Men’s Track and Field Competes in First Meet of 2024 at UMass Flagship Invitational

BOSTON, Mass. (January 14, 2024) - The Stonehill College men's track and field team competed in the University of Massachusetts Flagship Indoor Invitational Sunday at the TRACK at New Balance.

RESULTS

FIELD EVENTS

Junior Parker Hagen (Newport, R.I.) placed sixth in the triple jump, reaching a distance of 13.35m while freshman Drew Pierson (Ellsworth, Maine) came in ninth with a mark of 12.78m which is a new personal best for the freshman.
Freshman Keagan Fletcher (Wrentham, Mass.) set a personal best in the high jump with his 14th-place finish as he notched a height of 1.85m.
Senior Chris Cox (Warwick, R.I.) came in 12th place in the shot put with a toss of 13.00m and placed 15th in the weight throw, setting a new personal best with a throw of 14.95m.
Sophomore Jonathan Scampoli (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) had a 14th-place finish in the shot put, reaching a distance of 12.77m with his throw.
Junior Michael Gozzo (Weymouth, Mass.) also finished in the top-20 of the shot put, hitting a mark of 12.32m to place 19th.

TRACK EVENTS

Senior Solomon King (Norwood, Mass.) had the best finish of the day for the Skyhawks, coming in second place in the 200m dash with a time of 21.58 seconds.
Not far behind King was junior Shea Drugan (Westfield, Mass.) who crossed the finish line in 21.99 seconds to come in 10th place.
Junior Louis Warner (Kinderhook, N.Y.) finished in 18th place in the 800m with a time of 1:59.2, less than two seconds off his personal best.
Senior Patrick Garratt (Westwood, Mass.) placed 12th in the 3000m race as he crossed the finish line in 8:38.1 to set a new personal best.
Fifth-year Colin Black (Hopedale, Mass.) also set a new personal best in the 3000m race as he finished in 8:42.54 to place 14th.
The Stonehill 4x400m relay team came in fifth place with a time of 3:22.38 using the quartet of King, Warner, freshman Jon Dougherty, and sophomore Patrick Morin (Barnstable, Mass.).

NEXT UP

Stonehill track and field is back in action on Saturday for the URI Invitational in Kingston, R.I.

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