New London, CT --- Ben Roy (Buxton, ME) and Jeff Baker (Wallingford, CT) each earned second place finishes to help the Engineers to an eighth place finish at the three-day New England Division III Championships held at Coast Guard Academy.  WPI finished with 32 points while Williams took home the overall title with 151 points.  On the day, WPI picked up nine All-New England honors (top eight finishes). 

Roy tallied 6046 points to place second in the challenging ten-event decathlon and qualify for the NCAA Championships while Baker tossed the javelin 189-11 feet.  Jarrett Arredondo (Somerville, MA) picked up fifth in the hammer (172-11) before placing seventh in the shotput (45-1.75) while teammate Fran Collins (Springfield, MA) finished sixth in the shot (45-10.75) and ninth in the hammer (162-0). 

Distance runner Chris McCann (Haverhill, MA) crossed the finish line sixth in the 1500 meter run (3:57.73) and Kevin Jillson (East Sandwich, MA) claimed eighth (9:39.05) in the 3000 meter steeplechase. 

Matija Zelic (Westboro, MA) jumped 6.26 meters to place seventh in the long jump and in relay action the 4 x 100 team of Devin Auclair (Marlboro, MA), Tyson Nason (Gorham, ME), Shaun Price (Boston, MA) and Roy combined to earn eighth place (43.98).

Several members of the men's track team will compete at the ECAC Championships on May 15th and 16th hosted by Springfield College.

Results (PDF)