BOSTON – Suffolk men's and women's indoor track & field is sending eight Rams to the Track at New Balance to compete at the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEICAAA) Championships this weekend. Qualifications start Friday, March 1 with the finals set for Saturday, March 2. Action starts at 10 a.m.

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NEICAAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
NEICAAA sponsors collegiate championships in three events – cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field. These championships have produced NCAA champions, Olympic medalist and even Boston Marathon championships. 

The first edition of the New England Track & Field Championships was held in 1887 and is currently the second oldest track and field meet organized in the United States – second to only the IC4A's Championship, which was started 11 years earlier.

QUALIFILYING QUALIFICATIONS
The top 32 athletes from a New England school across all three NCAA Divisions in each event, who have met the championships standards outlined here, are invited to compete.

SUFFOLK AT NEICAAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Although a pair of Rams have qualified in the past, this will be the first year in Suffolk's indoor track & field's history, that Rams will compete against the best-of-the-best in New England at the NEICAAA Championships.

RAMS QUALIFIERES

• The largest group of Suffolk student-athletes earned their way to the NEICAAA Championships in program history as 11 Rams qualified for the meet.
  • Ellie Davis – 3K, 5K
  • Emily Concepcion – 400
  • Amanda Walden – 60, 200
  • Sydney Fogg – 1K
  • Amy Pattelena – 800
  • JJ Conteh – 60
  • Thomas Novy – 3K, 5K
  • Tim Barry – 800
  • Luke Sikora – 1K, 800
  • Carter Nevulis – 60
  • Brady Sorensen – Long Jump
• Due to injuries and a fall semester graduate, there will be eight Rams competing at the championships:
  • Emily Concepcion – 400
  • Sydney Fogg – 1K
  • Amanda Walden – 60
  • JJ Conteh – 60
  • Thomas Novy – 3K
  • Tim Barry – 800
  • Luke Sikora – 800
  • Carter Nevulis – 60 Hurdles