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Thursday, April 11
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Gray Eighth, Tarantino 12th After Day One At Northeast Combined Events Challenge
April 11, 2019 | Men's Track & Field
Action will resume tomorrow with 110 meter hurdles at 10 a.m.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Two members of the men's track and field team opened up action at the Northeast Combined Events Challenge on Thursday at Southern Connecticut. Competing in decathlon, Hunter Gray sits eighth through five events with 3,305 points, while Matthew Tarantino is 12th with a scored of 2,963 points.
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Gray started the day with a fourth-place finish in 100 meter dash at 11.33 seconds, good for 789 points. He then won long jump with a leap of 23 feet to collect 816 points. In shot put, Gray was 14th with a mark of 32 feet, 7.75 inches (483 points) and 10th in high jump, clearing 5 feet, 8.5 inches for 577 points. In the final event of the afternoon, 400 meter dash, Gray placed 14th in 53.99 seconds for 640 points.
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Tarantino's best showing of the day came in 400 meter dash where he placed ninth in 52.60 seconds for 699 points.
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Day two's action will begin tomorrow, April 12, at 10 a.m. with 110 meter hurdles.
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Gray started the day with a fourth-place finish in 100 meter dash at 11.33 seconds, good for 789 points. He then won long jump with a leap of 23 feet to collect 816 points. In shot put, Gray was 14th with a mark of 32 feet, 7.75 inches (483 points) and 10th in high jump, clearing 5 feet, 8.5 inches for 577 points. In the final event of the afternoon, 400 meter dash, Gray placed 14th in 53.99 seconds for 640 points.
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Tarantino's best showing of the day came in 400 meter dash where he placed ninth in 52.60 seconds for 699 points.
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Day two's action will begin tomorrow, April 12, at 10 a.m. with 110 meter hurdles.
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