University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship
Huskies Wrap Up at NCAA Championship
6/10/2021 9:54:00 PM | Men's Track and Field
EUGENE, Ore. - UConn wrapped up their stay at the at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championship at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon on Thursday with senior Jordan Torney (Toms River, N.J.) closing out the two-day decathlon.
"We work all year, even years, to reach this meet," stated associate head coach Rich Miller. "We push ourselves to the edge and sometimes beyond for the opportunity to compete against the best.  All three of these young men accomplished great things to get to this point. I was proud to see each of them compete on this stage."
Torney finished 18th overall and will be earn honorable mention All-American honors after the event. He totaled 6,230 points over the two-days. On Wednesday, Torney was 10th overall in the 100-meter dash to open the day's events, clocking in at 11.05 seconds. He was 11th in the long jump at 7.06 meters. He ended the day in the 400 meters where he had a third place finish and ta new personal best time of 48.90 seconds but later saw the result overturned and was disqualified in the event after it was ruled he was three steps into the inside lane. On Thursday, Torney took 12th in the 110 meter hurdles in a time of 15.03 seconds. He took 14th in the discus at 37.75 meters.
"Jordan, competing in only his seventh decathlon of his life, may have been challenged more in this decathlon than any other," commented Miller. "Jordan's day one finished with him running a personal best in the 400m only to be erased by a questionable call on a lane infraction by one of the line judges. He returned for day two battling a medical injury all day.  Jordan showed tremendous perseverance doing what he did today."
During Wednesday's opening day of events, senior Safir Scott (Greenwich, Conn.) came in at 17th overall in the long jump at 7.40 meters and matched it on his second jump as well, his best distance of the day. In the pole vault, sophomore Travis Snyder (Saco, Maine) had to battle on and off rain throughout the event and was unable to clear the opening height at 5.15 meters on his three attempts.
"Safir has represented UConn on the championship stage over and over again," stated Miller. "It was great to see him laying it all out there at the NCAA Championships one last time. Safir will go down as one of the more accomplished championship athletes in UConn history."
"Travis competed in one of the most challenging pole vault competitions in recent memory," said Miller. "Travis competed in a driving rain storm and repeated delays. I felt he did a great job both physically and mentally putting himself in position to be successful on each attempt regardless of the challenges. As a freshman, I know he is wanting to build on this experience to keep getting better."
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