BRYANT MEN PLACE NINTH AT NEC CHAMPIONSHIPS SUNDAY
February 21, 2010
BRYANT MEN PLACE 9TH AT NEC CHAMPIONSHIPS
FULL RESULTS / FULL AGATE RESULTS / WOMEN'S RECAP FROM SUNDAY
LANDOVER, MD. - The Bryant men wrapped up Sunday's portion of the 2010 Northeast Conference Championships with more excellent performances as the Bulldogs finished the championships ninth overall with 24 points.
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| Junior Mike DiBella finished sixth in the men's 500 meters and helped the men's 4x400 meter relay team to a third-place finish in Sunday's action at the NEC Championships in Landover, Md. |
Bryant's talented duo of Alex Engel (Spencer, Mass.) and Thomas O'Connor (Westwood, Mass.) gave the Bulldogs more points with a strong finish in the finals of the men's 400 meters.
Engel, fourth at last year's NEC championship, finished fourth in the 2010 finals of the 400 meters with a great time of 49.92, just shy of his season-best mark and better than last year's finals time of 50.08.
O'Connor, a junior, placed seventh in the finals Sunday with a season-best time of 50.78 seconds
Junior Michael DiBella (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) placed sixth in the finals of the men's 500 meters. DiBella, fifth last year at the conference meet, finished in a time of 1:06.60 to earn three points for the Bullodogs. His time was just shy of his season-best mark of 1:06.36 set at Harvard earlier this year.
In the men's triple jump, Chris Brida (Southampton, Mass.) had an excellent showing Sunday. Only a sophomore, Brida was in seventh-place overall after just the first jump of the day, but the Bulldog stormed back and on his third jump of the event, cleared 45-feet, 0.25 inches which would be good enough for fourth-place overall in the standings.
LIU's Amire Solomon was the overall winner in the triple jump at 46-8.
With the individual events complete, the Bulldog relay squads took to the track and brought home some big points. First up, the men's distance medley relay team of Scott Twardowski (Rehoboth, Mass.), Andrew Fitzgerald (New Hartford, Conn.), John Mitton (North Reading, Mass.) and Ryan Busby (Derry, N.H.) took home sixth-place overall in a time of 10:31.43 to give the Bulldogs three more points.
Finally, in the men's 4x400 meter relay, the outstanding team of DiBella, Joe Pugliano (West Springfield, Mass.), O'Connor and Engel crossed the line in 3:23.62 to finish an excellent third overall and just a shade behind overall winner LIU which won the even in 3:21.72. The placing gave the Bulldogs six points.
2010 NEC Indoor Men's Awards
Most Valuable Performer (MVP): Aaron Radden (CCSU)
Most Outstanding Track Performer: Aaron Radden (CCSU)
Most Outstanding Field Performer: Vincent Elardo (MU)
Most Outstanding Rookie Performer: Aaron Radden (CCSU)
Coach of the Year: Simon Hodnett (LIU)
Final Men's
Team Standings (17 Events Scored)
1. Long
Island
147
2.
Monmouth
128
3. Sacred
Heart
82
4. Central Conn. St. 67
5. St. Francis (NY)
52
6. Mount St. Mary's 49
7. Saint Francis (PA) 47
8. Robert Morris
45
9.
Bryant
24
10. Fairleigh Dickinson 13
11. Wagner 7
