HANOVER, N.H. – University of Vermont sophomore
Dan DeBlieck won the 400-meter hurdles at the 2018 New England Outdoor Championships on Saturday at Dartmouth College. In total, 15 Catamounts earned All-New England honors over the two-day competition.
The Vermont men finished 16th overall with 21 total points, tied with Colby College. The Catamount women scored nine points to finish in a tie with Franklin Pierce for 23rd overall. Southern Connecticut State took the men's title with 113.5 points. Northeastern won the women's title with 121 points.
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"We had some tremendous performances this weekend," head coach
Matt Belfield said. "For some to go beyond their marks from America East was truly impressive.
"It is always wonderful to have a New England Champion and Dan provided us with an exciting victory in the 400-hurdles.
"Will and Luke scoring yesterday in distance fields was great, too. Morgan and Muriel both finished their seasons with PRs to score. Samantha's 5,000-meter yesterday was certainly a highlight as well."
DeBlieck entered this afternoon's final heat as the top seed after winning the preliminary round yesterday. He maintained a lead throughout today's race and held off a late charge from Southern Connecticut State's Ruvens Exantus and Colby College's Sage Bailin down the stretch.
DeBlieck's time of 52.65s was another personal best, shaving .05 off his previous best, set at last weekend's America East Championships.
Elsewhere on the track,
Neville Caulfield earned All-New England accolades in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. He posted a time of 9:10.78 to finish fourth. Freshman
Tyler Marshall (9:13.89) finished ninth.
Lauren Trumble posted a time of 2:11.18 in the 800-meter to take seventh and earn All-New England honors. It is the second regional of the season for the junior, who captured indoor recognition in the one-mile in February.
The men's 4x800-meter relay team consisting of
Patrick Kitchen,
Aaron Lucci,
Allen Vance, and
John Benner earned regional honors, taking seventh with a time of 915.4.
The women's 4x800-meter team of
Caroline O'Shea,
AnneMarie Martell,
Katie Nolan, and
Shannon Lustiber also finished seventh, earning regional honors.
The men's 4x400-meter relay team of
Justin Liechty,
Ahmed Noor,
Will Juniper, and DeBlieck finished 10th with a time of 3:20.11.
In the field,
Elias Lindsey qualified for the finals in the triple jump and eventually posted a mark of 13.75m (45-1.5) to finish ninth.
Alex Parasky narrowly missed qualifying for the finals and finished 10th with the mark of 13.59m (44-7).
Morgan Ferland (42.23m, 138-6) and
Muriel Adams (40.12m, 131-7) both set personal bests and finished back-to-back in the women's discus, taking sixth and seventh. Both earned All-New England honors for the first time.
"Dan and Lauren both have an outside shot at making the NCAA meet, so we will see what happens when the list comes out Thursday," Belfield added.
DeBlieck and Trumble wait to see if they qualify for NCAA East Preliminaries in Tampa, Florida. Trumble set a personal best time of 2:08.18 on Thursday (May 10) at the West Point Twilight Meet, taking third in the event.
New England Champions
Dan DeBlieck (400-meter hurdles)
All-New England Performers
Muriel Adams (discus)
John Benner (4x800-meter relay)
Neville Caulfield (3,000-meter steeplechase)
Dan DeBlieck (400-meter hurdles)
Morgan Ferland (discus)
Will Hopkins (10,000-meter)
Patrick Kitchen (4x800-meter relay)
Aaron Lucci (4x800-meter relay)
Shannon Lustiber (4x800-meter relay)
AnneMarie Martell (4x800-meter relay)
Katie Nolan (4x800-meter relay)
Caroline O'Shea (4x800-meter relay)
Luke Petela (5,000-meter)
Lauren Trumble (800-meter)
Allen Vance (4x800-meter relay)
