Sports

Updates on NECC Track and Field

 

Track and field, an important, yet often overlooked aspect of school sports. The NECC track team is on the rise, having an increase in participation from last year to now. 

Stats from Athletic.net show that the team has increased from 13 members (11 men and 2 women) in 2024 to now having 24 total members (18 men and 6 women). 

NECC Knights.com records that the past season NECC had 13 student-athletes qualify to participate in the NJCAA track and field championships. 

NECC Track and Field 2025 roster, from Athletic.net:

Adriel Rosa Sanchez

Othmane ElHayani

Cristian Moscat

Patrick Walker 

Derrick Pierre Paul

Renefred Jean Charles

Samuel Reinoso Reyes 

Francisco Laracuente

Victor Metivier

Grayson Fowler

Vinny Schmidt 

Jacob Kemblowski

Catherine Schwarts 

Karl Wolfgang

Estephany Lizardo

Kevin Adu

Janelis Uviedo 

Lemuel DelValle

Juliet Sellers 

Matthew Stevens 

Laylani Crespo 

Maximilian Lockard 

Maci Abbatessa

A man in an NECC Track and Field uniform
Kevin Adu Photo courtesy of neccknights.com

Player profile: (Kevin Adu) 

Kevin Adu has been running track since elementary school, and now he’s running for your Knights.

A resident of Haverhill, his talents have benefitted Hunking Middle School, Whittier Tech, and now NECC. Kevin believes that the college competition level is a big step up from high school. “The college competition level is very different from high school. It’s a lot more competitive,” he said.

Kevin is studying political science at NECC and has been running for the Knights for 2 years now. Stats from Athletic.net show that in his freshman year, competing in the 100 meter sprint, Kevin had an average time of 14.44 seconds his best being 13.64. Kevin Improved in his sophomore year with a new personal record of 13.41 seconds, and an average of 13.6. In his sole competition in the 200 meter event he placed 31st with a time of 29.46 seconds, putting him 8th on the team for this event. 

“I’ve liked running since I was 5 years old” Kevin Said “People told me I should join cross country in second grade.” Inspired by his father at a young age, Kevin has been running since he was in 4th grade. “My dad was really my inspiration. He ran track and field at school growing up in West Africa”. Kevin plans to continue running track at NECC, and hopes to make the team at the school he transfers to.