First-year sophomore runner Fredrick Hewett (pictured at right) ran to All-New England Alliance and Little East Conference honors at both 200 and 400 meters Saturday at the NEA/LEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Westfield State University. Hewett was third in NEA scoring at both 200 and 400 meters and was second in LEC scoring in both events, as well.At 400 meters, he finished just .06 behind the winner. The top eight individuals in each event are awarded All-NEA honors and the top three individuals in each event are accorded All-LEC accolades. Hewett was Eastern's only NEA or LEC honoree. The Eastern men were last among 11 Alliance teams and last among six Little East squads.
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Warriors place fourth in field of ten at Springfield Invitational
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Freshman Kevin Lochard (Stamford) won at 800 meters and freshman Lusiantonio Rosado (Ponce, PR) and 4x100 meter relay qualified for post-season competition when the Eastern Connecticut State University men's outdoor track and field team finished fourth at the Springfield College Invitational at the Blake Track Saturday.
At left: Kevin Lochard
Lochard outran a field of 17 runners with a winning time of 1:58.68 -- edging Springfield's Ryan O'Connell by .17 -- and recorded ten of the team's total of 82 points. Springfield College (214) won the ten-team competition, 73 points better than runner-up Westfield State University.
Rosado in the 110meter hurdles and the 4x100 meter relay both qualified for next month's post-season competition. In the 110 hurdles, Rosado qualified for the New England Division III Championships with a time of 16.47. He collected eight points with a second-place finish in a field of nine performers. Rosado also anchored the 4x100 relay, which met the standards for ECAC and New England competition with a time of 43.43. Also running that relay - which was made up of all first-year performers and which finished fourth in a field of seven -- were sophomore Fredrick Hewett (New London) and freshmen D'Vonte Chambers (West Haven) and Dylan Kruppa (Torrington).
Hewett totaled 14 points in individual events on the afternoon, Kruppa 13 and Rosado 11. Hewett was second at 100 meters (11.32) and third at 200 meters (22.99) and Kruppa was second in the long jump (20-3 ¾) and fourth at 400 meters (51.60). In addition to the 110 hurdles, Rosado added three points with a sixth-place finish in the 400 hurdles.
Other top performers included Chambers, who was sixth in a field of 25 in the 100 and seventh among 24 in the 200. Junior Nick Miller (Norwich) placed fifth in a field of 13 in the 5000 and freshman Andre Reynolds (Hartford) was third among nine in the 110 hurdles.
Eastern competes in the Little East Conference/New England Alliance Championships Saturday at Westfield State University at 11:30 a.m.
Freshman Kevin Lochard (at left) ran the second leg of Eastern Connecticut State University's winning 4x400 meter relay Friday at the Eastern Invitational. Trinity College and Manhattanville College joined Eastern in the non-scoring meet at the Mansfield Outdoor Complex. All four runners in the relay are newcomers to the program, among them freshman leadoff runner D'Vonte Chambers, freshman Dylan Kruppa and sophomore anchor Fredrick Hewett. Chambers qualified for next month's New England Division III Championships with a winning time of 11.40 in the 100 meters. Hewett won the 200 and 400, qualifying for the ECAC Division III Championships next month with a time of 49.94 in the latter event. Additional winners included freshman Steven Strauss in the discus, Kruppa in the long jump, sophomore Mark Jolley in the high jump, and freshmen Lee Cattanach at 1,500 meters, Austin Baldour at 5,000 meters, and Luisantonio Rosado in the hurdles.
At Elmer Swanson meet, Kruppa and two relays win events
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Junior Nick Miller (Norwich) cut more than ten seconds off his Eastern Connecticut State University men's outdoor track and field record at 3,000 meters Saturday at the Elmer Swanson Invitational hosted by Wesleyan University Saturday at the Andersen Track.
Above: Nick Miller and Amanda Quinones both broke their own records Saturday.
In the four-team, non-scoring meet, Miller finished third in a field of seven in a time of 9:23.44, bettering by over ten seconds his previous record set on the same track last April 9.
Freshman Dylan Kruppa (Torrington) won at 400 meters in a time of 52.32, outracing a field of seven other competitors. Eastern's relays both recorded firsts. The 4x100 was timed in 44.25 to outrun one other team and the 4x400 was timed in 3:31.54 in a field of three.
Sophomore Fredrick Hewett (New London), who was second in the 100 (missing ECAC qualification by .02) and third in the 200, ran both relays, as did Kruppa and sophomore Michael Singletary (Hartford). Freshman D'Vonte Chambers (West Haven) contributed to the winning 4x100 and freshman Kevin Lochard (Stamford) ran a leg of the victorious 4x400.
Other top performances included Chambers' fourth-place finish in a field of 11 at 200 meters, and Lochard's second-place showing among seven at 1,500 meters.
Eastern hosts its own invitational Friday at 3:30 p.m.
Miller is third at 5000 meters; Lochard is sixth at 800 meters for Warriors
NEW LONDON, Conn. - Junior Nick Miller (Norwich) captured third place in a field of 21 with the second-fastest 5,000 meters of his career and freshman Kevin Lochard (Stamford) was sixth in a field of 45 at 800 meters Saturday for the Eastern Connecticut State University men's track and field team at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Spring Invitational.
At left: Nick Miller
Ten different performers contributed points for Eastern, which placed seventh in a nine-team field with 49 points. Host Coast Guard easily won the meet with 218 points.
Miller was timed in 16:21.44, which trailed his personal best of 15:40.17 set at last year's Coast Guard Invitational. Lochard clocked a 2:00.84 at 800 meters, which was shy of his time of 1:58.61 in his first outdoor meet last year at Westfield State University when he was sixth among 50 competitors.
Sophomore Fredrick Hewett (New London) qualified for New England Division III competition in his third event in two meets when he was timed in 51.17 in taking third in a field of 20 at 400 meters. At Westfield, he qualified at both 100 and 200 meters.
Miller and Hewett both totaled six points with third-place finishes, while Lochard collected three. Luisantonio Rosado (Ponce, PR) amassed a team-high 11 points when he was third in the 400 hurdles and fourth in the 110 hurdles, while freshman Andre Reynolds (Hartford) was credited with eight points by taking third in the 110 hurdles and seventh in the long jump.
Additional point producers included freshman Austin Baldour (Newtown) with five points in a fourth-place finish at 5000 meters; freshman Seth Myers (East Hampton), who added four points by placing fifth in the 400 meters; and the 4x100 meter relay team, which earned four points with an eighth-place finish. The contributors to the team were all newcomers: Hewett, freshmen D'Vonte Chambers (West Haven), and Dylan Kruppa (Torrington) and sophomore Michael Singletary (Hartford).
Eastern competes in the Wesleyan University Elmer Swanson Invitational Saturday at 10 a.m.
First-year competitor qualifies for NE DIII meet in outdoor opener
WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Sophomore men's track and field competitor Fredrick Hewett (New London) of Eastern Connecticut State University enjoyed an extraordinary indoor season in his first season this past winter.
At left: Fredrick Hewett
Saturday, he picked up where he left off, placing third in large fields in qualifying for the New England Division III Championships at 100 and 200 meters Saturday at the 2012 outdoor opener at the Jerry Gravel Classic, hosted by Westfield State University.
After qualifying for post-season competition at 200 and 400 meters during the indoor season, Hewett placed third among 43 competitors Saturday at 100 meters in a time of 11.17 and was third in a field of 57 at 200 meters in a time of 23.68.
In two events, Hewett recorded 12 of the team's total of 31 points as Eastern placed ninth among 15 teams. Division II American International College won the meet with 170 points, 60 more than host Westfield State.
Freshman Kevin Lochard (Stamford) finished sixth in a field of 50 and gained three points at 800 meters in a time of 1:58.61 - just more than a second shy of the New England Division III qualifying time.
Freshman Dylan Kruppa (Torrington) collected six points by taking sixth in a field of 24 in the long jump (20-0 ½) and seventh among 26 at 400 meters (51.75). At 100 meters, freshman D'Vonte Chambers (West Haven) was seventh in a field of 43 in a time of 11.48.
Eastern participates in the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Spring Invitational Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
Sophomore Fredrick Hewett (above) earned All-New England Alliance and All-Little East Conference honors a total of three times at Saturday's 14th annual championships at the Costello Athletic Center on the campus of the University of Southern Maine. Hewett was third in the NEA scoring and second in the LEC scoring at 400 meters in a time of 50.80 and was seventh in the NEA race at 200 meters in a time of 23.40. Freshman Andre Reynolds also earned All-NEA recognition with a seventh-place finsh in the 55 meter hurdles in a time of 8.37. Eastern was last among ten teams in the NEA competition and sixth in a six-team field in the LEC scoring.
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CLICK HEREConference's 100 and 200 meter champion voted top male athlete
NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. -Sophomore sprinter Corey Simpson (Norwich) has become the first Eastern Connecticut State University male to earn a Little East Conference major cross country or track and field award when he was voted as the LEC Male Outdoor Track Athlete-of-the-Year for 2011 Tuesday.
Simpson won the conference and New England Alliance individual titles at 100 and 200 meters at the conference championships April 30 and went on to place second in that event at both the New England Division III and New England Open championships last month.
A second-team transfer from Norwich University,Simpson becomes the first Eastern male to receive a major LEC award since the conference began presenting major season-ending awards in the sports of cross country, indoor and outdoor track in the fall of 2007. In 2007/08, Eastern's Karina Johnson was named LEC Female Rookie-of-the-Year in cross country and Female Track Rookie-of-the-Year in outdoor track.
In addition to Simpson's honor, the Eastern men's outdoor track and field program was awarded the team Sportsmanship Award.
The conference presented a total of six major awards in both men's and women's outdoor track. In addition to the Track Athlete-of-the-Year and the team Sportsmanship Award, the conference named a Field Athlete-of-the-Year, Rookie Track and Rookie Field Athlete-of-the-Year, and Coach-of-the-Year.
At the LEC/NEA Championships April 30, Simpson broke the 11-year championship and Eastern 100 meter record -- formerly held by Jason Edwards -- in a field of 30 with a time of 10.79 in the preliminaries which qualified him provisionally for the NCAA national meet. He clocked a winning time of 10.88 in the final. At 200 meters, Simpson posted a personal record of 22.57 in besting a field of 22.
At the LEC/NEA Championships, Simpson also ran a leg on the winning 4x100 meter relay, which was timed in a season-best 43.25.
After winning his heat of the 100 meter dash in a time of 10.82 at the New England Division III Championships the next weekend, Simpson was involved in a photo finish in the final but was relegated to second place because of a timing malfunction. He earned a second All-New England award by pacing the 4x100 relay to a third-place finish.
At the New England Open May 13-14, Simpson placed second by .04 in a field of 25 only to Darius Velez of Division I Northeastern University with a time of 10.94.
NEW HAVEN -- For the second time in a week, sophomore sprinter Corey Simpson (Norwich) has run to All-New England honors, this time placing second in a field of 25 at 100 meters at the New England Division Open Championships Friday at the Jess Dow Field on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University. Competing against the best Division I, II and III sprinters in New England, Simpson qualified for the final with a time of 11.06 in Friday trials, then outran all except Darius Velez of Division I Northeastern University with a time of 10.94 in the final. Velez won by .04 of a second. The finish caps a strong post-season for Simpson, who won the Little East Conference/New England Alliance titles two weeks ago -- setting the current record of 10.79 in the preliminaries -- then placing second in a photo-finish at last weekend's New England Division III Championships at MIT. At the Open, Simpson also clocked a 22.64 in the preliminaries of the 200 meter dash Friday. On Friday, sophomore Alex Verrill (Hiram, ME) was 21st in a field of 23 with a mark of 20-5 in the long jump. The 4x100 meter relay, which finished third at last week's New England Division III Championships, dropped the baton in Saturday's race and did not finish.
