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Brockton, Massachusetts, sophomore leads Skyhawks on opening day of Harvard event
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (January 10, 2020) – Sophomore Michel-Ange Siaba led Stonehill College with his performance in the heptathlon on day one of the Beantown Challenge, hosted by Harvard University, at Gordon Indoor Track today.
Highlights
- Siaba leads the field of 12 competitors on the heptathlon with 2,592 points through four events – 12 points better than William Canty from Westfield State College in second place.
- Siaba placed first in the long jump by clearing 20-feet, 9-inches, earning him 657 points.
- He was also third in the shot put with a throw of 37-feet, 6.75-inches for another 573 points.
- Siaba also posted a fifth place finish in the high jump (5-feet, 10-inches) and sixth in the 60-meter dash (season-best 7.38-seconds).
- Siaba will compete in the 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1000-meter run to round out the seven events on Saturday.
- Junior Ethan Famiano placed tenth in the 60-meter hurdles prelims in other action at the track today. He clocked in at 8.55-seconds to lead four Skyhawks in the event in a field of 19 hurdlers.
- Freshman Jake Dwyer finished 13th out of 24 entries in the 60-meter dash prelims with a season-best time of 7.13-seconds. He was also 14th in the 60-meter hurdles to finish second among Skyhawks to Famiano with his season-best time of 8.79-seconds.
Up Next
Stonehill will be right back in action for day two of the Beantown Challenge at Gordon Indoor track tomorrow, starting at 10 a.m.
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