Posted: Jan 20, 2024
MEDFORD, Mass. – Suffolk men's indoor track & field compiled its first team score of the season as the Rams turned in a sixth-place performance at Tufts' Branwen Smith-King Invitational Saturday at the Gantcher Field House.
RREGIONAL RAMS
- Brady Sorensen sealed his spot at NCAA Division III New Englands in the long jump with a 6.57-meter leap.
RAMS RUNNERS
- Tunrer Mitchell and Joshua Durand logged top-20 performances in the 60. Mitchell ran a 7.43, good for 14th, and Durand clocked a 7.60 to claim 18th.
- Durand also had a top-20 effort in the 200 in 19th behind a time of 24.55. Carter Nevulis (24.61) was one spot behind his teammate in 20th.
- John Avakian and Andrew Tansil took spots in the top-10 in the 400. The former's 55.91 put him in eighth, while the latter finished his lap around the track in 56.71, two spots behind Avakian.
- Kely Maloney's 1:29.85 in the 600 put the senior in sixth in the 16-runner field.
- Luke Sikora (2:04.71) and Patrick Lambe (2:08.48) finished fourth and seventh, respectively, in the 800.
- The 1000 featured a quartet of Rams in Evan Wright (2:41.28), Sean Jacobsen (2:46.75), Jacob Dubin(2:48.50) and Cam Fredette (2:48.66). Wright highlighted the group with a sixth-place showing.
- Hayden Green finished in the middle of the 12-runner pack in the 3000 behind a time of 9:09.97.
- Nevulis was runner-up in the 60 hurdles with an 8.70 finals' time.
POLE VAULT POSITIONS
- Owen Campbell and Joshua Catino shared eighth in the pole vault with at 3.20.
JUMPERS JIST
- Sorensen leapt 6.57 meters in the long jump to take fourth in the 27-jumper field that featured Michael Frodelius (5.74) and Kai Mohammed (4.58).
THROWERS THOUGHTS
- Eddie McCarthy presented the Rams in the shot put with a 10.01-meter heave.
RAMS RECORDS
- Durand's 7.60 in the 60 is a personal best.
- Avakian produced a PR of 55.91 in the 400.
- Lambe logged a career-high of 2:08.48 in the 800.
- Jadan Wenceslao produced a PR of 4:42.70 in the mile.
- Frodelius rewrote his long jump PR at 5.74.
YOU'RE NEW HERE
- Tansil ran the 400 for the first time in his collegiate career.
- Maloney competed the 600 for the first time.
- Jacobsen, Dubin and Fredette made their 1000 debuts.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk spends next weekend, Jan. 26-27, at three different events; River Hawk Invitational, John Thomas Terrier Classic and Husky Invitational.