Auburn Tiger Track Classic results | UMass Leap Year Tri-Meet results
 
AUBURN, Ala. – The men's and women's track and field teams had an outstanding weekend with a small group of Huskies competing at the Auburn Tiger Track Classic, Friday-Saturday, April 8-9, and the majority of the teams at the Massachusetts Leap Year Tri-Meet on Saturday.
 
Auburn Tiger Track Classic
On Friday, Genard placed second in the women's javelin with 47.43m, one of her all-time best career marks. Jordan Samuels had a good opener in the triple jump, placing in the top-10 with 14.52m.
 
Genard went on to place 11^th in the women's long jump on Saturday with 5.70m, while Kyle Darrow won the men's long jump with 7.53m. Darrow also placed fourth in the 100m with 10.51.
 
The men's 4x100 relay team of Darrow, Jared Lane, Donovan Henry and Kwame Fordwor earned silver after finishing in 40.99 – good for No. 10 on the NU All-Time Outdoor Performance List.
 
Among the other top-10 finishes in Auburn was Lane in the 110mH (fourth place, 14.04) and Fordwor in the 200m (ninth place, 21.41).
 
Camille Gooden and Henry earned top-15 performances in the 400m with 55.72 and 48.25, respectively.

 
Massachusetts Leap Year Tri-Meet
In Amherst, Massachusetts, the men's team took home first place with 160 points, backed by 11 gold performances and 29 top-three finishes. The women finished in second place with 136 points, eight first place marks and 23 top-three finishes.

"I am thrilled that the program as a whole had a great weekend. Performances from Hayden Kilpatrick, Amy Piccolo, Zoe Taitel, Ryan Kim, Eric Mellusi, Christian Stafford and Tucker McNinch, amongst others, were great openers," said head coach and director Cathrine Erickson. "Our Balance in events will help us compete very well in the CAA Championships, as well as the other championship meets at the end of season."
 
It was the first-years' show in the distance events with Amy Piccolo earning gold in the women's 1500m with a new personal record of 4:39.42, and one-two punches in the men's 10,000m, thanks to Christian Stafford (31:54.01) and Tucker McNinch (32:35.68).
 
The Huskies dominated in the hurdle events with four first place finishes:
100mH
Betsy Garnick, 14:48
 
110mH
Shawn Bleichert,14.92
 
400mH
Hayden Kilpatrick, 55.92
Audrey Weyand, 1:03.60
 
Rookie Zoe Taitel picked up first place in the discuss with a new personal record of 44.49m and second place in the shot put with another personal best of 13.14m.
 
The men's throwing corps showed up with the top three throws in the shot put. Ryan Kim earned gold with 16.53m, Eric Mellusi silver with 16.04m and Spencer McKeough with bronze after a 15.37m performance.  all three earned new personal bests.
 
Kim also earned gold in the discuss with 43.68m, another personal best, while Robert Alder earned bronze with 42.66m. Connor Fuguere won the hammer with a personal record 54.54m.
 
In the pole vault, captain Jacilyn Briggs finished second with 3.55m and Nick Fofana earned fourth with 3.80m.
 
The jumps squad also had strong outings with first place in the men's and women's high jump (Paige Suse, 1.61m | Chris Manning, 1.96m), and four top-three marks in the long jump and triple jump.
 
The Huskies stole the show in the women's 4x400m with 3:58.37, thanks to Weyand, Piccolo, Edlyn Gulama and Corinne Myers.

Up next
The Huskies head to the Connecticut Decathlon, Thursday and Friday, April 14-15, and stay in Storrs, Connecticut for the Northeast Challenge on Saturday, April 16.