WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – It was a freshman Friday for UMass Boston Men's Track and Field as six different Beacon freshmen recorded points for the Beacons at the Bonnie Edmondson Classic across multiple track events, garnering 30 total points and a sixth-place finish for the team.
 
THE BASICS 
 
Team Results – 6^th Out Of 8 Teams (30 Points)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Freshman Omosigho Asuen made his Men's 200 Meter debut, placing eighth overall in a time of 24.33 seconds to notch four points for the Beacons.

Freshman Melvin Wiltshire, who has started to make a name for himself this spring, contributed another six points to the UMass Boston total, finishing fifth in the Men's 400 Meter Run with a time of 56.99 seconds, just under two seconds shy of his personal best set earlier this month.

A staple in the point column all winter and spring, freshman Rob Cannon continued to make strides with his eighth-place finish in the Men's 800 Meter Run, snagging two points with his 2:10.57 finish in his debut in the event. He finished eight seconds ahead of graduate student Jimmy Cannon who placed 10^th in 2:18.54.

The Men's 400 Meter Hurdles would secure 11 points for the Beacons as freshmen Frank Boua and Austin Hennebury finished back-to-back in the event, notching third and fourth place with times of 1:02.44 and 1:19.26 respectively. Boua also was awarded five points in the Men's Long Jump in which he placed ninth, leaping 19 feet and 1.5 inches which was a personal best.

Sophomore Sam Grant recorded the final two points of the day and his first points in a meet this season for the Beacons after finishing ninth in the Men's Shot Put. Grant set a personal best in the event with a 33-foot, 10-inch throw which broke his previous best by over a foot.
 
WHAT'S NEXT  
UMass Boston will take part in the meet being held at Regis College which begins tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM.