Michael Balestra
Michael Balestra
Height: 5-8
Weight: 165
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Lincoln, R.I.
High School: Lincoln
Major: Law & Public Policy

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

PERSONAL RECORDS
Discus: 32.95m, at Suffolk Spring Invite, April 25, 2021
Hammer Throw: 54.28m, at CCC Championships, April 30, 2022

SENIOR2022
USTFCCCA All-East (Hammer Throw) ... CCC Champion (Hammer Throw ) ... CCC First-Team (Hammer Throw) ... Captain ... Placed third in the hammer throw (47.38) at the Tufts Snowflake Classic (April 2) ... Won the hammer throw with a 46.99-meter throw at the Regis Spring Invite (April 8) ... Claimed ninth in the discuss (32.24) at the Gordon Invitational (April 9) ... CCC Field Athlete of the Week (April 11) ... Topped the hammer throw field behind a 50.26-meter heave at the Penmen Relays (April 16) ... Repeated as CCC Field Athlete of the Week (April 19) ... Finished first in the hammer (52.87) at the Sean Collier Invitational (April 23) ... Threepeat as CCC Field Athlete of the Week (April 25) ... Captured first in the hammer throw (54.28) and 11th in the discus (30.63) at the CCC Championships (April 30) ... Produced a 53.18-meter hammer throw, good for third, at the Division III New England Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 6) ... Claimed 15th in the hammer (52.07) at the NEICAAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 14) .... Put together a fifth-place performance in the hammer (50.05) at the MIT Final Qualifier (May 19).  

JUNIOR 2021
USTFCCCA All-New England (Hammer Throw) ... Captain ... Won the hammer throw behind a 50.34 toss at the Gordon Invite (April 10) ... Finished first in the hammer throw with a 48.71-meter throw at The Gordon Invite (April 17) ... Topped the hammer throw field behind a 51.14-meter toss at the Suffolk Invite (April 24) ... Captured first in the hammer throw (49.22) and eighth in the discus (29.85) at the CCC Invitational (May 2) ... Placed first with a 48.50-meter throw in the hammer throw at Tufts National Qualifying Meet (May 20).

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
USTFCCCA All-Academic in 2021-22 ... Two-time CCC Winter/Spring All-Academic selection (2020-21, 2021-22) ... Three-time GNAC All-Academic Team honoree (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22) ... Member of Suffolk's 4.0 Club in Fall 2018 ... Eight-time AD Honor Roll selection (Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022).

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.