From Washington University Athletics
The Washington University in St. Louis men's track & field program captured the University Athletic Association (UAA) Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon.
The WashU men posted a championship high 248 points and won the 19th title in program history.
Senior Roderick Smith earned the second UAA title of his career when he outraced the opposition in the 100m dash. The Kansas City, Mo.-native placed first with a time of 11.07. Junior Eddie Wintergalen added all-UAA honors in the event with a third place finish (11.18).
Sophomore Nick Matteucci captured two event titles at the UAA Championships on Sunday. He took the 800m race with a time of 1:54.01 after earning a championship in the 1500m run by edging senior teammate Elvir Sarajlic by less than two seconds. Matteucci completed the run in 3:57.61, while Sarajlic earned all-UAA honors as well with a time of 3:59.10.
Freshman Andrew Whitaker and senior Michael Billington took the top two finishes in the 400m hurdles. Whitaker posted a winning time of 54.09, while Billington ended the race with a time of 54.32.
The WashU men's relay team excelled on Sunday by posting the top times for both relays. Wintergalen, junior CJ Chin, junior Jason Singer and Smith combined efforts in the 4x100m relay for the winning 42.37 time.
Singer and Wintergalen were also a part of the winning 4x400m relay team. They were joined by a pair of freshmen in Whitaker and John Harry Wagner. The team finished more than a second ahead of NYU with a time of 3:18.36.
Sophomore Collis McKenzie matched his season-high jump of 1.95m and took first place. McKenzie also competed in the triple jump.
Also earning all-UAA honors on Sunday were Wintergalen (200m: second, 22.35), Smith (200m: third, 22.62), graduate student Dillon Williams (5000m: second, 15:26.17), senior Kirby Simon (5000m: third, 15:28.49), Whitaker (110m Hurdles: third, 15.48) and senior Ezugo Onejeme (Triple Jump: third, 13.68m).