TRACK CONTINUES EXCELLENT SPRING SEASON WITH GREAT SHOWING AT STONEHILL
April 4, 2009
BRYANT TRACK & FIELD ENJOYS GREAT DAY AT FIRST SCORING MEET OF SPRING
FULL
RESULTS
EASTON, MA – The Bryant University men’s and
women’s track & field teams continued their excellent
season with another solid all-around performance by both the
men’s and women’s track & field teams Saturday at
the Skyhawk Invitational hosted by Stonehill College.
Competing against the top teams in the Northeast in the first
scoring meet of the outdoor season, the Bryant men placed third
overall out of 12 teams competing while the women were 10th out of
14 teams.
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| Alex Engel and the Bryant Track & Field Teams had one of their best meets of the spring Saturday at Stonehill College. |
The Bulldogs were led by junior standout Alex Engel (Spencer,
MA) and sophomore star Thomas O’Connor (Westwood, MA) as the
pair has an exceptional afternoon in both the sprints and relays
for Bryant. Engel had a fantastic day in both the 400 meters
and in the relays. Engel finished second in the fastest
section of the 400 meters in 50.10 seconds earning eight points for
the Bulldogs.
Teammate Mike DiBella (Upper Saddle River, NJ) was fourth in the
section and fourth overall with a time of 50.69 seconds.
In the sprints, O’Connor showed why he is one of the best
sprinters as he turned in the team’s best time in the 100
meters this spring with a strong second-place finish in the 100m in
11.12 seconds. Stonehill’s Torrey Price was the overall
winner in 10.99 seconds. Justin Hoffner (Oxford, CT) was
third in his second and eighth overall with a time of 12.01
seconds.
O’Connor would not be denied however in the 200 meters as
the sophomore easily turned in the team’s best 200 meter time
this spring with a first place finish in 22.60 seconds, edging
Wheaton’s Merzudin Ibric at the wire by just .02
seconds.
In the women’s 1500 meters, Kat Ragone (Bourne, MA) finished
11th in the fastest section in 5:07.85 while teammate Casey Fenwick
(Wayland, MA) was right behind in 12th place in the same section in
5:08.30.
On the women’s side, Stephanie Kirk (Pompton Lakes, NJ) was
first in the third section of the 100m hurdles in a time of 17
minutes, 47 seconds. Liane Grieg (York, ME) was second
in her section and ninth overall in the 400 meter hurdles,
finishing in a time of 1:13.33.
In the women’s 400 meters, Justine Douvadjian (Andover, MA)
ran well in section two, finishing sixth overall in 1:04.19 while
teammate Katie Pelletier (Berwick, ME) was fourth in the third
section in 1:06.63.
In the sprints, Sherika Nicholas (East Patchogue, NY) took second
in the fourth section of the 100 meters, finishing in 13.73
seconds. Nicholas would later take first in the fifth section
of the 200 meters in 28.95 seconds with teammate Kim Warner
(Shrewsbury, MA) next at 29.08.
Jennifer Denise (East Patchogue, NY) was ninth in the third
section of the 800 metes in a time of 2:41.94.
Mark Kenwood (Cumberland, RI) ran a very strong time in the
men’s 10,000 meters, finishing in 33:16.81 to place
fourth.
In the relays, the men’s 4x400 continued its pursuit of the
school record as the amazing quartet of Engel, O’Connor,
DiBella, and Andrew Fitzgerald (New Hartford, CT) cruised
home to a first-place finish in a time of 3:26.67, just three
seconds off of the school mark of 3:23.74. Saturday’s
first-place finish was nearly a full four seconds better than
second-place Mass-Lowell.
The women’s 4x400 relay placed fifth overall in 4:26.01
while both the men’s and women’s 4x100 were fourth
respectively. Bryant’s 4x800 meter relay teams competed
for the first time this outdoor season with the women’s team
finishing 10th in 10:53.19 but the men’s 4x800 showed little
rust the team of John Mitton (North Reading, MA), Drew Clark
(Hopkinson, MA), Ryan Busby (Derry, NH) and Ben Coughlin
(Worcester, MA) finished second in 8:18.51, just shy of the school
record of 8:17.99. All three are freshmen with the exception
of Coughlin who is a sophomore.
In the field events, Hoffner brought home five points with a
strong best jump of 21 feet, 3.50 inches, the best of the season by
the Bulldogs, to finish fourth. Fitzgerald was eighth with a leap
of 20-1.75 while Conor Richardson (North Attleboro, MA) and Chris
Brida (Southampton, MA) were 14th and 16th respectively.
In the throws, senior Steve Haskell (East Bridgewater, MA)
finished sixth in the hammer throw with a mark of 138 feet, 8
inches to score three points and later placed seventh in the
men’s shot put with a season-best mark of 42 feet, 6.26
inches earning two team points. Teammate Greg Brown (Methuen,
MA) was 10th in the shot put at 40-9.
The Bryant men’s and women’s track & field teams
will return to action next weekend competing at the Brown
Invitational.
