance of 5.21 meters. Hudson also tied for seventh place in the high jump, with a score of 1.52 meters.
Senior Macky Lloyd once again stated his dominance on the men’s side of the track with a time of 4:10.91 in the mile run, just missing first place by .06 seconds. He earned second-team All-Conference honors for the feat as well as a NCAA provisional qualifying time. In the 60 meter hurdles freshman Michael Benson finished with a time of 8.49 for fifth place.
Senior Nathan Bub finished third in the 500 meter run, earning a timing of 1:06.95. In the 1000 meter run sophomore Jonathan Cahill finished fifth with a time of 2:33.74 while freshman Evan Hayner finished in eighth place with a time of 1:59.74 in the 800 meter run. Also, the men’s distance medley relay took an eighth place finish with a time of 10:55.49.
For the men’s relay, the 4×800 meter group took home third place after posting after a time of 8:00.95.
In the pole vault junior Howard DaCosta finished seventh with 3.85 meters.
On the men’s side, the Stonehill Skyhawks walked away with the victory at the NE-10 Indoor Championships, finishing first out of eleven teams. Senior David Thomas out of Stonehill was named the men’s Athlete of the Meet. For the women, the UMass Lowell Riverhawks finished in first place out of eleven teams. Junior Antoinette Toussaint of UMass Lowell took Athlete of the Week honors on the women’s side.
The Golden Knights will enjoy a long break until Saturday, March 30th where they will head to West Point, New York for the Dick Shea Open.
