BOSTON-- The UMaine track and field teams has a host of strong performances at the New England Championships on Friday and Saturday.
 
-       In the pentathlon, Camden Cleathero took first in the 60-meter dash at 7.12, 15-tenths of a second ahead of the next-closest competitor. He went on to take sixth in the long jump, with his best at 6.10 meters. He took seventh in shot put at 11.28 meters.
-       In Saturday's heptathlon, Cleathero took fourth in the 60 meter hurdles at 8.88 before coming in tenth in the pole vault at 3.40 before finishing seventh in the 1000 meter run at 3:01.80. He ended the weekend in fifth place in the heptathlon.
-       Aaron Willingham took second place in the 1000 meter run at 8:25.91
-       Kelby Mace with a 7.16 prelim time in the 60-meter dash to come in at 24.
-       Elijah White took sixth in the long jump at 7.00 meters, with Troy Davis earning a 6.58 meters in the event.
-       In the triple jump on Saturday, White earned ninth place in the triple jump after finishing at 14.23 meters.
-       In the preliminaries, James Olivier took fourth in the 800-meter run at 1:55.25, and was joined by Ethan Orach at 1:54.71 in eighth to qualify for the finals. Olivier took second in the finals at 1:53.04, with Orach coming in sixth at 1:54.01.
-       For the women, Brianna Ewing and Katherine Cowan ran in the prelims in the 60-meter hurdles and took a 9.26 and 9.49 respectively, coming up short of a finals qualification.
-       Senior Ariel Clachar took ninth in the pole vault at 5.50 meters.
-       Sarah Vancore finished with a 14.87m throw in the weight throwing event, coming in sixteenth overall.
-       Three Black Bears represented in the 60-meter dash prelims. Cassidy Hill came in tenth at 7.87 and qualified for the finals. Ariel Clachar finished in 7.98 and Jessica Kroushl finished at 8.13.
-       In the 400-meter dash finals Lauren Maguson came in fourth at 56.35 after finishing in 57.16 seconds in the prelims.
-       Cassidy Hill also took fourth in the 200-meter dash prelims, finishing at 25.06 to qualify for finals, where she came in fifth at 25.01.
-       Both Anna Schumann and Oliviah Damboise represented in the triple jump, coming in with 11.22 meter and 11.06 meter results, respectively.
-       The men's 4x800 relay team finished at 13, as Ethan Orach, Travis Nickerson, James Olivier and Colin Tardiff came in at 8:10.91.
-       Also finishing in 13 was the 4x400 team of Andrew Clement, Branden Kuusela, Michael O'Clair and Ben Cotton coming in at 3:25.81.
-       The women's 4x800 relay team finished eighth with Kaylee Porter, Cliodhna O'Malley, Catherine Christiansen and Elisabeth Redwood finishing at 9:29.65.
-       Coming in fourth place of the 4x400 relay was Jessica Kroushl, Alexis Dietrich, Samantha Sudol and Brittany Torchia came in at 3:53.31.
 
Final Team Rankings- Men
   1) Connecticut                       194       2) Northeastern                    115
   3) So. Conn. St.                     71        4) Rhode Island                     70
   5) Brown                                46        6) New Hampshire                 39
   7) Dartmouth                         29         8) Maine                                26
   9) Stonehill                            25        10) UMass Amherst                18
   11) Assumption                     17        12) Central Connecticut          16
   13) American Int'l                  15        14) Merrimack                         12
   15) New Haven                     11        15) Holy Cross                         11
   17) Hartford                           10        18) Vermont                             8
   19) Franklin Pierce                7          19) Bryant                                7
   19) W P I                               7          22) Springfield                         6
   23) Worcester State              5          23) Boston College                  5
   25) M I T                               4          26) Tufts                                   2
   27) Trinity                              1          27) Bentley                              1
 
Final Team Rankings- Women
 
    1) Northeastern                  162       2) Dartmouth                      80  
    3) Boston College               71        4) Brown                             67  
    5) Rhode Island                  57        6) UMass Amherst              53.50
    7) Quinnipiac                      41        8) Vermont                           37  
    9) Holy Cross                     29        10) Franklin Pierce               22  
   11) Central Connecticut       19        12) Stonehill                        17  
   13) New Hampshire             15        13) Maine                            15  
   15) Hartford                          13        16) M I T                             12  
   16) So. Conn. St.                 12        16) Sacred Heart                 12  
   19) American Int'l                 8          19) Wesleyan                        8  
   21) R I C                              6            22) Bentley                          5  
   22) Tufts                              5          24) Assumption                     4  
   24) Bridgewater St.              4          26) Springfield                      2.50
   27) S N H U                         2                                                  
 
Both men's and women's team head to Boston for the Valentine's Day Invitational on Feb. 9.
 
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