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Carl Luxhoj placed second in the triple jump after placing first in the long jump earlier in the meet.
NEW LONDON, CONN.--(5/3/08)--The Coast Guard Academy men's track and field team placed third, its best finish since a second place finish in 1995, at the New England Division III Track and Field Championships held at the Coast Guard Academy.

The Bears, who were the day one leaders, had 12 athletes earn All-New England honors on the final day of competition, to give the Bears 14 total All-New England honorees.

Williams won the team championship for the fifth straight season with 151 points. MIT was second with 92 points while the Bears finished with 87 points. Springfield was fourth with 58 points.

In the final day of competition, freshman Carl Luxhoj placed second in the triple jump (46-5.5) after placing second in the long jump yesterday.

The 4x400 meter relay team of seniors Jason Erickson, Matt Romano, freshman Kyle Coleman and junior Thomas Adams placed second with a time of 3:22.53.

Also earning All-New England honors for the Bears were junior Mike Haas, who finished third in the 1,500 meters (3:56.02), freshman Kyle Coleman, third in the 400 hurdles (55.87), senior Steve Blum, was third in the javelin (187-5).

Junior Andy Kaufmann was fifth in the discus (139-7), junior Michael Comerford was sixth in the pole vault (13-9.25) while freshman Jordan Kellam was seventh (13-9.25) in the pole vault, senior Beau Belanger was seventh in the javelin (177-0) and junior Tyler Ashner was eighth in the high jump (5-10.75).
 

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