University of Connecticut Athletics
Huskies Finish Fourth at Reebok Boston Indoor Games
1/29/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
Huskies Finish Fourth at Reebok Boston Indoor Games
BOSTON, Mass. (Jan. 29) – The University of Connecticut men’s track and field team came in fourth out of 14 teams competing at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games, hosted by Northeastern University at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center. UConn totaled 79 points for its fourth place finish behind the University of Rhode Island (104.5 points), the University of Albany (93 points) and Northeastern University (82.5 points).
Sophomore Kelechi Ndu (Ashford, Conn.) won the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.48 seconds and classmate Basil Campbell (Ewing, N.J.) took second in the 200 meter dash in 21.80 seconds. Campbell was also part of the Huskies one-two sweep of the 55 meter hurdles as he came in second with a time of 7.55 seconds, just behind senior Michael Delgado (Bridgewater, Mass.) who won the event with a time of 7.52 seconds.
Sophomore Max Feldman (Easton, Conn.) also put forth a strong showing, coming in second in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:30.74 and UConn’s ‘A’ relay finished fourth in the distance medley with a time of 10:22.70.
In the field events, freshman Museveni Akanno (Linden, N.J.) placed second in the triple jump with a 14.31m (46-11.50) mark and classmate Jacob Eanniello (Torrington, Conn.) finished third in the pole vault, clearing 4.41m (14-06.00).
UConn returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 5, when the Huskies travel to State College, Pa., to compete against Penn State and Princeton.
Top Team Results
1. URI (104.5 points)
2. Albany (93 points)
3. Northeastern (82.5 points)
4. UConn (79 points)
5. New Hampshire (68 points)
6. Southern Conn.(63.5 points)
7. Yale (41 points)
8. Boston College (29 points)
9. Williams College (25.5 points)
10. Massachusetts (20 points)
55 Meter Dash - Prelims
Kelchi Ndu, 6.61
Ernest Holloway, 6.69
Curtis Ford, 6.77%
55 Meter Dash - Finals
1. Kelchi Ndu, 6.48%
8. Ernest Holloway, 11.34
200 Meter Dash
2. Basil Campbell, 21.80%
20. Johanssy Joseph, 23.07
36. Curtis Ford, 23.66
500 Meter Dash
10. Jack Braconnier, 1:06.86
14. Johanssy Joseph, 1:07.38
21. Jose Rodriguez, 1:09.31
1 Mile Run
5. Paul Durfee, 4:21.62
12. Will Melofchik, 4:26.94
16. Colin Meyers, 4:30.49
800 Meter Run
5. Brian Watrous, 1:57.13
1000 Meter Run
2. Max Feldman, 2:30.74
7. Dave Hughson, 2:33.56
5000 Meter Run
9. Pat Blake, 15:16.05
17. Alex Hudimatch, 15:36.04
29. Brian Cacace, 16:14.83
55M Hurdles - Prelims
2. Mike Delgado, 7.70
8. Basil Campbell, 7.85
16. Sean Berg, 8.06
55M Hurdles - Finals
1. Mike Delgado, 7.52%
2. Basil Campbell, 7.55%
Distance Medley
4. UConn ‘A’ 10:22.70
Pole Vault
3. Jacob Eanniello, 4.41m (14-06.00)
Long Jump
8. Sean Berg, 6.54m (21-05.50)
17. Mike DelGado, 6.30m (20-08.00)
Triple Jump
2 Museveni Akanno, 14.31m (46-11.50)%
5 Steve Cousins, 13.91m (45-07.75)
Weight Throw
15 David Roy, 12.95m (42-06.00)
16 Mark Malatesta, 12.89m (42-03.50)
% - IC4A Qualifier
