SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Junior Kelechi Eziri of the Amherst College men's track and field team earned All-NEICAAA honors in the triple jump as two Mammoths competed at the NEICAAA championships on Friday and Saturday at Bryant University.

The meet is open to New England schools from all three NCAA divisions with All-NEICAAA honors awarded to the top eight finishers in each event.

The Mammoths will be back in action this week, attempting to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the decathlon at the North Central Combined Events Qualifier on Monday (May 16) and Tuesday (May 17) and in other events at the Williams Final Qualifier on Wednesday (May 18) and the MIT Final Qualifier on Thursday (May 19).

MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

* Eziri set a new personal best with a mark of 14.41m in the triple jump to finish seventh in the field and come two centimeters shy of the Amherst school record set in 1986.

* Junior Ellis Phillips-Gallucci finished sixth in the preliminaries of the 400m hurdles with a personal-best time of 54.27, bettering his mark that won him the NESCAC Championship last month, before false starting in the final.

* Eziri earned the Mammoths two points to finish tied for 36th in the 54-team field as Southern Connecticut State won the meet.