Southern Connecticut State University Men's Track and Field
At Yale Season Opener
Date: Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021
Location: Yale University, Coxe Cage (New Haven, Conn.)
Live Results
 
The Southern Connecticut State University men's track and field team will take the short trip to Yale to compete in the Bulldogs' season opener on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021 at Coxe Cage. Southern will be competing against student-athletes from Columbia, Hartford, New Haven, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, and Yale.
 
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Notable 2021 Performances
Sharon-Colyear Danville Season Opener 

•  Nigel Green (Shirley, N.Y.) broke his own mark and set a new NCAA Division II indoor 300-meter dash all-time record with a time of 33.16.
• Eli Henry (Stratford, Conn.) came in second overall in the 300-meter dash with a time of 33.45.
• Terrell Patterson (Waterbury, Conn.) finished in 17th place in the 3000-meter run with a time of 8:14.52, while Chris LeBeau (Bristol, Conn.) finished in 21st place with a time of 8:19.55. Patterson's time was the third fastest in program history, while Patterson's was the fourth fastest, and both are NCAA provisional qualifying times. 
• Jake Mattei (Bethany, Conn.) finished with a time of 14:32.45 in the 5000-meter run, the fourth fastest time in program history. 

Art Kidish Elm City Challenge

• Naji Middleton (Bloomfield, Conn.) finished in first place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.59, while Joshua Lanzieri (Seymour, Conn.) finished in second place with a time of 22.87 in this collegiate debut.
• Middleton also finished in third place in the 55-meter dash with a personal-best time of 6.42.
• In the 800-meter run, Marquis Whyte (New London, Conn.) finished in first place with a time of 2:00.69.
• Nate Llanos (Danbury, Conn.) finished in first place in the pole vault with a mark of 4.40 meters and Oliver Hayes (Ridgefield, Conn.) finished in second place with a mark of 4.25 meters
• Lanzieri finished in first place in the long jump with a leap of 6.93 meters.
• Harling finished in first place in the triple jump with a leap of 14.66 meters.
• Gary Robinson Jr. (Montclair, N.J.) finished in first place in the weight throw with a personal-best mark of 16.24 meters.
• Peter Fuller (Canton, Conn.) finished in second place in the high jump with a mark of 2.01 meters.
• Natanael Barbosa Torres (Willimantic, Conn.) finished in second place in the shot put with a mark of 15.49 meters, while Cameron Belton (Baltic, Conn.) finished in third place with a mark of 15.28 meters. 

Northeast 10 Weekly Honors
Week 1

• Green was named Track Athlete of the Week after competing at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.
• Robinson Jr. was named Field Athlete of the Week after competing at the Art Kidish Elm City Challenge.

Up Next
Southern is off from competing until the 2022 calendar year, where they will return home to James Moore Field House to host the William Sutherland III Invitational on Jan. 22.