May 16, 2005

Complete Results

DURHAM, N.H. - Both the men's and women's track and field teams took ninth place this weekend as the University of Massachusetts competed at the New England Championships hosted by the University of New Hampshire. Seniors Henry Smith and Christina Huff and freshman Kristen Bakanowski led the Minutemen as each captured second-place finishes on the weekend.

Huff used her fastest time of the season in the 100-meter preliminaries to qualify for Saturday's finals. She clocked a 12.19 second sprint before taking second overall on Saturday with her time of 12.80 seconds.

Bakanowski tied her season-high mark in the pole vault as she cleared 12-feet even for the second time this season. Bakanowski was the Atlantic 10 Indoor Champion in the event and shares the UMass Indoor Pole Vault record.

The duo teamed up with Shannon Williams and Elisabeth Budd to post a fifth-place finish in the 4x100 meter relay with their time of 49.23 seconds.

In other top 10 performances for the women's team, Jennifer Iasiello took fifth in the hammer throw, Budd placed sixth in the 400-meter hurdles, Marissa Callahan placed sixth in the triple jump, Ashley Creel took seventh in the heptathlon, Katelyn O'Toole took seventh in the high jump, Troyanah Evans placed eighth in the long jump, Christina DeRosa took ninth in the 5,000 meters and Amanda Dahlberg finished ninth in the 10,000 meters.

In men's action, Smith captured second place in the triple jump with his season-best mark of 47-feet, 4.25 inches.

Mike Carr and Tyler Gasper took third and fifth, respectively, in the javelin to score a combined 10 points for UMass.

After taking third in the 400 meter preliminaries, James Godinho was disqualified in the event finals after false starting.

Andy McCarron rounded out the team's top individual performers with a sixth-place finish in the 10,000 meters.

The Minuteman 4x800 meter relay team took third place picking up six points.

UMass finished the meet with 27 total points, just 2.5 points shy of eighth-place Boston College. Rhode Island won the meet with 126 total points.

                    Men - Team Rankings - 22 Events Scored
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    1) University of Rhode Island 126        2) Dartmouth College         119
    3) Connecticut                 92        4) University of New Hampshi  72
    5) Sacred Heart University     47        6) Williams College           45
    7) Southern Connecticut State  44        8) Boston College             29.50
    9) UMASS - Amherst             27       10) Bates College              23

200m pre
 14   212 Barksdale, Nathan      Umass Amherst            22.15   4.1  3
400m pre
  3   216 Godinho, James         Umass Amherst            49.22Q  4
400 m finals
 --   216 Godinho, James         Umass Amherst               FS
10000m
  6   217 McCarron, Andy         Umass Amherst         31:53.22     3
4x400m
 16 Umass - Amherst  'A'                                3:29.31   2
4x800m
  3 Umass - Amherst  'A'                                7:43.66     6
Long Jump
 11   219 Swart, Derek           Umass Amherst            6.42m   3.7  21-00.75  2.95
Triple Jump
  2   218 Smith, Henry           Umass Amherst           14.43m   1.8  47-04.25    8
Shot Put
 11   213 Caliccho, Sean         Umass Amherst           14.72m   48-03.50
Javelin
  3   214 Carr, Mike             Umass Amherst           190-05     58.03m    6
  5   215 Gasper, Tyler          Umass Amherst           182-07     55.65m    4

                   Women - Team Rankings - 22 Events Scored
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    1) Boston College             117        2) University of Massachuset  83
    3) University of New Hampshir  67        3) Boston University          67
    5) Dartmouth College           51.50     6) University of Rhode Islan  49
    7) Williams College            46        8) Southern Connecticut Stat  38
    9) UMASS - Amherst             34.50    10) Bates College              34

100m pre
  3   213 Huff, Christina        Umass Amherst            12.19Q  3.0  3
100m finals
  2   213 Huff, Christina        Umass Amherst            12.80  -3.4    8
5000m
  9   211 DeRosa, Christina      Umass Amherst         17:56.08
10000m
  9   210 Dahlberg, Amanda       Umass Amherst         38:57.63
100m hurdles
 13   208 Callahan, Marissa      Umass Amherst            15.98   5.6  2
400m hurdles pre
  7   207 Budd, Elisabeth        Umass Amherst          1:05.43q  1
400m hurdles
  6   207 Budd, Elisabeth        Umass Amherst          1:05.09     3
4x100m pre
  4 Umass - Amherst  'A'                                  48.83q  2
4x100m
  5 Umass - Amherst  'A'                                  49.23     4
High Jump
  7   215 O'Toole, Katelyn       Umass Amherst            1.60m    5-03.00    1.5
Pole Vault
  2   206 Bakanowski, Kriste     Umass Amherst            3.66m   12-00.00    8
Long Jump
  8   212 Evans, Troyanah        Umass Amherst            5.31m   5.6  17-05.25    1
Triple Jump
  6   208 Callahan, Marissa      Umass Amherst           11.23m   2.7  36-10.25    3
Hammer Throw
  5   214 Iasiello, Jennifer     Umass Amherst           47.20m     154-10    4
Ashley Creel
  7   209 Creel, Ashley          Umass Amherst             4051     2