Coast Guard’s Cecotti places fifth at URI Heptathlon

Kingston, R.I. — Coast Guard Academy sophomore Preston Cecotti scored a personal-best 4,367 points to finish fifth Thursday and Friday at the University of Rhode Island Heptathlon. The score moved Cecotti to second place on the Bears’ all-time list for the event.

Cecotti ran a personal record of 7.50 seconds in the 60-meter dash to start things off Thursday, followed by the long jump (18 feet, 6 inches), shot put (37-7.25, indoor PR) and high jump (5-7.25).

On Friday, Cecotti ran another personal best, finishing the 60 hurdles in 9.26, and next cleared 13-11.25 in the pole vault, which moved him from 11th place to fifth. In his final event, he ran the 1,000 in 3:02.47, a 13-second improvement from last year.

Cecotti, from South Park, Pennsylvania, was second in the New England Men’s and Women’s Athletic Conference decathlon championship in the spring with 5,302 points.

Men’s hockey

• Rocco Testa-Basi and Logan Cleary each had a goal and an assist for Conn College in a 3-1 victory over Colby at Dayton Arena. Testa-Basi and Cleary scored first-period goals to give the Camels (2-22 overall, 1-1-2 NESCAC) a 2-0 lead. Javi Ubarri pulled Colby within 2-1 in the second period, but Cole Eichler scored an insurance goal for Conn with nine seconds remaining in the second. Will McEvoy made 29 saves for Conn.

Women’s hockey

• Casey Chesner scored twice and Claire Sammons added a goal for Conn College in a 3-0 victory over Suffolk. Chesner broke a scoreless tie at the 9:45 mark of the second period on assists by Kiley Smith and Kate Hagness to make it 1-0 after two. Charlotte Harris also had an assist for Conn (4-3-1) and Devon Galizio made 24 saves.

Women’s basketball

• Rebecca Oberman-Levine and Avery Burns paced Connecticut College with eight points apiece in an 80-39 loss to Division I Holy Cross on Thursday. Oberman-Levine also grabbed a team-high seven rebounds for Conn (3-7). Lindsay Berger and Meg Cahalan each scored 17 points to lead Holy Cross (4-4), which forced the Camels into 18 turnovers.

H.S. boys’ basketball

• After trailing by 17 points at halftime, The Williams School came back with a hard-fought second half to beat Christian Heritage 5048. Sophomore guard Jadiel Thomas led the Blues with 17 points and junior guard Marc Macera had 14. Williams is 1-1.

H.S. girls’ basketball

• Elle Reid led Williams School with 10 points and Kate Van Berkel added six in a season-opening 43-22 loss to Christian Heritage. Williams scored 10 points in a strong fourth quarter.