University of Connecticut Athletics
UConn Leads Field After Two Days at The American Championship
5/14/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
Championship Central | Friday Results
ORLANDO, Fla. - Seeking its second-straight American Athletic Conference outdoor crown, the UConn men's track and field team leads the field after two full days of competition at the 2016 league meet at the UCF Soccer and Track Complex. The Huskies have tallied 37 team points through four scored events, checking in ahead of Memphis (26) and Tulsa (23), which round out the top-three.
Junior Matt Graziano picked up four points for the team in the discus throw final, grabbing fifth place with a toss of 52.58m, while junior standout Patrick Meyer collected eight points with an impressive second-place 6,728 point performance in the decathlon. The multi-athlete took second in the 110m hurdles (14.97 seconds), second in the discus throw (37.32m) and third in the 1,500m run (5:11.17) on day two of the 10-event final.
Teammate Joshua Lockhart finished fifth in the decathlon, securing four points with a 6,192 point finish.
Two Huskies, Trenten Beram and Alvaro Chavez, qualified for Sunday's 200m dash final. Beram ran the event in 21.22 seconds, finishing fifth in the prelims, while Chavez earned a time qualifier with a 21.33 second finish. The 200m dash final is scheduled to take place at 7:35 p.m. on Sunday night.
Action at the UCF Soccer and Track Complex resumes at 12:30 p.m. with the pole vault. CLICK HERE for a complete meet schedule.
Fans can keep up with all the action live during the four-day stretch by watching on The American Digital Network (link posted above). Additionally, live results will be posted HERE and fans can keep up-to-date with results by following @AmericanXCTrack on Twitter.
Originally built in 1991, the UCF Soccer and Track Complex was re-opened in May 2011 following the construction of a grandstand seating facility on the west side.
Surrounding one of the top pitches in all of college soccer, is an eight-lane, 400-meter track featuring a Martin Surface that was refurbished in the summer of 2004. In 2008, an expanded throwing area for the hammer, discus and shotput was also added to the complex. Both, long jump and triple jump pits, were rebuilt ahead of the 2008 season.
UConnHuskies.com will have complete coverage of the event. Check back on Sunday night for a recap of days three and four.
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