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Warren Staver
  • environmental engineering
  • Class of 2018
  • Centreville, Md.

Warren Staver of Centreville, Md., Earns NEICAAA All-New England Laurels

2017 May 19

The WPI Track & Field team, which includes Warren Staver, turned in five All-New England performances, two school records and a number of career and season bests as the men tied for 25th and the women tied for 28th at the NEICAAA New England Outdoor Championship Saturday at Williams.

The women entered the two-day meet, which featured teams from all three NCAA divisions, ranked No. 8 and the men No. 11 in Division III New England.

Senior Kimberlee Kocienski unofficially moved up 30 spots to No. 21 on the NCAA performance list Friday night with a personal-best 1:02.65 in the 400-meter hurdle trials. In Saturday's final, she ended up seventh with a time of 1:03.42. Freshman Sydney Packard won her heat and was .04 off her PR with a seventh-place time of 2:12.29 in the 800-meter run.

On the men's side, junior Brandon Hoghaug tied for fourth in the high jump with a clearance of 6-5. The 4x100- and 4x400-meter relays each finished eighth for the Engineers. Senior Hugh Whelan, freshman Alex Rus, freshman Nick Fleury and senior Brian D'Amore clocked a 42.66 in the 4x100 while junior Andrew Kelly, Rus, junior Paul-Henry Schoenhagen and junior Warren Staver set a school record with a 3:16.88 in the 4x400.

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