Over the weekend, the UConn track and field team hosted the Dog Fight Invitational right in Storrs, while sending a smaller squad to the Raleigh Relays in North Carolina.
Both the men’s and women’s respective squads took first place in the Dog Fight as 41 Huskies secured top-five placements over the three days of competition.
The men’s team finished with 170 points, with Albany (125) and Maine (107) rounding out the top three in the Dog Fight. The women’s side tallied 186.75 as Albany (151) and Northeastern (105) followed behind.
On the men’s side, Connecticut dominated the high jump, with the trio of first-year Mawali Osunniyi (2.09m), first-year Dar Jankovic (2.04m) and junior Kasey Savage (2.04m) respectively taking the top three finishes in the event.
Junior Travis Rioux recorded a 60.46m in the hammer throw, which earned him a personal best and a second-place finish. Also having himself a day was Connor Hayford, who took first place in the javelin throw event with a 62m stamp. Senior Gabriel Fountain finished just behind Hayford for third with a 58.93m in the event.
On the women’s side, Chloe Thomas’ new personal best of 15:35 in the 5K event at the Raleigh Relays earned her a second-place finish. In the 4×400 event (of the Dog Fight), the team of Mia Powell, Anna Connors, Jalah Cooper and Jessica Starr hit a season-best mark of 3:48.11 to take first place.
Additionally, the dominance in the hammer throw carried over to the women’s team, with junior Natalia Surdej also setting a new personal best of 62.48, good for first place. Junior Jailya Ash also set a personal best for the women’s squad, stamping a 13.29 in the 100m hurdle event. In the 800m event, five Huskies finished within the top eight as senior Jenna Zydanowicz (2:12.04) took first, junior Madison Relyea (2:15.99) took third, first-year Calista Mayer (2:17.41) finished fourth, sophomore Danielle Adams (2:19.15) finished sixth and sophomore Caroline Rice (2:19:78) finished eighth.
The defending Big East champs will look to continue their stretch of dominant play in South Florida, with the men slated for April 5 and the women set for the following day.