Lewis Earns Top Honors in High Jump at All New England Championships

ROXBURY, Mass. – Worcester State University's sophomore high jumper, Justin Lewis (Lynn, Mass.) was named the All New England High Jump champion on Saturday as he and teammate Marcus Vieira (Peabody, Mass.) helped his team to a 14^th place finish amongst a group of Division I, II, and III New England teams in attendance.  

THE BASICS

February 3, 2018

Reggie Lewis Athletic Center

All New England Championships

14^th Place

TEAM SCORES

1^st Place: Northeastern (164)
2^nd Place: Connecticut (162.33)
3^rd Place: Rhode Island (113)
4^th Place: Southern Connecticut (63)
5^th Place: New Hampshire (30)
6^th Place: Brown (26)
7^th Place: Dartmouth (25.33)
8^th Place: Central Connecticut (23.33)
9^th Place: Maine (23)
10^th Place: Vermont (20)
11^th Place: Stonehill (18)
12^th Place: UMass Dartmouth (14)
12^th Place: AIC (14)
14^th Place: Worcester State (13)
15^th Place: Boston College (12)
16^th Place: UMass Amherst (10)
17^th Place: Sacred Heart (9)
18^th Place: MIT (8)
18^th Place: Hartford (8)
20^th Place: Springfield (6)
21^st Place: Assumption (5)
21^st Place: Bridgewater State (5)
23^rd Place: UMass Boston (4)
24^th Place: Merrimack (1)

WORCESTER STATE PERFORMERS

• Justin Lewis – 1^st Place in High Jump (2.14m/7-00.25)
• Marcus Vieira – 6^th Place in Weight Throw (17.64m/57-10.50)
• Edward Boamah – 11^th Place in 400 Meter Dash (49.84), 16^th Place in 200 Meter Dash (22.63)
• Marques Johnson – 14^th Place in 500 Meter Dash (1:06.79)
• John Ojukwu – 17^th Place in 60 Meter Dash (7.13)
• Anthony Christo – 19^th Place in Weight Throw (15.26m/50-00.75)

RECAP

Lewis, who just marked an indoor personal record of 2.14m/7-00.25 last week, jumped for the same height in a jump off this weekend at the All New England Championships and won the individual title in the event, scoring 10 points for his team.

Vieira also scored points for the Lancers as he came in 6^th place in the weight throw with a distance of 17.74m/57-10.50.

Edward Boamah (Worcester, Mass.) competed in two events (200 and 400 meters), and earned a personal record of 22.63 in the 200 Meter. Marques Johnson (West Hartford, Conn.) also attained a personal record of 1:06.79 in his event of the 500 Meter Dash. John Ojukwu (Stow, Mass.) and Anthony Christo (Peabody, Mass.) also qualified to compete in the meet.

Overall, the Lancers competed very well and came in third place among the Division III schools in attendance.

UP NEXT

Next Saturday (Feb. 10) both the men's and women's indoor track & field teams travel to Providence to take part in the MASCAC/Alliance Championships.

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