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UConn Men and Women Claim Fourth Straight BIG EAST Indoor Track and Field Titles

Final Results 

CHICAGO – The Connecticut men and women both captured their fourth consecutive titles at the BIG EAST Indoor Track and Field Championships presented by JEEP. 

The UConn men finished with 236.5 points. Second place went to Villanova with 113 points while DePaul finished third with 90. On the women's side, the Huskies finished with 189 points. Georgetown came in second with 112 points and St. John's took third with 93. 

For the women, Georgetown's Rebecca Ochan was named the Most Outstanding Track Performer and the High Point Performer of the Meet with 22.0 individual points. Ochan finished first in the 200m with a time of 23.74 seconds and first in the 400m with a time of 53.63. 

Villanova's Roschell Clayton was named the Most Outstanding Field Performer after placing first in the high jump with a mark of 1.82m which currently ranks 25th in the country. 

In the 3000m, Providence's Alex Millard broke the BIG EAST Indoor Championship record with a time of 8:50.32. She was also part of the record-breaking distance medley relay team who finished in 10:54.78. 

For the men, Georgetown's Tinoda Matsatsa was named the Most Outstanding Track Performer after winning gold in both the 800m and 4x400 relay. His time of 1:46.10 in the 800m broke the BIG EAST Indoor Championship record previously set by Villanova's Sean Dolan in 2024. 

UConn's Kasey Savage and Diarmuid O'Connor were named co-Most Outstanding Field Performers. Savage placed second in the long jump (7.50m), third in the triple jump (14.61m) and fourth in the high jump (2.01m). He also was named the High Point Performer of the Meet for the fourth straight season after finishing with 18.5 points. O'Connor placed first in the heptathlon after finishing first in five of the seven events. 

DePaul's Demetrius Rolle broke a BIG EAST Indoor Track and Field Championship record in the preliminaries of the 60m with a time of 6.70 seconds. The record had previously belonged to Michael LeBlanc of Syracuse in 2007 who finished in 6.71 seconds. Another record was broken when Darius Brown ran the 60 hurdles in 7.61. He broke his own record of 7.63 from 2024. 

Women's Results (18 Events Scored)
  1. UConn – 189 pts.
  2. Georgetown – 112
  3. St. John's – 93
  4. DePaul – 91
  5. Villanova – 85
  6. Providence – 56
  7. Marquette – 42
  8. Butler – 25
  9. Xavier – 6
  10. Creighton – 1
Men's Results (18 Events Scored)
  1. UConn – 236.5 pts.
  2. Villanova – 113
  3. DePaul – 90
  4. Georgetown – 77
  5. Providence – 56.5
  6. Butler – 53
  7. Marquette – 51
  8. Creighton – 9
  9. Xavier – 6
Women's Coaching Staff of the Year: Connecticut
Women's Most Outstanding Performer in Track Events: Rebecca Ochan
Women's Most Outstanding Performer in Field Events: Roschell Clayton
Women's High Point Performer of the Meet: Rebecca Ochan (22.0)
 
Men's Coaching Staff of the Year: Connecticut
Men's Most Outstanding Performer in Track Events: Tinoda Matsatsa
Men's Most Outstanding Performers in Field Events: Kasey Savage and Diarmuid O'Connor
Men's High Point Performer of the Meet: Kasey Savage (18.5)