BOSTON  - The Southern Connecticut State University men's indoor track and field team traveled to Boston to compete in day one of this season's New England Championships on Friday.

Logan Sharpe (Esperance, N.Y.) won his heat in the 400 meters and had the second fastest time overall (48.22 seconds). Stenson Jean-Baptiste (Stratford, Conn.) also advanced to the finals and was second in his heat with a time of 49.07 seconds.

Selasi Lumax (Somerset., N.J.) and Josh Perry (Naugatuck, Conn.) won their heats in the 800 meters with times of 1:51.34 and 1:52.24. Corey DeLaCruz (Alamagorado, N.M.) also finished with a time of 1:52.06 and was second in his heat.

Patrick Waszcak (Colchester, Conn.) was fifth in the pole vault with a leap of 15 feet, seven inches, while Nelson Laskoski (Pomfret Center, Conn.) was right behind in sixth with a mark of 15 feet, 1.5 inches. Jonathan Galli (Redding, Conn.) also finished eighth.

The distance medley relay team of DeLaCruz, Lumax, Perry and Nana Ocran (Manchester, Conn.) was second with a time of 9:57.78.

Nicholas Fedor (Bethany, Conn.) and A.J. Guerra (Stafford Springs, Conn.) placed sixth and ninth, respectively in the weight throw with tosses of 17.11 and 16.91 meters.