University of Connecticut Athletics
Men's Track and Field Rounds Out NCAA East Regionals
5/30/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
Complete Weekend Results
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- After registering an outdoor program record 12 individual qualifiers for the NCAA East Regional, the UConn men's track and field team wrapped up the final day of competition on Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla.
The top 12 competitors in each event at the NCAA East Preliminary Round, hosted by the University of North Florida on May 28-30, advanced to the NCAA Championships, to be held June 10-13 at the University of Oregon.
Redshirt-junior captain Selwyn Maxwell, who earned an automatic berth in Saturday's 110m hurdle quarterfinal after finishing in the top-six in his heat with a season-best 13.95 second result on Friday, finished his season with a 21st-place finish in the event, crossing the line with a 14.23 second time.
Trenten Beram's personal-best 21.13 second result in the 200m dash prelims earned him a qualification into Saturday's quarterfinal where he finished 19th at 21.09. Amanze Williams capped off his junior season with a 44th-place result in the triple jump at 14.05m.
On a busy Friday, pole vaulters Craig Hunter and Cory Duggan, who combined for 14 points at The American outdoor championship on May 17, each notched a 5.25m leap, propelling them into the NCAA pole vault final set for June 10 at 7 p.m. ET.
Entering the weekend, Maxwell was one of only 24 athletes nationally that secured a sub 14-second time in the event this outdoor season. Teammate Randall Wall missed out on a time qualifier, posting a 14.36 second result.
Conference 400m dash champion Chinedu Amonu wrapped up a stellar season with 47.00 second mark in the event's quarterfinals, finishing at No. 19.
Brian Eilers, who earned a berth in the regional with a 65.88m toss in the javelin at the LSU Gold Alumni meet, picked up a 31st-place finish in the event on Friday with a 63.44m toss. Husky freshman standout Justin Sicari took 39th in the high jump final, leaping 1.99, while Matthew Graziano nabbed 41st in the discus toss with a throw of 50.84m.ÂÂ
On Thursday, American Athletic Conference hammer throw champion Chris Ackell finished 28th in the event, notching a 60.98m result in his final collegiate meet. Darnell Cummings narrowly missed advancing to the 100m quarterfinals, checking in in 26th with a 10.57 second result in the prelims.
John Landis, who scored at The American outdoor championship with a 6.88m leap in the long jump, finished 40th with a 6.95m mark in the finals. To view the complete weekend results, please CLICK HERE.
As a team, UConn finished as the No. 1 squad in the Northeast Region in the final USTFCCCA Regional rankings.ÂÂ
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