University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
IC4A Championship
IC4A Champs!
5/16/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
May 16, 2010
PRINCETON, N.J. - Earning 39 points off of two-first, three-fifth and an eighth place finish on the final day of competition in the IC4A Championship, the University of Connecticut men's track and field team earned their first ever IC4A Outdoor Track and Field Championship Title.
UConn entered the final day of the 134th annual IC4A Championship down by 14 points behind the leader Liberty (39) and the host team of Princeton (27). The day started off with the triple jump and the javelin where Tyrone Faverey and Dylan Dombrowski both recorded PRs in their respective events. Faverey finished in fifth place with a distance of 15.10 meters (49-6.5) in the triple jump while Dombrowski took eighth with a throw of 63.10 meters (207') in the javelin to add some more points to the Husky total.
"We were behind quite a bit heading into today," said head coach Greg Roy. "Tyrone and Dylan's PRs really started things off for us and we just kept on going from there."
The Huskies were still down 22 points in a 60-70 team competition, heading into the 800 meter run where Brian Gagnon and Mike Rutt did the thing that they are best at and finished competition ahead of the pack. Gagnon picked up his second IC4A 800-meter outdoor title, this time with an outstanding time of 1:47.96. Rutt finished just a few hundredths of a second behind Gagnon in third place with his season best time of 1:48.09. The duo earned 16 points for the team and got them right back in contention.
Anthony Burris' fifth place and season best finish of 51.93 seconds added a few more points to UConn's total. Mike Alleman also helped the Huskies out with a fifth place finish of his own in the shot put with a toss of 17.30 meters (56-9.25). His throw beat the Liberty competitor's throw edged the Huskies' closer to the title heading into the relays, the final events of the day.
UConn's 4x800 meter relay squad, that finished preliminary action with an overall first place finish did not disappoint, taking first place for the second-straight day and putting the Huskies over the top and into first place. The foursome of Dan Holst, Tim Bennatan, Rutt and Gagnon crossed the line in 7:23.49 over a second behind their closest competitor in Penn.
"Today was a good win," continued Roy. "Winning a championship comprised of 60-70 teams is no easy task and you have to count heavily on the big points. Today, the team earned the big points when they needed to and got us our first IC4A Outdoor Championship in the history of Connecticut track and field."
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