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MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
May 12, 2008
Little East Conference Report #8

Track Athlete of the Week
Curtis Wheeler (Derby, Vt.), Senior, University of Southern Maine

Curtis Wheeler finished fifth in the 5,000 meters with a school record time of 14:31.92, breaking his own school record time of 14:39.22 set last weekend at the New England Division III Championships and improving his NCAA provisional qualifying time by more than seven seconds. Wheeler has provisionally qualified for the NCAA meet in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters. The Huskies finished the highly competitive three-day, all-division championship with 21 points to tie for 12th place among the 38 scoring institutions.

Field Athlete of the Week
Jimmy Sawyer (Lewiston, Maine), Senior, University of Southern Maine

Spaulding became the first University of Southern Maine men's outdoor track and field competitor to win an event at the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEIcAAA) Outdoor Track and Field Championships, when he took the top spot in the decathlon. Spaulding, second after the first day of competition, set four personal-best marks during Friday's five events to finish the two-day event with 6,286 points. His point total established a new school record, breaking his previous mark set April 16-17 at Holy Cross by 35 points. Spaulding had personal best times or marks in the 110-meter hurdles (17.10 seconds), pole vault (3.80 meters or 12-5 1/2), discus (30.41 meters or 99-9) and the 1500 meters (4:33.90). .

Rookie Field Athlete of the Week
Bryan Kolacz (Brentwood, N.H.), Freshman, Keene State College

At the New England All-Division Championships at the University of New Hampshire on Saturday, Kolacz improved on his NCAA provisional qualifying mark with his fourth place finish (178'-06") in the hammer.