Men's and Women's Track & Field Athletes Notch Four NCAA Standards in Boston

The Wheaton College men's and women's track & field teams totaled two school records and four NCAA Championship provisional qualifying standards during last weekend's two-day All New England Championship, which came to an end on Saturday at Boston University. The men tied Division I Bryant University for 23rd place among 33 scoring schools, while the Lyon women took 25th out of 32 squads.

Freshman Cailean Robinson (Newton, MA/Phillips Exeter Academy) nipped senior Michael Wright's (Baldwin, NY/Uniondale) 55-meter dash school record by 0.01 seconds at 6.41 during Friday's trials. The time was also an NCAA qualifier, and Robinson later took fifth in the finals. Robinson and Wright joined junior Merzudin Ibric (Revere, MA/Phillips Academy) and sophomore Mark Williamson (Vienna, VA/James Madison) on the 4×400M relay quartet, which provisionally qualified for NCAAs, taking sixth among 27 teams. Wheaton's 4×800M relay foursome shaved nearly nine seconds off an 11-year-old school mark, as sophomores Colin Fahey (Waltham, MA/Weston) and Nick Kacher (Waltham, MA/Waltham) and freshmen Jason Browne (Brooklyn, NY/Boys and Girls) and Dylan Treivush (Beverly Hills, CA/Harvard-Westlake School) combined on a 7:55.73 finish.

Freshman Mickey Jusme (Providence, RI/Classical) was fifth in the triple jump while reaching an NCAA standard, as her leap of 38′1 1/2″ was second among Division III competitors. Classmate Ashley Dell'Aira (Shoreham, NY/Shoreham-Wading River) placed 10th. Wheaton's 4×400M relay team rounded out the squad's provisional qualifiers, as seniors Natana Jules (Brooklyn, NY/Boys and Girls) and Christine Moreau (Lincoln, RI/Lincoln), sophomore Laurenmaria Smith (Providence, RI/Hope) and freshman Didine Jusme (Providence, RI/Classical) captured eighth place. Sophomore Erin Neville (North Providence, RI/La Salle Academy) tied for eighth place in the high jump.