MEN'S RESULTS | WOMEN'S RESULTS

AMHERST, Mass.—The University of Hartford track and field teams continued their outdoor schedule over the weekend, competing at the UMass Minuteman Invitational on Saturday. The Hawks saw nine individual top-10 finishes at the meet as the men earned 24 points as a team and the women posted 10 total points.

On the men's side, the triple jumpers led the way with three Hawks finishing within the top-six. Sophomore Robert Pepper took home third place as an individual, leaping to a season-best mark of 13.18 meters. Pepper finished just .01 meters ahead of freshman Jordan Crump-King, who took fourth place with a 13.17-meter jump. Senior Rashawn Providence leapt 13.06 meters to finish sixth overall.

Also in the field for the men, freshman James Pecsok turned in a top-10 finish in the javelin, taking ninth place with a 40.34-meter toss. Senior Matthew Swartz took 11th at 36.51 meters.

On the track, senior Erik Quitzau and freshman Lawrence Williams each posted fifth-place finishes in the 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter dash, respectively. Quitzau crossed the line in 15.48, just .07 seconds off his own school record in the hurdles. Williams recorded a time of 49.50 in the 400-meter dash.

Freshman Nick Garcia also notched a top-10 finish, taking 10th place in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:55.09, finishing just ahead of sophomore Kyle Hamel, who finished in 15:56.49 to take 11th.

On the women's side, junior Tiffany Harrison raced to a time of 57.84 in the 400-meter dash, a season-best time for the sprinter. Harrison took fifth in the event.

Rounding out the top individual performances for the Hawks was sophomore Margaret Fuller. Fuller cleared a height of 1.56 meters, good for seventh place in the discipline and a career-best mark.