Radden Named Most Valuable Performer as Blue Devils Place Fourth at NEC Championships
Freshman Aaron Radden was named Most Valuable Performer, Outstanding Track Performer and Outstanding Rookie Performer as the Central Connecticut State University men's track and field team placed fourth for the second straight year at the Northeast Conference Indoor Track Championships in Landover, MD. Radden won both the 60 and 200 meter dashes, recording times of 6.91 and 21.86 seconds, respectively.
Freshman Aaron
Radden was named Most Valuable Performer, Outstanding Track
Performer and Outstanding Rookie Performer as the Central
Connecticut State University men's track and field team placed
fourth for the second straight year at the Northeast Conference
Indoor Track Championships in Landover, MD. Radden won both the 60
and 200 meter dashes, recording times of 6.91 and 21.86 seconds,
respectively.
The Blue Devils scored 67 points to finish fourth, while Long
Island won the meet with 147 total points. Monmouth and Sacred
Heart earned second and third place finishes, recording scores of
128 and 82 points, respectively.
Juniors Josue Paul and Shawn Buchanan added
top performances in the sprints, as the former took seventh in the
60 meters and the latter placed seventh in the 500 meters. Paul
recordd a time of 7.11 seconds, while Buchanan finished in
1:06.83.
Sophomores Matt Berube and Rashad
Williams continued their competition in the field on Sunday.
After placing second and fourth in the high and triple jump on
Saturday, Berube finished in seventh in the triple jump with a
distance of 44'10.25" on Sunday. Williams recorded a mark of
46'8.75" to take 10th in the weight throw.
Three Blue Devils put forth top 10 performances in the 5,000 meters
on Sunday. Sophomore Sam Alexander and freshman
Craig
Hunt took sixth and eighth place in the event, crossing the
line in 15:16.84 and 15:36.34, respectively. Senior Ry
Sanderson was the top CCSU performer in the event, placing
fourth with a time of 15:12.00.
Sophomore Jeremy Schmid was the only
other Blue Devil to place in an individual event on Sunday. He
took sixth in the one mile run, finishing in 4:24.26. Both the
Central Connecticut 4x400 meter relay and the Distance Medley relay
team placed seventh. The 4x400 squad of Buchanan, Radden, junior
Eric Rathbun and freshman Dan
Hopper recorded a time of 3:25.64. The Distance Medley team
consisted of Schmid, sophomores Harrison Katz and Dan
Watson, and freshman Mohamed
Hrezi. They finished in 10:32.55.
The Blue Devils will next compete at the New England Indoor Track
Championships on February 26 and 27.
