ORONO, Maine -- The America East Conference named Maine's Charlie Collins as the America East Conference Male Track Athlete of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday.

Collins had a strong performance at Maine's Black Bear Invitational on Friday December 12. Collins finished first in the 3,000m with a time of 8:32.35 and secured second place with a mile time of 4:09.88.

This is Collins' first award of the Indoor Track campaign.

Collins and the Black Bears return to action on January 17th as they take on the Bates College Invitational.

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