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Sophomore Lauren Hultzman (above) became the first Eastern female to finish first in the New England Alliance/Little East Conference high jump event Saturday at the NEA/LEC Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Westfield State University. Hultzman, who was the first Eastern female to win the NEA/LEC indoor title this past February, cleared 5-3 3/4 Saturday and Eastern junior Cora Gingras was second in both the NEA and LEC scoring with a mark of 5-2 1/4. Six Eastern competitors earned a total of  15 honors. Hultzman was also third in the LEC in the 100 hurdles and Gingras was also third in the LEC in the long jump and triple jump and sixth in the triple jump and eighth in the long jump  in the NEA scoring. Sophomore Amy Huhn was third in the NEA and second in the LEC in the pole vault, senior Amanda Quinones fifth at 5000 meters in the NEA, sophomore Katie France eighth in the NEA at 1500 meters and sophomore Alexa Palasky was fourth in the NEA and third in the LEC at 10,000 meters. As a team, Eastern was eighth among ten teams in NEA scoring and fouth among six teams in LEC scoring.

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Sophomore tops field in high jump for third time outdoors

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass.  --  Sophomore Lauren Hultzman (Putnam) won the high jump for the third time during the outdoor season and sophomore Amy Huhn (Hebron) was second in the pole vault when the Eastern Connecticut State University women's outdoor track and field team finished fifth at the Springfield College Invitational at the Blake Track Saturday.

At left: Lauren Hultzman clears the bar at Springfield Saturday

Eastern totaled 52 points in the nine-team meet, two better than Keene State College. The top four teams separated themselves from the rest of the field. Champion Springfield had 178 points, Division II American International College 147, Westfield State University 134.5 and Division II College of Saint Rose 102.

Hultzman out-jumped a field of seven with a mark of 5-3 in the high jump, while Huhn went over the bar at 9-8 in the pole vault in a field of seven competitors. Sophomore Alexa Palasky (Griswold) outran the other competitor -- classmate Wendy Bouton (Stratford) -- to win at 10,000 meters in a time of 43:21.00 and pick up ten points. Bouton totaled eight.

Other point producers included sophomore Tacia Bryant (Guilford), who was fourth in a field of 17 at 200 meters, junior Christine Charpentier (Monroe), who was sixth among 17 in the 200 and eighth among 13 in the 400; senior Amanda Quinones (Trumbull), who was eighth among 23 performers in the 800, and the 4x10 relay, which was fifth among six. Runners in the relay were Bryant, Charpentier, Hultzman and Huhn.

Eastern competes in the Little East Conference/New England Alliance Championships Saturday at Westfield State University at 11:30 a.m.

At HC Hept, Hultzman collects record 3,709 points and Gingras has 3,648

WORCESTER, Mass. - Sophomore Lauren Hultzman (Putnam) and junior Cora Gingras (East Hampton) both broke the Eastern Connecticut State University women's outdoor track and field heptathlon  record at the College of the Holy Cross Heptathlon Wednesday and Thursday at the Hart Track.

At left: Lauren Hultzman

Hultzman, also the indoor pentathlon program record-holder, established a record 3,709 points Thursday, with Gingras netting 3,648. Both broke Gingras' previous record of 3,477 points, set last May  at the New England Division III Championships at MIT.
In a field of Division I, II and III competitors, Hultzman placed ninth overall and Gingras was 11th. 

On Wednesday in the 100 hurdles, Hultzman was timed in 17.29 and Gingras 17.37; Hultzman ran the 200 meters in 28.78 and Gingras 28.61; Hultzman jumped 5-3 and Gingras 5-0 ½ in the high jump; and Hultzman threw the shot put 28 feet, 8 1/3 inches and Gingras was marked at 28-6 ¾.

Thursday, Hulzman long  jumped 15-6 ½ and Gingras 15-3 ½; Hultzman threw the javelin 103 feet-2 inches and Gingras 71-7 ½; and in the 800, Hulztman was clocked in 2:50.76 and Gingras 2:32.23.
 

Junior Cora Gingras (at right) and sophomore Lauren Hultzman broke Eastern Connecticut State University women's outdoor track and field records Friday at the Eastern Invitational non-scoring meet which included Trinity College, Manhattanville College and Mount Holyoke College. Gingras broke Summer Williams' 11-year old record with a mark of 35-4 in the triple jump and also qualified for the New England Division III meet in the hurdles. Hultzman broke her own program record in the high jump set last year in the New England Open with a height of 5-5 Friday. In the meet, Gingras won the long jump and hurdles, Hultzman the high jump, sophomore Amy Huhn the pole vault and senior Amanda Quinones the 5,000. Quinones' time of 18:38.62 in that event qualified her for the Division III New England and ECAC championship meets next month.

In four-team meet, Eastern wins five events at Elmer Swanson Invite

Eastern's Finishes

.MIDDLETOWN, Conn. --  Senior Amanda Quinones (Trumbull) broke her own Eastern Connecticut State University women's outdoor track and field record at 1,500 meters as one of five individuals to win events Saturday at the Elmer Swanson Invitational hosted by Wesleyan University Saturday at the Andersen Track.

At left: Amanda Quinones

Quinones broke by only a quarter-second the record she set last year at the Eastern Invitational, outrunning seven competitors in a time of 4:57.91 in the four-team, non-scoring meet.

Others winning events were junior Cora Gingras (East Hampton) and sophomores Tacia Bryant (Guilford), Amy Huhn (Hebron) and Lauren Hultzman (Putnam).

Gingras competed in six events - five of them were field events - and out-measured one competitor in the triple jump with a mark of 34-1 12. Bryant won the long jump in a field of seven with a mark of 15-5 ½, and Huhn the pole vault in a field of four with a mark of 10-2. Also competing in five events, Hultzman captured the high jump among four competitors with a height of 5-1.

Eastern hosts its own invitational Friday at 3:30 p.m.

At Coast Guard, Hultzman qualifies for post-season in high jump

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NEW LONDON, Conn. - Senior Amanda Quinones (Trumbull) won the 5000 meter run for the first time in her career outdoors and sophomore Lauren Hultzman (Putnam) qualified for post-season competition Saturday for the Eastern Connecticut State University women's track and field team at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Spring  Invitational.

At left: Amanda Quinones

Six different performs contributed to the 39.5 point total for Eastern, which placed tenth in a field of 11 in a meet won by Westfield State University.

Quinones outran a field of seven with a time of 19:04.13 in the 5000 to win the event after placing second twice previously last year at Coast Guard and at last year's Little East Conference/New England Alliance Championships.  It marked the third time outdoors that she was won an event, following the 10,000 race at the 2010 Little East meet and last year's 1,500 meter run at the ECSU Invitational.

Hultzman qualified for the New England Division III Championships for the second time in as many years with a mark of 5-foot-1 inch in capturing second place in a field of 1.  Hulzman holds the program record of 5-3, set at the New England Open last year.

Junior Cora Gingras (East Hampton), who qualified for New England Division III competition last week in the high jump and triple jump, totaled 8.5 points while competing in three events. She was fifth among 15  in the 400 meter hurdles and tied for fourth among 11 in the high jump.

Eastern competes in the Wesleyan University Elmer Swanson Invitational Saturday at 10 a.m.

Huhn wins PV in record-tying fashion; Quinones sets PR at 10,000 meters

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WESTFIELD, Mass. --  Sophomore Amy Huhn (Hebron) tied the Eastern Connecticut State University outdoor pole record -- setting a facility record in winning the event- and senior Amanda Quinones (Trumbull) broke her previous best at 10,000 meters when the Warriors opened their 2012 outdoor season at the Jerry Gravel Classic, hosted by Westfield State University.

At left: Amy Huhn

Huhn jumped a foot higher than her previous best a year ago, tying the outdoor record of 10-8, set in 2010 by Erika Barber. The mark was also the best ever at the facility.

Quinones, the 2010 Little East Conference and New England Alliance Champion at 10,000 meters, was second in a field of six at 10,000 meters, qualifying for the Division III New England, New England Open and ECAC championships in her first try outdoors. She was timed in 38:53.90 - more than two minutes faster than the Division III New England qualifying standard and 14 seconds better than her previous best.

Eastern finished in ninth place with 34 points in the 14-team field.

Junior Cora Gingras (East Hampton) collected a team-high 14 points while Huhn had ten with her winning effort, and Quinones eight, Gingras competed in four events. She was fourth in the 400 meter hurdles (1:12.68) and fourth in the triple jump (34-6 ¾), fifth in the high jump (4-11) and 15th in the long jump (13-9 ½). She qualified for the New England Division III Championships in the high jump and triple jump, establishing a personal best in the latter event.

Eastern  participates in the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Spring Invitational Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

NEW HAVEN - Until last weekend, the Eastern Connecticut State University women's high jump record had stood for 28 years. And a week after breaking that record as part of the heptathlon event at the New England Division III Championships, freshman Lauren Hultzman (Putnam) has set the bar higher again. Saturday, at the New England Open, Hultzman jumped a half-inch higher than the previous Saturday, re-setting the record at 5-foot-3 inches. At the Open meet - which features the top Division I, II and III high-jumpers in New England -- Hultzman's mark was topped by only six competitors. She officially shared ninth place - one spot shy of achieving All-New England honors.  After the top six finishers, the next seven performers topped out at 5-foot-3 inches. Friday, junior distance runner Amanda Quinones (Trumbull) was 12th in a field of 26 at 10,000 meters in a time of 39:08.58.

Hultzman breaks 28-year-old HJ record at NE DIII Championships

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --  Freshman Lauren Hultzman (Putnam) broke the 28-year-old  Eastern Connecticut State University women's high jump record and sophomore Cora Gingras (East Hampton) broke the two-week-old heptathlon record this weekend at the New England Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Steinbrenner Stadium on the campus of MIT.

Above; Lauren Hultzman

As part of the heptathlon event, Hultzman established a new program record with a high jump mark of 5-foot-2 ½ inches. The old record of 5-foot-2 inches was set in 1983 by Elgitha Wilson. Hultzman broke her previous best in that event by 1 ½ inches.

Hultzman also broke her own heptathlon record of 3147 points set two weeks ago at the College of Holy Cross with a total of 3402 points Friday, but that total was bested by Gingras, who set a program record of 3477. In a heptathlon field of 20, Gingras placed 13th Friday and Hultzman 16th.  At Holy Cross, he pair became the first Eastern individuals to compete in the heptathlon, which is comprised of three track events (200, 800 and 100 hurdles,), two jumping events (high jump and long jump), and two throwing events (shot put and javelin).

By trade, Gingras competes in the hurdles and jumps and Hultzman in the throws, jumps and hurdles.

Additional Eastern performers who qualified for and competed in the championships included junior Amanda Quinones (Trumbull) in the 10,000, Hultzman in the high jump, junior Maggie Gibeault (Brooklyn) and freshman Amy Huhn (Hebron) in the pole vault, as well as the 4x100 relay team of Huhn, sophomores Denica Gagnon (Colchester) and  Christine Charpentier (Monroe), and freshman Tacia Bryant (Guilford).

Quinones was 14th in a field of 22 at 10,000 meters (39:08.56), the relay 17th of 19 (53.99), Huhn 21st (9-8) and Gibeault tied for 28th (9-2 ¼) among 33 competitors in the pole vault. Hultzman did not clear a height in the high jump after setting the program record in the high jump the previous day in the heptathlon.

In the heptathlon, Gingras tied for sixth in the high jump, was ninth in the long jump, 12th in the 800 and hurdles, 16th in the javelin, 17th in the shot put, and 18th in the 200; Hultzman was second in the high jump, seventh in the javelin, eighth in the long jump, ninth in the shot put, 19th in the 800 and hurdles, and 20th in the 200.

Quinones, who has run the third-fastest 10,000 meter race (39:14.62) in program history, is expected to compete in this coming weekend's New England Open (Division I-II-III) at Jess Dow Field on the Southern Connecticut State University campus.