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Andre Reynolds (above) broke the Eastern Connecticut State University men's outdoor track and field record in the qualifying round of the 110 meter hurdles on the first day of the 2013 ECAC Championships Thursday at Blake Track on the campus of Springfield College. Reynolds was timed in 15.00, breaking by .11 the three-year-old record set by Tyler Edwardsen at the New England Open. Others competing for Eastern Friday at the ECAC Championships were Lauren Hultzman (5-2 1/2), who missed All-ECAC honors by one place in a ninth-place finish in the long jump; Cora Gingras (5-0 1/2), who was 20th in the high jump; Luisantonio Rosado (56.48), who was 19th in the 400 hurdles; Fredrick Hewett (49.88), 20th in the 400, Akaya McElveen (1:00.36), 31st in the 400, and Nikki Chambers (2:26.58), 37th in the 800.

Above: Lauren Hultzman clears an opening height at Saturday's New England Open en route to All-New England honors for the fourth time in the event in her career.

On final day of NE Open, women's 4x400 smashes program record

EASTON, Mass. - Eastern Connecticut State University junior Lauren Hultzman (Putnam) earned All-New England honors for the fourth time in her career in the high jump when she finished in a tie for third at the New England Open Championships which concluded Saturday at W.B. Mason Stadium on the campus of Stonehill College.

Hultzman, the program outdoor record-holder in the high jump and pentathlon, posted a mark of 5-5 (3/4 inches off her program record set two weeks ago when winning at the New England Alliance/Little East Conference championships). Laura Pomphrey of WPI (5-7) won the event and Shannon Meehan of  University of Rhode Island (5-5) was second.

The meet features New England teams from all three divisions.

In three outdoor seasons, Hultzman has won two NEA/LEC championships and placed in a tie for third in the Open this year and was sixth in 2012 and has been second twice in the New England Division III Championships.

Additionally on Saturday, the Eastern women's 4x400 relay broke the school record by five seconds with a time of 4:03.71, which placed it 24th overall. Running the relay were  juniors Akaya McElveen (New Haven) and Tacia Bryant (Guilford), senior Christine Charpentier (Monroe) and sophomore Nikki Chambers (East Hampton).

Chambers just missed All-New England recognition when she placed ninth in the 800 in a time of 2:15.66 (.13 off her program record).

Senior Cora Gingras (East Hampton) was tenth in the high jump (5-3) - equaling her personal record - and 18th in the triple jump (33-9 ¼), and the 4x100 relay was 20th in a time of 51.12. Runners were Bryant, freshman Sherry Gilronan (Darien), McElveen, and Charpentier.

For the Eastern men Saturday, the 4x400 relay placed 15th in a time of 3:21.31. Competitors were junior Fredrick Hewett (New London), sophomore D'Vonte Chambers (West Haven), freshman John Boisette (East Hartford), and sophomore Dylan Kruppa (Torrington).

Eastern competes in the two-day ECAC Championships beginning Thursday at 11 a.m.

Sophomore Luisantonio Rosado (above) clears the final hurdle on his way to establishing a program record of 56.07 in the trials of the 400 meter hurdles Friday afternoon at the New England Open at W.B. Mason Stadium on the campus of Stonehill College. Rosado broke the ten-year mark of 56.13, set by Peter Kellogg at the ECAC Championships in 2003. Rosado placed fifth in his heat in the meet which included athletes from Division I, II and III. Also competing Friday were junior Frederick Hewett in the 200 and 400 meter trials, and sophomore Andre Reynolds in the 110 high hurdles trials. Reynolds set a personal-best time of 15.39 in taking third place in his heat. Hewett was third in his heat in the 400 in a time of 49.04 and fifth in his heat in the 200 with a time of 22.81. None of the three advanced to Saturday's finals.

Competing from Eastern Saturday on the final day of the Open are senior Cora Gingras in the triple jump and high jump, junior Lauren Hultzman in the high jump, sophomore Nikki Chambers in the 800, the women's 4x100 and 4x400 relays and the men's 4x400 relay.

Hultzman and Chambers break records; Hewett All-NE in 200 and 400

Hultzman, Hewett (Photo by Frank Poulin)

WATERVILLE, Maine - Two Eastern Connecticut State University men and two women attained All-New England honors and broke records this past weekend at the New England Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Colby College.

Junior Lauren Hultzman (Putnam) broke the program's heptathlon record with 4028 points en route to a fifth-place finish in a field of 13, and also achieved All-New England recognition in the high jump with a mark of 5-4 ¼ which netted her second place. Sophomore Nikki Chambers (East Hampton), hindered by shin splints this year, clocked a record 2:15.53 in the 800 which gave her fifth place and a program record. The time was more than there seconds that a week ago at the New England Alliance/Little East Conference Championships.

For the men, junior Fredrick Hewett (New London) posted a PR of 48.75 (.54 off the program record) in placing fourth in the 400, and was timed in 22.34 in a seventh-place finish in the 200.Sophomore Andre Reynolds (Hartford) squeezed into eighth place in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.53 in the final.

The top eight individuals and relays are accorded All-New England honors.

The men's 4x100 missed All-New England recognition by .03 in a ninth-place finish of 43.18 (.31 seconds off the program record). Running the relay were Hewett, sophomore D'Vonte Chambers (West Haven), junior Andrew Prince (Orange) and freshman John Boisette (East Hartford).

Eighth a year ago in the heptathlon in this meet with 3639 points, Hultzman won the high jump, was second in the long jump, fourth in the 100 hurdles and javelin, eighth in the shot, ninth in the 200 and 12th in the 800. She stood in second place after the first day of competiton, when four events were completed.

Senior Cora Gingras (East Hampton), who had set the previous program heptathlon record at last year's New England meet with 3859 points, totaled 3741 this year. She was third in the 100 hurdles and high jump, sixth in the 800, eighth in the long jump, 11th in the 200 and javelin, and 13th in the shot.

Gingras was also tied for 15th in the high jump with freshman Erica Andrasi (Trumbull) and 22nd in the triple jump, and junior Akaya McElveen (New Haven) ran to a 19th-place finish in the 400. The 4x400 relay of McElveen, junior Tacia Bryant (Guilford), senior Christine Charpentier (Monroe) and Chambers was 15th, and the 4x100 relay of Bryant, Charpentier, McElveen and Chambers placed 16th.

For the men, sophomore Dylan Kruppa (Torrington) placed 23rd in the 400, as did sophomore Luisantonio Rosado (Ponce, PR) in the 400 hurdles, and Boisette and Prince both competed in the preliminaries of the 100. The 4x400 relay of Hewett, Kruppa, senior Ryan Franklin (Glastonbury) and Boisette registered a 14th-place finish.

In 2012, Hultzman also gained All-New England honors in the high jump by taking second in the Division III Championships and sixth in the New England Open. Last year, Hewett was sixth in the 400 in the Open and fourth in the 200 at the Division III meet.

Eastern competes in the New England Open  this weekend at Stonehill College.

Amy Huhn in the pole vault and the men's 4x100 relay also win titles

Eastern men's results.pdf

Eastern women's results.pdf

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. --  Junior Lauren Hultzman (Putnam) won her second consecutive high jump title - breaking her own program record in the process --  at the 2013 New England Alliance/Little East Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday at the Edward C. Swenson Complex on the Bridgewater State University campus.

At right: Lauren Hultzman

Hultzman, who captured last year's outdoor alliance and conferences titles and the 2012 alliance and conference indoor high jump championships, broke her own program record by ¾ of an inch with a winning jump of 5-5 ¾. Hultzman qualified for the New England Open Championships with that height and also placed her among the national leaders for a spot in next month's NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships at the University of Wisconson-La Crosse.

After placing second in the conference and third in the alliance with a ten-foot jump last year, junior Amy Huhn (Hebron) won the conference pole vault championship Saturday with a mark of 9-6 ¼. She was third in the alliance scoring.

At left: Fredrick Hewett

The fourth title of the day was turned in by the men's 4x100 relay, which won the Little East championship with a time of 43.02. The relay, which was .15 off the program record, was made up of  freshman John Boisette (East Hartford), sophomore D'Vonte Chambers (West Haven), junior Andrew Prince (Orange) and junior Fredrick Hewett (New London).

The top eight individuals and top three relays are accorded All-New England Alliance honors, while the first three individuals and first two relays are awarded All-Little East Conference honors.

Additional honorees among the women included senior Cora Gingras (East Hampton), sophomore Nikki Chambers (East Hampton) and freshman Erica Andrasi (Trumbull). Gingras competed in the high jump, long jump and triple jump. In the triple jump, she was second  in the LEC and fourth in the alliance and was seventh in the high jump in the alliance. Chambers was second in the LEC and third in the alliance in the 800, where her time of 2:19.16 was .33 seconds off the program's outdoor record. Andrasi placed sixth in the high jump.

For the men, Hewett was second in the conference and third in the alliance in the 200 and placed third in the conference and alliance in the 400. He time in the latter event was .33  shy of the meet record, which was set in 2006 by Eastern's David Nicholson.

Sophomore Andre Reynolds (Hartford) also earned individual honors by taking second in the conference and sixth in the alliance in the 110 hurdles. Senior Alex Verrill (Hiram, ME) was third in the conference and sixth in the alliance in the long jump, and sophomore Luisantonio Rosado (Ponce, PR) was seventh in the 400 hurdles in alliance scoring.

In addition to conference honors, Hultzman qualified for the New England Open in the high jump, Chambers for the ECAC Championships in the 800, and Andrasi met  the qualifying standard in the high jump for the New England Division III meet. The 4x100 relay of  juniors Akaya McElveen (New Haven) and Tacia Bryant (Guilford), freshman Sherry Gilronan (Darien) and senior Christine Charpentier (Monroe) also qualified for the ECAC meet.

For the men, Hewett met the New England Open and ECAC standards in the 400. Sophomore Dylan Kruppa (Torrington) in the 400 and Rosado in the 400 hurdles also qualified for the New England Division III meet.

The New England Alliance is comprised of institutions from the Little East Conference and Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (MASCAC).

Women set personal records at Springfield College Invitational

Above: Kylie McCartney (left), Fred Hewett

Eastern Men's Results.pdf             Eastern Women's Results.pdf

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Junior Fred Hewett (New London) won the 100 meters and was second by .05 in the 200 and was part of both winning relays and freshman John Boisette (East Hartford) was third in the 100 and sixth in the 200 and ran the anchor of the winning 4x100 relay  to lift the Eastern Connecticut State University men's track and field team to a fourth-place finish at the Springfield College Invitational Saturday at Blake Track.

The Eastern men dominated the sprints, placing three among the first five and five among the top 14 in the 100 and two among the first six and five among the top 15 in the 200 en route to their fourth-place finish among  ten teams. The Warriors collected 84 points and were only 14 points shy of third place in the meet, won by WPI (229).

On the women's side, freshman Emily Kohn (Columbia) took fourth place in a field of 16 in the shot, and junior Akaya McElveen (New Haven) was eighth among 33 in the 200 as the Warriors finished seventh in a field of eight teams, scoring 27 points. Host Springfield  totaled 159 points, edging WPI by two points for the team title.

Depth in sprints carries men in meet

Running the 100 for the first time this year, Hewett qualified for next month's  New England Division III and New England Open championships with his winning time of 11.13 -- .11 seconds faster than sophomore Ken Toal of Springfield in a field of 29 competitors.  Boisette (11.33) and  junior Andrew Prince (Orange) (11.39) both qualified for the New England Division III Champinoships with their times. Prince was fifth overall.

At right: John Boisette

 In a field of 43 in the 200, Hewett fell just .05 shy of becoming a double winner. He was timed in 22.76, just behind American International College freshman Gordy Dufresne. Boisette followed as the second freshman across the line, and Prince was 11th in a time of 23.47.

Senior Alex Verrill (Hiram, ME) was 13th in the 100 and 24th in the 200, and freshman Brandon Sullivan (Coventry, RI) 14th in the 100 and 15th in the 200.

The 4x100 relay edged Westfield State University for first. Eastern was timed in 43.44, the Owls in 43.56. Joining Hewett and Boisette on that squad were sophomore D'Vonte Chambers (West Haven) and Prince. The 4x400 outran Springfield College by just under five seconds, checking in at 3:27.04. Sophomore Andre Reynolds (Hartford) ran the opening leg, with Chambers second, Hewett third and Kruppa assuming the anchor position.

Eastern also dominated the long jump competition, with sophomore Dylan Kruppa (Torrington), Verrill and Reynolds all breaking 20 feet and claiming the 3-through-5 spots with marks of 20-8 ½, 20-7 ¾ and 20-1 ½, respectively.

The Eastern men compete in the Little East Conference/New England Alliance Championships Saturday at Bridgewater State University.

Women establish personal bests

Running the 200 for the first time this year, McElveen established a PR of 27.36, while Kohn's fourth-place throw in the discus  was measured at 113-6.

At right: Tacia Bryant

Others establishing personal bests were junior Tacia Bryant (Guilford), sophomore Nikki Chambers (East Hampton), and freshman Kylie McCartney (Manchester). Bryant reached 16 feet for the third time in her career, posting a PR of 16-3 ¾ in taking seventh in a field of 19 in the long jump; running the 400 for the first time this year, Chambers was timed in 1:03.14 and crossed the line fourth overall among ten participants; and McCartney recorded PRs in the 800 (2:36.14) and 1,500 (5:19.81), taking 11th among 24 and seventh among 19, respectively.

Junior Amy Huhn (Hebron), the outdoor pole vault record-holder, was fifth among 11 Saturday with a jump of 9-0 ¼ and was also sixth among 12 in the shot put (29-8).

At the two-day College of Holy Cross Multi-Event in the middle of last week, junior Lauren Hultzman (Putnam), senior Cora Gingras (East Hampton) and freshman Erica Andrasi (Trumbull) qualified for post-season competition in the heptathlon. Hultzman led the trio with 3,401 points, with Gingras, the program heptathlon record-holder, scoring 3,392 points, and Andrasi, in her first heptathlon competition, totalling 2,767 points.

Hultzman qualified for next month's Division III New England Championships with her javelin throw (107-2) and 100 meter hurdle time (16.50).

 The Eastern women compete in the Little East Conference/New England Alliance Championships Saturday at Bridgewater State University.

Charity to benefit Be The Match is combined with Team IMPACT

WILLIMANTIC, Conn. - The Eastern Connecticut State University men's soccer team and alumni will sponsor a Goal-a-Thon to benefit the Be The Match National Marrow Donor Program Saturday, April 20 at 9 a.m. at the Mansfield Outdoor Complex.

All proceeds from the Goal-a-Thon will benefit the Be The Match program in the name of Eastern soccer senior Jon DeCasanova, who was diagnosed with aplastic anemia this past fall and has spent most of the past eight months in the hospital.

The Goal-a-Thon involves Eastern players and alumni divided into teams of 4-6 and will play timed, small-sided games until a combined total of 100 goals are scored.The minimum sponsorship is 5 cents per goal.

Prior to the Goal-a-Thon,  15-year-old Tyler Belfleur of Canterbury will be outfitted in a team uniform and will join team members during official introductions as part of the Team IMPACT! Program.  In June of 2012, Tyler was involved in an ATV accident and sustained brain injury. Since then, he has advanced from a wheelchair to a walk and now needs only a crutch. Prior to the injury, Tyler was active in soccer and basketball, among other sports.

Team IMPACT is a non-profit organization chartered to improve the quality of life for children facing life-threatening illnesses. The goal of the organization is to harness the power of teamwork by matching those courageous kids with college athletic teams. Team IMPACT children are "drafted" onto local college athletic teams and to the greatest extent possible, become "official" members of the team for the duration of their treatment, and beyond.

Tyler will be "drafted" by the Eastern soccer team prior to the Goal-a-Thon.

To support the Goal-a-Thon through a financial contribution, contact Eastern head men's soccer coach Greg DeVito at  860-465-4334 or at devitog@easternct.edu.

McElveen qualifies for NE Division III Championships at 400 meters
Eastern Men.pdf           Eastern Women.pdf

MANSFIELD --  Junior Akaya McElveen (New Haven) qualified for the New England Division III Championships at 400 meters with a winning time of 1:00.64 to headline six individual and one relay winner Sunday at the 6th Annual  Eastern Connecticut State University Track & Field Invitational at the Mansfield Outdoor Complex.

At left: Akaya McElveen

McElveen won by nearly three seconds over Taylor Donaldson of Salve Regina University, qualifying for the New England meet next month.

Also for the women, junior Lauren Hultzman (Putnam) won the long jump (16-4 ½) and high jump (4-11 ¾).

For the men, junior Fredrick Hewett (New London) captured the 400 in a time of 50.15 to outrun a field of 12, while junior Andrew Prince (Orange) claimed the 200 (23.17) in a field of 17 and sophomore Andre Reynolds (Hartford) was first in the long jump (20-8 ½) in a field of nine.

Freshman John Boisette (East Hartford), sophomore D'Vonte Chambers (West Haven), Hewett and Prince teamed to lead the men's 4x100 to first place in a time of 43.85.

Other top performances for the men included Chambers in the 200 (fourth among 17), sophomore Dylan Kruppa (Torrington) in the 400 (third among 12) and long jump (second among nine), Reynolds in the 110 hurdles (second among seven) and senior Alex Verrill (Hiram, ME), who was fifth in a field of 17 in the 200 and third among nine in the long jump.

At left: Andre Reynolds

For the women, sophomore Nikki Chambers (East Hampton) was second in a field of 11 in the 800, and freshmen Sherry Gilronan (Darien) third among 13 in the 100 and Emily Kohn (Columbia) second among 11 competitors in the discus.

Joining Eastern in the non-scoring meet were Trinity College, Lasell College, Bridgewater State University and Salve Regina University.

Eastern competes in the Connecticut College Silfen Invitational Saturday at 9 a.m.

Senior leads women's team with 19 points at Corsair Invite

At left: Cora Gingras

Eastern women.pdf

Eastern men.pdf

NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. - Eastern Connecticut State University senior Cora Gingras (East Hampton) recorded 19 points in three field events and also ran a leg of the 4x400 meter relay Saturday at the Corsair Track and Field Invitational, hosted by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

Gingras won the high jump (4-11), was second in the triple jump (34-5 ¾) and eighth in the long jump (14-5) and helped the 4x400 relay to a fourth-place finish (4:16.62) and five additional points.

For the men, junior Fredrick Hewett (New London) qualified for next month's New England Division III Championships with a time of 50.60 in the 400, which netted him second place in a field of 32. Hewett also ran a leg of the winning 4x100 relay (44.28) and a leg of the 4x400 relay which was second in a time of 3:29.35

The Eastern men and women both finished seventh overall. The women amassed 59 points in a field of 14 teams, while the men picked up 46 points among 13 competing institutions. Other teams competing from the New England Alliance were host UMass Dartmouth, Bridgewater State University, Rhode Island College and Massachusetts Boston.

Luisantonio Rosado (far left), and Andre Reynolds

Other top performers for the women included juniors Akaya McElveen (New Haven), Tacia Bryant (Guilford), Katie France (Portland), and Lauren Hultzman (Putnam), sophomore Kelly Labanara (Chaplin) and freshmen Emily Kohn (Columbia), Kylie McCartney (Manchester) and Chelsea Morsey (East Hampton).

McElveen was second in a field of 21 in the 400, Bryant 13th among 45 in the 200 and sixth among 15 in the long jump, France sixth among 17 in the 1,500, Hultzman sixth among 21 in the javelin, Labanara ninth among 17 in the 1,500, Kohn third in a field of 26 in the discus, McCartney seventh among 17 in the 1,500, and Morsey 11th among 24 in the 800.

For the men, sophomore Andre Reynolds (Hartford)  matched Hewett with eight points in a second-place finish in the 110 hurdles in a time of 15.82 -- .71 seconds off his program record. He was also 12th in a field of 28 in the long jump.

Additional top performers for the men were seniors Ryan Franklin (Glastonbury), Nick Miller (Norwich) and Alex Verrill (Hiram, ME), junior Andrew Prince (Orange), sophomore Luisantonio Rosado (Ponce, PR) and freshmen John Boisette (East Hartford) and Brandon Sullivan (Coventry, RI).

Franklin was sixth among 15 competitors in the 400 hurdles, Miller seventh among 17 in the 5000, Verrill tenth among 28 in the long jump, Prince seventh among 42 in the 100, Rosado seventh among 17 in the 110 hurdles and seventh in a field of 15 in the 400 hurdles, Boisette eighth among 42 in the 100 and Sullivan 12th among 46 in the 200 and 12th among 42 in the 100.

Boisette, sophomore D'Vonte Chambers (West Haven) and Prince joined Hewett on the winning 4x100 relay and Boisette, Reynolds and Chambers teamed with Hewett on the second-place 4x400.

Eastern hosts its annual invitational Friday at 3:30 p.m. Competing institutions include men's and women's teams from Bridgewater State, Gordon College, Lasell College, and Trinity College and the Salve Regina University women's team.

In first outdoor meet of season, Warriors capture ten Top 3 finishes

Eastern Men's Finishers.pdf   Eastern Women's Finishers.pdf

NEW LONDON --  The Eastern Connecticut State University men's and women's track and field team qualified for post-season competition 14 times when the teams opened the 2013 outdoor season Saturday at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Spring Invitational.

Fredrick Hewett (at left),  Lauren Hultzman (at right)

As a team, the men placed seventh (41 points) in an 11-team field and the women seventh among 12 teams with 63 points.

En route to qualifying for the New England Division III Championships in May, sophomore Nikki Chambers (East Hampton) outran a field of 33 competitors to win the 800 meters in a time of 2:21.00.

Eastern also posted four second-place finishes: junior Fred Hewett (New London) in the 200 (22.51), the men's 4x100 relay (43.71), senior Cora Gingras (East Hampton) in the triple jump (35-1 ¾), and junior Lauren Hultzman (Putnam) in the high jump (5-3).

Sophomore Andre Reynolds (Hartford), the indoor 60 meter hurdles record-holder, finished third in the 110 hurdles in a time of 15.49 to qualify for the New England Open, ECAC and New England Division III Championships. The men's 4x100 relay also qualified for all three regional post-season championships, while Hultzman reached the standard for Division III New England and ECAC competition in the high jump.

Additional individuals qualifying for the New England Division III Championship were Hewett in the 200, the men's 4x400 relay, Gingras in both the triple and high jump, and freshman Emily Kohn (Columbia) in the discus.

Other men finishing in the top-half of their events were freshman John Boisette (East Hartford), who was tenth among 40 in the 100 and 25th among 56 in the 200; freshman Kyle Bolden (South Windsor), who tied for 12th among 24 in the long jump and fifth among 13 in the triple jump; sophomore D'Vonte Chambers (West Haven), who was 12th among 29 in the 400; Hewett, who was second among 56 in the 200; junior Andrew Prince (Orange), who was third among 40 in the 100 and 16th among 56 in the 200; Reynolds, who was third among 15 in the 110 hurdles; freshman Brandon Sullivan (Coventry, RI), who was 14th among 40 in the 100 and 20th among 56 in the 200; and senior Alex Verrill (Hiram, ME), who was ninth among 24 in the long jump.

For the women, junior Tacia Bryant (Guilford) was 18th among 50 in the 200 and fourth among 23 in the long jump; senior Christine Charpentier (Monroe)  21st among 50 in the 200; Gingras  tied for fourth among ten in the jump, second among 16 in the triple jump and seventh among 23 in the long jump; Hultzman  second among ten in the high jump, fifth among 20 in the javelin, and third among 23 in the long jump; Kohn fifth among 21 in the discus; junior Akaya McElveen (New Haven) seventh among 27 in the 400,  junior Alexa Palasky (Griswold)  seventh among 14 in the 5000 and the 4x100 relay was third among eight.

Hultzman competed in five individual events and totalled 18 of the women's point total in three of them, Gingras compiling 14 1/2 points in her three individual events.

The men's 4x100 relay was a combined effort of Hewitt, Chambers, Prince and Boisette. The women's 4x100 relay was comprised of Bryant, Charpentier, McElveen and Chambers.

Eastern competes in the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Corsair Classic Saturday.