Indoor Track & Field’s Opening Weekend Features Three Meets

Indoor Track & Field’s Opening Weekend Features Three Meets
Posted: Dec 06, 2024

BOSTON – Suffolk men's and women's indoor track begins its 2024-25 schedule this weekend Dec. 6-7 at three different events. The Rams will be competing at The Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, the Early Bird Invite and the Beacon Invitational. 

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SHARON COLYEAR-DANVILLE SEASON OPENER
 Saturday, Dec. 7 at Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener – Boston University, Boston, Mass.

  • Amalia Dorion will be the lone Rams runner at Boston University Saturday. The grad student will be racing in the premiere distance race of the early track season, the 5k at BU, which features D1 national champion and countless All-Americans from across all three divisions. Dorion is attempting to clock a personal-record in the event with a goal of under 17 minutes, which would make her the first Suffolk women to do so, after a standout cross country season. If she eclipses that mark, it would put her in position to qualify for indoor nationals. 

EARLY BIRD INVITE
 Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Track at New Balance – Boston, Mass.

  • Sydney Fogg and Sofia Moukaddem will be racing the 5k with the senior and sophomore pair aiming to break the 18:00 barrier. Emily Manfra and Emma Weisse, members of Class of 2021, have been the only Rams to reach the feat in Suffolk women's indoor track & field history. 
  • Kely Maloney will be running the mile. 
  • Tim Barry will look to qualify for the NCAA Division III New England Championships in the 3k and will be joined in the event by Sean Jacobsen, who aims to break 9:00 for the first time. The junior would become the fourth Suffolk male runner to do so.  

BEACON INVITATIONAL
 Sunday, Dec. 8 at the Track at New Balance – Boston, Mass.

  • Elijah Brown will be competing in the weight throw and could punch his ticket to the New Englands. 
  • Tighe Hosman will run the 60 hurdles. 
  • Michael Nossek will attempt to break the school records in the 60 and 200, respectively. 
  • Nico Miele will look to break the Rams record in the high jump. 
  • Michael Makiej will also attempt to break the school record in the high jump. 
  • Senior captain Joshua Durand will race the 200 and 400. 
  • Bailey Stoddard-Baughman will attempt to break the Rams record in the triple jump. She will also try to take down the 60 hurdles
  • Averie Denelle and Catherine Brown will attempt to break the school record and qualify for New England's. 

COACH'S QUOTE
 "We're excited to see our talented group of freshmen to suit up for their first college meet," head coach Will Feldman said.  

SUFFOLK'S SCHEDULE
 The Rams are off until Saturday, Jan. 11 when they host the Suffolk Ice Breaker Invitational at the Track at New Balance.