
BOSTON – Suffolk men's and women's indoor track & field teams will stay local, but split up at two different meets this weekend with Rams set to compete at the Harvard Invitational and Boston University's John Thomas Terrier Classic.
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JOHN THOMAS TERRIER CLASSIC
COACH'S QUOTE
"Terrier is always a crucial meet each indoor season," head coach Will Feldman said. "For our top distance runners it is when they need to start peaking as they look to qualify for the upcoming championship meets in February and March. For the sprinters and field event athletes this is when they typically start to hit their strides after a hard month of training. For them this should be when they start to see their training starting to pay off."
RAMS TO WATCH
- Amalia Dorion will attempt to become the second Suffolk woman to break the five-minute mark in the mile. If she's able to, she will be right in the mix for a spot at NCAA Division III Championships. She's currently ranked in the top 25 in the nation in the 800, mile and 3k with the top 20 earning a spot to nationals.
- Sydney Fogg and Amy Pattelena will also race the mile and look to qualify for NCAA D3 New England Championships.
- Sofia Moukadeem will race her first 3k.
- Hilma Ortega, Amanda Walden, and JJ Conteh will all race the 60 and 200, respectively.
- Emily Concepcion and Kaylie Groom will run the 200 and 400.
- Catherine Madden will attempt to qualify in the 60 hurdles.
- Tim Barry will attempt to the school record and become the first Ram to dip under 4:10 in the mile. He is currently ranked top 20 in the country in the 800 and 300. A sub 4:10 mile would place him in the top 20 in the mile as well.
- Thomas Novy will look to qualify for regionals in the 5,000.
- Hayden Green and Sean Jacobsen will race the 3k.
- Joshua Durand will attempt to qualify for New Englands in the 400.
- Nathan Fernandes will compete in the 200 and 400.
- Michael Najarian will attempt to break his 60 and 200 school records.
HAVE TO KNOW 'BOUT THE HARVARD INVITAITONAL
- Joshua Catino and Malachi Jones will both pole vault.
- Ioan Pereira will run the 60 and 200. He will also make his debut in the shot put.
- Nathan Fernandes and Clinton Oreofe will long jump.
- Tighe Hosman will hurdle and triple jump.
- Devyn Battistoni and Kara Sickle will pole vault.
- Sasha Helfgott-Waters will triple jump.
- Averie Denelle, Evelyn Lansing and Catherine Brown will all high jump.
- Catherine Madden and Denelle will compete in the 60 hurdles.
- Gina, Bailey Ford, and Megan Dunn will represent the distance runners in the 1,000 and mile.
- Divinety Johnson will be in shot put looking for a big personal record.
SUFFOLK'S SCHEDULE
Three events make up Feb. 7-8 in the Tufts Cupid Challenge, Crimson Open and the Bruce Lehane Scarlett & White Invite.