NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. - The Northeast 10 Conference landed multiple student-athletes on the NCAA Division II All-America Track & Field squads at the association's championship this weekend in Pueblo, Coloardo. Cameron Belton headlined the group, taking second in the men's shot put with a career-best throw.
Belton entered the NCAA Championship seeded 10th through the regular season but having come in third at the NCAA Indoors. He then launched an 18.87 throw for his sixth 18m+ effort this academic year. The throw was 0.05m short of an NCAA Championship for Belton. Southern Connecticut State teammate, Natanael Barbosa Torres took home 20th in the shot put at 16.38m.
Hannah Caiola claimed the league's best finish on the women's side with a sixth place crossing in the women's 400m. Caiola ran in 53.03 seconds. She earns All-America status for the second consecutive season.
SCSU's cohort in Colorado wrapped up with Lawrence Hicks high jumping 2.07m -- third-best of any freshman male and good for 11th overall. Hicks is a Second Team All-American. Osaretin Osagie finished 11th in the prelims of the men's 110m Hurdles.
Returning All-American Malina Bohlmann checked in at 10th in the women's Javelin from Assumption. Bohlmann threw 46.16m. It was her best throw since her career-high at last year's NCAA Championship. She was named All-American again.
Finally, Nile Love placed 18th in the men's Long Jump at 7.18m while Gabrielle Teel went 13th in the Triple Jump and Jada Kamtha 15th in the prelims of the 100m Hurdles. Jordany Dely earned the league's final of three All-American nods, running the 110m Hurdles in 14.03 seconds in the athletic competition for his school as a member of the NE10.
His finish in the final earned Dely All-America honors, but his performance in the prelims earned him a new career high. Dely's 13.77 sec time is his new best.
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