University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
BIG EAST Championship
Men's Track Finishes Sixth At BIG EAST Championship
5/3/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
May 3, 2009
VILLANOVA, Pa. - The University of Connecticut men's track and field team added another 32 points to their total on day two of competition but fell short of the title, finishing in sixth place with 69 total points. Notre Dame edged out Louisville by a mere half of a point for the championship title finishing with 130.5 points after day three. Rounding out the top five were Georgetown, Cincinnati and Rutgers who took third, fourth and fifth respectively.
The only title that the Huskies were able to bring home on the weekend was the decathlon title that senior Sean Smith (Scotch Plains, N.J.) earned during day two competition.
After earning a bid to the finals in the 800m with an NCAA Regional qualifying time of 1:49.50, sophomore Dan Holst (Smithtown, N.Y.) finished seventh overall in the 800m, Sunday with a time of 1:52.83.
In the 400 meter hurdles, both junior Anthony Burris (Bridgeport, Conn.) and sophomore Kyle Edmonds (Metuchen, N.J.) qualified for the finals on day two. Burris took first in the prelims with an NCAA Regional qualifying time and school record time of 51.11, but was just nipped out of the first spot finishing second in the finals to South Florida's Glenn Fowler. Edmonds finished sixth overall, but improved on his preliminary time, upping his NCAA Regional qualifying time to 52.18.
Sophomore Kyle Duggan (Staten Island, N.Y.) made the podium in the pole vault for the second straight BIG EAST Championship. Duggan finished the day in third with his highest height of the season, and NCAA Regional qualifying 5.15m (16-10.75).
The Huskies will be back in action next Friday and Saturday at the New England Championships in Amherst, Mass.
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