Jan. 19, 2011

Freshman Casey O'Brien (Seekonk, Mass.) was named the Northeast-10 Conference Men's Track Co-Rookie of the Week Tuesday while five UMass Lowell student-athletes were cited to the NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll, the Conference announced.

O'Brien led a handful of stellar results Saturday at the Tufts Jumbo Invitational at the Gantcher Center.

O'Brien led 10 UMass Lowell athletes and a relay team which won their events as he captured the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.80 seconds. He shared the award with Curtis Johnson of American International College who won the 800 meters at the Yale Collegiate Invitational in 1:56.55.

Three River Hawk men were cited to the Honor Roll, including seniors Cory Murray (Methuen, Mass.) and Donte Brown (Raynham, Mass.) along with freshman Jake Connors (Winthrop, Mass.).

Murray won the shot put and improved his place on the NCAA Division II list to 11th with a throw of 52 feet, 9.75 inches. Brown won the 400 meter dash in 49.80 seconds while Connors won the high jump, clearing 6' 5.25''.

On the women's side, senior Lauren Raimondi (East Longmeadow, Mass.) and junior Ashley Zielinski (Manchester, N.H.) each earned a spot on the Honor Roll. Raimondi placed second in the high jump with a leap of 5' 6.0'' and ascended to fifth on the latest NCAA Division II list.

Zielinski won the 60 meter hurdles and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championship with a time of 8.83 seconds, currently ninth on the Division II list.

UMass Lowell enters the Greater Boston Invitational Saturday at Harvard's Gordon Track & Tennis Center.