Eastern Men's Finishers        Eastern Women's Finishers

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. --  Junior Andre Reynolds (Hartford) broke his own record in the 60 meter hurdles for the second straight week at the Springfield College Invitational and senior Amy Huhn (Hebron) reached ten feet for the first time in the indoor pole vault for the Eastern Connecticut State University track and field programs Saturday at the Springfield Field House.

 At right: Luisantonio Rosado (left) and Andre Reynolds compete in the 60 meter hurdles at the Springfield College Invitational Saturday. Reynolds broke his own program record for the second time in two weeks, finishing second in a time of 8.52. Rosado was fourth in a time of 8.94. (Photo courtesty of Frank Poulin).

After winning the 60 hurdles  in a program record time of 8.58 last week, Reynolds placed second in a field of 16 Saturday with a time of 8.52 in the final after being clocked at 8.71 in the preliminaries.

Huhn, who shares the outdoor pole vault record of 10-8, reached ten feet for the first time indoors after recording marks as high as 9-6 ¼ on eight previous occasions. She placed third among 12 competitors – the highest individual finish for the women in any event Saturday.

Behind Reynolds and the winning 4x400 relay, the Eastern men totaled 49 points – good for seventh place among ten teams. Huhn accumulated six points in the pole vault, freshman Lauren Polansky (Milford) five with a fourth-place finish in the shot (PR of 35-2) and senior Lauren Hultzman (Putnam) four by taking fifth with 2,754 points in the pentathlon as the women earned 26.5 points and placed ninth in a ten-team field.

For the men, senior Fredrick Hewett (New London) contributed seven points in two individual events (fifth among 36 runners in the 200 in a time of 23.64 and sixth among 42 with a time of 7.19  in the 60) and also anchored a winning relay (3:29.26) which included junior D'Vonte Chambers (West Haven), Reynolds, junior Dylan Kruppa (Torrington).

Senior Ben Abrahams (Glastonbury) added nine points for the men when he shared first in the pole vault with a personal-best mark of 12-1 ½ and junior Luisantonio Rosado (Ponce, PR) submitted five points with his first sub-nine second time (8.94)  in placing fourth in a field of 16 in the 60 hurdles.  Rosado also shared 12^th place in a field of 31 in the 600.

Freshman Jason Bindner (Milford) established a personal-best mark of 20-1 ½ with a tenth-place showing in a field of 26 in the long jump, and junior Christopher Brown (Hartford) added a PR of 19-11 ¾ when he captured 12^th among 26 in the long jump. Freshman Dan Manzi (Coventry) earned two points when he placed seventh among 16 in the 60 hurdles, establishing a PR of 9.19 in the preliminaries.

In addition to Huhn, Hultzman and Polansky others contributing points for the women were senior Akaya McElveen (New Haven) in the 400, junior Kelly Labanara (Chaplin) in the 5000,  and sophomores Chelsea Morsey (East Hampton) in the 600 and Erica Andrasi (Trumbull) in the high jump. Mcelveen was sixth in a field of 24 in a time of 1:03.35; Labanara seventh among 16 with a PR of 19:57.74;  Morsey seventh among 14 in a time of 1:47.17, and Andrasi shared eighth place among  12 with a height of 4-7 ¾.

Sophomore Sherry Gilronan (Darien) set a PR for the second straight week at Springfield. She was timed in 27.87 and shared 17^th in a field of 39 in the 200.

The program's indoor pentathlon record-holder with 2,885 points, Hultzman was second in the shot (28-9), fourth in the 800 (2:45.67) and high jump (4-11 ¾), tied for fifth in the 60 hurdles (10.24) and sixth in the long jump (15-4 ¼) among eight individuals in the pentathlon Saturday. Freshman Brittany Bryant of AIC won the event with 3,166 points.

Eastern competes at the Boston University Valentine Classic this weekend. 

Men

1. Worcester State U. 130.5; 2. American Int'l College 105; 3. Williams College 89.5; 4. Amherst College 83; 5. Massachusetts Dartmouth 82; 6. Springfield College 75; 7. EASTERN CONN. 49; 8. Trinity College 37; 9. Wheaton College (MA) 14; 10. Mount Saint Mary College 10.

Women

1. Williams College 195; 2. Amherst College 104; 3. Wheaton College (MA); 4. Trinity College 75; 5. Springfield College 73; 6. American Int'l College 60; 7. Worcester State U. 50; 8. Massachusetts Dartmouth 41; 9. EASTERN CONN. 26.5; 10. Mount Saint Mary College 24.