08/08/2008
NEW ORLEANS – The University of New Hampshire women’s track and field team, as well as sophomore pole vaulter
Rita Ciambra (Hanover, N.H.), were recently honored by the United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for their academic achievements during the 2008 season.
UNH’s track and field team was one of 117 Division I women’s track and field programs recognized as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team. The Wildcats compiled a 3.18 team grade point average, well over the minimum 3.000 needed to qualify for the award.
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07/10/2008
UNH HONOR ROLL
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A total of 201 University of New Hampshire student-athletes were named to the 2008 America East Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll for recording a grade point average of 3.0 or above in that winter/spring semester, the league announced Thursday. Of the 201 honored, 113 of those were also named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll for possessing a gpa of at least 3.5, the most of any of the other institution.
In the nine-member America East conference, only Binghamton University (251 honorees) had a higher number of student-athletes recognized. The University at Albany (198), the University of Vermont (197) and Stony Brook University (188) rounded out the top five.
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07/09/2008
The former University of New Hampshire athlete let the tears keep coming. These tears were tears of relief, tears of happiness, tears of joy. And anyway, she didn't need her eyes to see where she was going. She knew every step she took was one step closer to Beijing. Joanne (Duffley) Dow was going to the Olympics.
On Sunday morning, the final day of the 2008 Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., on Dow's last chance to compete in an Olympic Games, she did exactly what she needed to do. Ten years after winning her first U.S. national title, Dow won her 10th, walking her way to Beijing.
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS— Student-athletes at the University of New Hampshire continue to excel in the classroom and as a result the Wildcats finished second in the running for the 2007-08 America East Academic Cup with an impressive cumulative grade point average of 3.12. UNH has won the Academic Cup twice, in 1998-99 and 1999-2000.
The University of Vermont narrowly edged out UNH to take home the hardware with a 3.14 GPA.
The University of Maine (3.10), Stony Brook University (3.06) and Binghamton University (3.04) were the other institutions in America East to compile grade point averages of 3.00 or better in 2007-08.
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NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Monday that sophomore
Rita Ciambra (Hanover, N.H.) of the University of New Hampshire women’s outdoor track and field team has been named to the USTFCCCA All-East Region Team.
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06/01/2008
RESULTS
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Sophomore Rita Ciambra (Hanover, N.H.), of the University of New Hampshire women’s outdoor track and field team, kept her season rolling with a top-five performance at the NCAA East Regional at Florida State University’s Mike Long Track on May 30-31.
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05/19/2008
RESULTS
PRINCETON, N.J. – Sophomore
Rita Ciambra (Hanover, N.H.) jumped to a third-place finish for the University of New Hampshire women’s outdoor track and field team at the ECAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Princeton University’s Weaver Stadium on May 16-18.
With six points, the Wildcats finished 34th out of 47 teams, while the University of Connecticut won the meet with 83 points.
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05/13/2008
DURHAM, N.H.— Kevin Regan (South Boston, Mass.), Ricky Santos (Bellingham, Mass.) and Cathy Parker (Westford, Mass.) were honored Tuesday evening as the recipients of the Jim Urquhart Student-Athlete Of Year Award. The announcement was made at the annual Student-Athlete Senior Appreciation Banquet.
Regan, a goalie for the men’s ice hockey team, and Santos, a quarterback for football, were co-recipients of the male athlete award.
Regan leaves UNH after having one of the most decorated seasons in UNH history. He was named a Hobey Baker finalist, a first team All American, Hockey East Player of the Year (unanimous selection), New England’s Most Valuable Player, Walter Brown Award winner (given annually to the top American born college hockey player in New England) and selected to the All-Hockey East First Team.
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05/10/2008
RESULTS
DURHAM, N.H. – Senior Kiah Quarles (Derry, N.H.), freshman Camille Quarles (Derry, N.H.), sophomore Rita Ciambra (Hanover, N.H.) and the 4x400- and 4x800-meter relay teams all submitted second-place finishes to help lead the University of New Hampshire women’s outdoor track and field team to a second-place finish at the 32-team New England Outdoor Track and Field Championship that was held at Reggie F. Atkins Track on the campus of UNH on May 8-10.
The Wildcats – led by head coach Casey Carroll, who was named Coach of the Year after the meet – tallied 94 points and trailed only Boston College, which won the meet.
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05/10/2008
MEN'S RESULTS | WOMEN'S RESULTS | SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
DURHAM, N.H. – The first day of the New England Outdoor Track and Field Championship came to a close Friday at the Reggie F. Atkins Track, with the University of New Hampshire men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams both producing solid showings.
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