AMHERST, Mass. – Graduate student William Carrolton (Bath, Maine/Morse) won the discus title at the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEICAAA) Championships at UMass Amherst on Saturday with a program record throw of 53.29m. Carrolton had four throws on the day that beat the previous record of 50.93m. The University of Southern Maine tied for 13th in the team standings with 19 points.
 
The Huskies also earned points from junior Maddox Cahill (Sunapee, N.H.) in the 400-meter hurdles, senior Treshaun Brown (Kittery, Maine) in the triple jump, and the 4x800 relay team of freshman Preston Gerry (Gray, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester), sophomore Aidan Pecoraro (Westbrook, Maine), fifth-year senior Jack Pecoraro (Westbrook, Maine) and sophomore Cyrus Evans (Farmington, Maine/Mt. Blue). Cahill placed fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 53.90 seconds. He now ranks second in school history in the event behind Jeremy Collins. Brown jumped 13.68m to place seventh and move into sixth in program history. The 4x800 group's time of 7:58.39 is the third fastest in program history and they finished seventh at today's event.
 
Freshman Marcus Tillery (Windham, Maine) ran a personal best time of 10.87 seconds to place 25th. He is now tied for third on the program leaderboard. He also placed 21st in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.36 seconds.
 
The Huskies' 4x400 team of Tillery, senior Albert Matrille (North Waterboro, Maine/Alvirne), Evans and Cahill placed 10th with a time of 3:34.32. Senior Jordan Duplessie (Caribou, Maine) and junior Michael Cyr (Caribou, Maine) also ran for the Huskies. Duplessie placed 25th in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:41.75 while Cyr ran a personal best in the 3000-meter steeplechase to place 29th and now ranks 10th in program history in the event.
 
Senior Jacob Jackson (Auburn, Maine/Edward Little) placed ninth in triple jump with an outdoor best mark of 13.45m and tied for 11th in the high jump with a mark of 1.91m. He now ranks eighth in program history for the triple jump.
 
The Huskies will be sending select athletes back to UMass next week for the UMass Last Chance Meet on Thursday, May 15.