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South Florida Invitational
Huskies Have Strong Showing at South Florida Invitational
4/2/2021 10:27:00 PM | Men's Track and Field
TAMPA, Fla. – The UConn men's track & field team sent a select group of athletes down to Florida to compete at the South Florida Invitational at USF on Friday afternoon. The Huskies picked-up six wins, including all four track events they competed in, and set five new PR's as well.
"Some great performances today from the men's team," said Associate Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Rich Miller. "Travis Snyder winning in his first outdoor performance and he is only getting better and better every time he competes. Safir Scott came in with a plan in the triple jump and executed it like an All American. The thrower group all turned in strong performances and provided great energy today."
"On the track, Noah Woodman winning his first 400 of the season and showed such strength leading the race wire to wire, and running away from the field in the last straightaway," stated Miller. "Stephen Sutton won, just edging teammate Mahamed Sharif. The pair showed great competitive energy and execution. And Wellington Ventura winning the 400m intermediate hurdles for the second straight weekend, while today's race may not have been a great technical race, he showed great strength and toughness."
"The 4x400m relay capped the day with a dominant performance," said Miller. "Many of these performances ranked regionally and nationally. Everyone walked away with something to build on going forward."
On the track…
- Junior Noah Woodman (Hampstead, N.H.) has yet to lose a race this season, running three times since competition restarted in February and winning them all. Woodman blazed his way to a win in the 400 meters on Friday and did so with another PR, clocking in at 46.60 seconds.
- In the 800 meters, sophomore Stephen Sutton (Tolland, Conn.) also grabbed a win and do so with a new PR. Sutton topped the field at 1:49.60, beating his previous top time by just over five seconds.
- Freshman Mahamed Sharif (Westbrook, Maine) took third and also posted a new PR, clocking in at 1:50.36.
- In the 400-meter hurdles, junior Wellington Ventura (Cresskill, N.J.) earned a win for the second straight week, posting a time of 52.02 seconds topping the field by over two seconds.
- The UConn 4x400 relay team of Woodman, Sutton, Sharif and Ventura made it a clean sweep of track events for the Huskies, winning in 3:12.50, the fastest relay time in the BIG EAST so far this spring.
In the field…
- Senior Safir Scott (Greenwich, Conn.) set a brand-new PR in the triple jump and brought home a win as well. On his final attempt of the day, Scott came up with a leap of 15.76 meters to grab the win.
- Sophomore Travis Snyder (Saco, Maine) won the pole vault on Saturday and did so by matching his PR in the process. Snyder won with a height of 5.20 meters, also his top vault outdoors in his young UConn career.
- Senior Matthew Brady (Biddeford, Maine) finished second in the field with a throw of 17.01 meters. Classmate Todd Stueber (Toms River, N.J.) matched him on his last throw of the day to finish third, at 17.01 meters.
- In the discus, Stueber took second place with a throw of 49.05 meters while Brady finished ffith at 46.56 meters.
- The tandem of junior Chris Keegan (West Hartford, Conn.) and senior Cameron Thompson (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) went second and third in the hammer throw. Keegan came in at 59.52 meters followed by Thompson at 56.44 meters.
- Junior Michael Jeffers (Clifton Park, N.Y.) took second in the javelin with a toss of 61.24 meters.
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