DURHAM, N.H. – Three Huskies and one relay team won events for the University of Southern Maine men's track & field team on Saturday at the University of New Hampshire Jim Boulanger Invitational. Freshman Marcus Tillery (Windham, Maine) won the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.34 seconds. Junior Christian Burke (York, Maine) placed first in the 110-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 16.85 seconds. Junior Maddox Cahill (Sunapee, N.H.) won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 55.86 seconds. The Huskies' B 4x400 relay team of Tillery, sophomore Aidan Pecoraro (Westbrook, Maine), sophomore Cyrus Evans (Farmington, Maine/Mt. Blue) and freshman Preston Gerry (Gray, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester) won their event with a time of 3:29.40.
 
Southern Maine finished third in the team standings with 72 points.
 
 
Track Event Highlights:

• Junior Michael D'Amico (Belgrade Lakes, Maine/Messalonskee) placed second to Burke in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 17.03 seconds.
• Junior DeAnthony Evans (Westbrook, Maine) placed fifth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.65 seconds while senior Albert Matrille (North Waterboro, Maine/Alvirne) also finished in the top 10 with a time of 11.91 seconds to place ninth.
• Freshman Logan Berube (Turner, Maine/Leavitt Area) finished fifth in the 200 meters with a time of 23.47 seconds. Evans placed seventh at 23.72 seconds while senior Nolan Winslow (Poland, Maine) and freshman Elijah DiRisi (Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy) placed ninth and 10th at 24.65 seconds and 24.70 seconds.
• Senior Jordan Duplessie (Caribou, Maine) placed sixth in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:31.19.
• Junior Michael Cyr (Caribou, Maine) placed fifth in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:42.84.
• Sophomore Cyrus Evans (Farmington, Maine/Mt. Blue) placed 10th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:01.43.
• The USM 4x100 team of Tillery, DeAnthony Evans, Berube and Matrille placed second with a time of 42.67 seconds.

 
Field Event Highlights:

• Sophomore Dru Hyndman (Auburn, Maine/Edward Little) placed third in the long jump at 6.37m. Senior Riley Bedard (Rumford, Maine/Mountain Valley) finished sixth at 6.03m.
• Burke placed third in the pole vault at 4.45m and 10th in the javelin at 37.29m, a new personal best.
• Graduate student William Carrolton (Bath, Maine/Morse) placed fourth in the discus with a toss of 43.45m.
• D'Amico placed fifth in the pole vault at 4.30m.
• Senior Konnor Simpson (Auburn, Maine/Edward Little) placed sixth in the shot put with a personal-best mark of 11.45m while freshman Tim Bowler (Danvers, Mass.) place seventh with a mark of 10.90m.
• Bowler also placed seventh in the hammer with a throw of 41.69m to move into fourth in program history.
• Freshman Trevor Amos (New Gloucester, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester) placed eighth in the discus at 35.51m.
• Four Huskies, Berube, senior Jacob Jackson (Auburn, Maine/Edward Little), D'Amico and Burke, placed in the top 10 in javelin. Berube placed fifth with a throw of 46.18m followed by Jackson in sixth at 42.54m. D'Amico and Burke each set a new personal best with marks of 38.61m and 37.29m to place eighth and 10th.

 
Up Next:
The Huskies have two meets on the schedule for next weekend. Some members on the team will compete at the two-day Monks Invitational at Saint Joseph's College of Maine, while others will travel to Southern Maine Hampshire University Ed Daniels Invitational on Saturday, April 12.