BOSTON – Suffolk men's and women's indoor track & field is scheduled to get its season underway at the Suffolk Relays Saturday, Dec. 2 at the Track at New Balance. It is the second straight season and second time in the program's history that the Rams will lift the lid on their indoor campaign as host. Throwing events are scheduled to start at 9 a.m. with track and jumping events set to follow at 10 a.m.
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THE FIELD
A bakers dozen teams will battle at the Track at New Balance Saturday. In addition to Suffolk, NCAA Division III programs from Bridgewater State, Colby Sawyer, Emmanuel, Fitchburg State, Lasell, Rhode Island College and host UMass Boston are set to compete alongside Assumption, Bentley, Roxbury Community College and Sacred Heart. Club Sherman is also in the mix for this weekend.
COACH'S QUOTE
"This will be a great opportunity for some of our more developmental athletes to compete and gain confidence heading into next semester," head coach Will Feldman said.
RAMS TO RECOGNIZE [ MEN ]
- Tim Barry and Luke Sikora will both be attempting to qualifying for New England's in the 1000.
- In the mile, Hayden Green and Thomas Novy will be going for the win.
- Owen Campbell tied the school pole vault record in his collegiate debut, the Suffolk Relays, and can break it Saturday.
- Carter Nevulis is the top seed in the hurdles at the meet after punching his ticket to New Englands last weekend.
- Anthony Lovati will make his collegiate debut in the 60 and 200.
SUFFOLK STANDOUTS [ WOMEN ]
- Ellie Davis will race for the final time in a Suffolk uniform.
- Amy Pattelena, Sydney Fogg and Sarah Roberts will run the mile. Pattelena and Fogg aim to qualify for New Englands in their season debuts.
- Sasha Helfgott-Waters is set to make her collegiate debut in the pole vault and triple jump.
- Catherine Brown, who tied the school record in the high jump in the season-opener, the Suffolk Relays, is right on the cusps of breaking it.
- In the hurdles, Isabelle Slocum, Catherine Madden and Hilma Ortega should be in the mix to make the finals and place at the top of the standings.
- In the shot put Gabby Anderson will make her season debut, while Gracie O'Connell is primed for a personal record in the weight throw.
- The women's 4x400 Relay team of Amanda Walden, Kaylie Groom, Alyssa Rodriguez and Pattelena, which was All-New England in the 2023 outdoor season, will race for the first time.
LAST TIME OUT [ MEN ]
Suffolk men's indoor track & field had a pair of events on its opening-weekend calendar; the Suffolk Relays and Boston University's Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.
MORE READING: Men's Indoor Track & Field Begins Season at Suffolk Relays; Barry Runs Mile at Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener
LAST TIME OUT [ WOMEN ]
Suffolk women's indoor track & field got its 2023-24 campaign underway Saturday at the Suffolk Relays at the Track at New Balance. It was the second straight season the Rams put on their hosting hat to lift he lid on its campaign. This year 25 students in blue-and-gold were featured across 13 events in the season-opening event.
MORE READING: Women's Indoor Track & Field Opens Year at Suffolk Relays
SUFFOLK'S SCHEDULE
The Rams are away from action for over a month for finals and the holidays. Suffolk is set to start competition back up Saturday, Jan. 13 at the Suffolk Ice Breaker Invitational at the Track at New Balance.