Michael Balestra
Michael Balestra
Height: 5-8
Weight: 165
Year: So.
Hometown: Lincoln, R.I.
High School: Lincoln
Major: Political Science

• Also a member of Suffolk's indoor track & field team.
 GNAC Championships Hammer Throw Record Holder -- 46.64 M

SOPHOMORE  2020
Season called due to COVID-19 pandemic.

FRESHMAN  2019
All-New England via the New England DIII Cross Country and Track & Field Association … GNAC Male Field Rookie of the Year … GNAC Champion in the hammer throw … All-GNAC honoree in the hammer throw … Sealed up his spot at NCAA DIII New England Regionals in the hammer throw at Tufts’ Snowflake Opener at Dussault Track behind a toss of 45.76 meters, good for second in the field of 31 competitors (March 30) … Topped the 12-man hammer throw field at the Regis Spring Classic with a 46.63-meter showing (April 5) … Put together a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw (47.90) at Fitchburg State’s Jim Sheehan Memorial Invitational (April 6) … Took fourth in the hammer throw (47.60) and tossed the discus at the Penman Relays (April 13) … Put together an eight-place performance in the hammer throw (46.72) at MIT’s Sean Collier Invitational (April 20) … Won the hammer throw with a course record-setting throw of 46.64 and claimed sixth in the discus (31.16) at the GNAC Championships (April 28) … Placed eighth in the hammer throw (48.49) at the NCAA DIII New England Regionals (May 4). 

ACADEMICS
GNAC All-Academic Team honoree in 2019-20 ... Member of Suffolk's 4.0 Club in Fall 2018 ... Four-time AD Honor Roll selection (Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020).

BEFORE SUFFOLK LINCOLN
Letterwinner in both indoor and outdoor track & Field at Lincoln and captained the team as a senior ... FInished 10th at the outdoor New Balance National Championships ... Attended the indoor New Balance National Championships ... Coaches Award recipient in 2016.