Skyhawks Soar at Harvard Open

Skyhawks Soar at Harvard Open 

Boston, Mass. - The Skyhawks had 13 top 10 finishes on Saturday at the Harvard Open.   Junior Torrey Price (Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.) registered another impressive performance in the Men's 60 Dash claiming a fourth place finish.  Not to be outdone, the women's team received two top five marks in the 3000 Meter Run from Kelly O'Toole (Nashua, N.H.) and Jen Gardynski (Everett, Mass.).

Price started the day with 7.00 time in the 60 Meter Dash Preliminaries.  In the finals, Price claimed fourth place with a 6.90 running.  Senior Tom Woods (Medfield, Mass.) ran the 400 Meter Dash in 51.87 to take an eighth spot for the Skyhawks.

In the Men's 1 Mile Run, Kevin Gill (Brockton, Mass.) finished second with an outstanding time of 4:19.73.  Joe Ryan (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Matt Rigby (Suffield, Conn.) finished fourth and 14th respectfully.

Senior Dave Metzger (Ellington, Conn.) claimed another second place finish for the Skyhawks in the Men's 3000 Meter Run.  Not far behind were classmates Richard Gerry (Bow, N.H.) with a time of 8:41.78 and freshman Nick Campbell (Mansfield, Mass.) at 9:08.32.

In addition to O'Toole and Gardynski's second and fifth place finishes, the women also received strong performances from Lindsey Booth (Franklin, Mass.) and Hilary Curtis (Scarborough, Maine), who finished in the top 10 in the 800 Meter Run. 

Sophomore Katrina Harkins (Derry, N.H.) registered 9.89q in the Preliminary running of the women's 60 Meter Hurdles.  She went on to claim 10th place in that same event with 9.90 time.

Both Track & Field teams do not have another meet until January 19th when they will travel to the University of Rhode Island.