Huskies Show Out at Jesse Owens Classic

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The University of Connecticut men's and women's track & field teams outperformed the competition in the two-day meet on Friday and Saturday. 

The Huskies had 11 top-five results, two personal records, and four first-place results.  

On the women's side, Chloe Trudel broke a personal best in the 5,000m running a time of 17:02.90 placing third. Then, A'liyah Thomas topped the leaderboard in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.44 seconds. 

On the men's side, Kevin Cawley ran an impressive time (3:48.66) in the 1500m taking first place. Also, Connor Hayford had a strong mark in the javelin with a throw of 59.38m.  

Up Next 

The Huskies next head to the Penn Relays on April 25-27 in Philadelphia. 

At Jesse Owens Classic  

Day 1 

For the women: 

Natalia Surdej in HT (3rd, 59.87m) 

Brynn Madonna in JT (2nd, 44.28m), Caitlin Dumouchel (3rd, 42.60m) 

Chloe Thomas in 1500m (1st, 4:17.93) 

PR for Chloe Trudel in 5000m (3rd, 17:02.90) 

Jasmine Barrow in LJ (4th, 5.83m) 

For the men: 

Connor Hayford in JT (1st, 59.38m), Gabriel Fountain (5th, 54.62m) 

PR for Kevin Cawley in 1500m (1st, 3:48.66) 

Day 2 

For the women: 

A'liyah Thomas in 100mH (1st, 13.44) 

For the men: 

Kasey Savage in TJ (1st, 14.71m) 

William Watson 110mH (4th, 14.42) 

Richmond Kwaateng in 100m (3rd, 10.64)