The University of Rhode Island men’s track and field team placed second in a competitive University of Connecticut Northeast Challenge on Friday and Saturday thanks to four first-place finishes. Rhode Island scored 136.5 points, 40 more points than third-place finisher Southern Connecticut State University and 29.5 fewer points than first-place University of Connecticut. The Rams…
The University of Rhode Island men’s track and field team made history on Friday at the Friar Invitational when second-year Nick Martin broke the school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase for the second consecutive meet. Just a week removed from Martin’s record-breaking time of 9:01.18 at the Ocean State Cup on April 4, Martin became…
Excitement has filled the air of the basketball world as the NBA Playoffs have finally arrived: 16 teams, 15 series, potentially 105 games and one champion. This season’s contenders are pretty easy to point to. In the Eastern Conference, the Boston Celtics (61-21) and Cleveland Cavaliers (64-18) are expected to make it to the Eastern…
The University of Rhode Island track and field team emerged victorious in the first-ever Ocean State Cup as the men’s team contributed 175 points to the combined win in Smithfield on Friday behind multiple broken records. Over the course of the past few years, Bryant University track and field Head Coach Mitchell Switzer has pushed…
On Thursday, March 27, fourth-year Ryan Tona competed in the Texas Relays, breaking the University of Rhode Island’s decathlon record in his first attached meet in two seasons. Tona was the lone Ram to make the 1,909-mile trip to Austin, Texas, and he returned triumphant as he achieved what he set out to do: break…
Fourth-year sports media and communication major Connor Caldon started his photography journey six years ago, a path that started with a now-defunct summer baseball team and has led Caldon to an internship with the Baltimore Orioles. In his junior year of high school, Caldon took a photography class where he learned the basics of photography…
Jarrett Young is littered all over the University of Rhode Island’s track and field record book, as the fourth-year native of Haverhill, Massachusetts is a seven-time individual champion and nine-time Atlantic 10 Conference champion. Through three and a half years, Young has solidified himself as one of the greatest track and field athletes in the…
The University of Rhode Island men’s track and field team scored 178.5 points en route to its fifth-straight Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championship. Rhode Island started strong, scoring 18 points in the long jump, after being projected 11 based on seeding. Fourth-years Matt Santy and John Santos claimed first and second place; it…
The University of Rhode Island men’s indoor track and field team utilized the Brown Invitational this weekend as a tune-up for an opportunity to make history at the Atlantic 10 Championship. It was a smaller group of Rams competing in Providence on Saturday, primarily field athletes. This small group scored 70 points, enough to place…
The University of Rhode Island men’s track and field team hit its stride as the team set nearly two dozen new personal records in preparation for the Indoor Atlantic 10 Championship. The Rams sent their best oval athletes to Boston on Friday for the Boston University Valentine Invitational. The oval at BU allows for the…