Men's Track Finishes in 9th Place At Division III New Englands
Cambridge, MA --- The 4x100 meter relay team of junior Todd Paquin, sophomores Luke Curtis and Ramses Rafael and freshman Duy Truong took home first place with a time of 42.49 to help lead the Worcester State men's track and field team to ninth at the Division III New England Championships this afternoon at MIT.
Men's Outdoor Track Stays At Ninth In USTFCCCA New England Region Rankings
Cambridge, MA --- The 4x100 meter relay team of junior Todd Paquin (Pelham, NH), sophomores Luke Curtis (Dudley, MA) and Ramses Rafael (Lawrence, MA) and freshman Duy Truong (Worcester, MA/Doherty) took home first place with a time of 42.49 to help lead the Worcester State men's track and field team to ninth at the Division III New England Championships this afternoon at MIT.
MIT won the meet with 113 points while the Lancers had the third highest public school finish with 33 points as they were edged out by RIC (7th – 39) and UMass Boston (8th – 34.5).
The top relay time marked the first time that the men have won a relay since the mile relay team won the ECAC College Division crown in 1975 and went to the Division III Outdoor meet. Three Lancer Hall of Fame athletes sprinted on the relay squad that posted a time of 3:18.8.
Other Division III New England honorees included sophomore Kevin Maciel (Tewksbury, MA) who broke his own school mark in the 400 meter hurdles with sixth (54.80) while freshman Terrence Gibson (Rockland, MA) added 7th in the 200 (22.47).
Sophomore Andrew Johnson (Thompson, CT) rounded out the group with a tie for fifth in the high jump (1.93m/6-4) to stamp his ticket to the ECAC Division III Championships while classmate Matthew Begley (E. Bridgewater, MA) just missed with a personal-best toss of ninth in the shot put (14.48m/47-06.25). Freshman Daniel Ross (Foxboro, MA) was also 12th in the high jump (1.88m/6-2).
Junior Jon Parrella (Wilmington, MA) added 16th in the 400 meter hurdles (58.61) while Truong notched 17th in the 200 (22:89). Freshman Matthew Alley (Milford, MA) placed 16th in the 100 (11.48) and Rafael was 19th overall in the 400 (51.57). Sophomore Jason Sliwoski (Leicester, MA) also notched 23rd in the 100 meter hurdles (17.12).
In the field, junior Harrison McCann (Rutland, MA) finished 11th in the hammer (17.52m/155-11) and 15th in the shot put (13.72m/44-04) as senior Nick Capone (Billerica, MA) recorded 24th in the shot put (11.77m/38-07.50).
The 4x400 meter relay team of Rafael, Maciel, Parrella and junior Tim Mazeika (Millbury, MA) ran a time of 3:24.77 in 13th.
The 4x800 meter squad of junior teammates Kerry Sabanty (Stoughton, MA) and Connor O'Neill (Dudley, MA), sophomore Zach Creeden (Billerica, MA) and freshman Patrick Bova (Princeton, MA) rounded out the finishers with a time of 8:16.27.
Next week select Lancers will return to Steinbrenner Field to compete at the Open New England Championships hosted by MIT.
Friday's Release
Cambridge, MA --- Led by freshman Duy Truong (Worcester, MA/Doherty) and junior Todd Paquin (Pelham, NH) who combined for nine points in the long jump, the Worcester State men's outdoor track team placed sixth with 15 points on the second day of the Division III New England Championships hosted by MIT.
Troung had a leap of 6.61 meters (21-08.25) for fourth place to earn repeat Division III New England accolades after he had the fifth-best in the indoor season (6.64m/21-09.50). Paquin was right behind in fifth as he chalked up 6.49m (21-03.50).
Sophomore Jason Sliwoski (Leicester, MA) tallied 5,655 for fifth place in the decathlon to earn Division III New England laurels. Sliwoski won the shot put (10.97m/36-05), the discus (37.79m/124-04) and he had the fourth-best javelin throw (45.72m/150-08).
He also posted the fifth best 100 meter hurdles time (17.04), tied for the fifth-highest high jump (1.72m/5-7.75), added the sixth-best 100 (11.86) and pole vault (3.40m/11-01.75) before he finished with eighth in the 400 (53.38), 10th in the long jump (5.43m/17-08.75) and 11th in the 1,500 (5:09.92).
Sliwoski is the first Division III decathlete since current assistant coach Matt Swett accomplished the same feat in his junior season (2003) with 5,537 points. The school record is 6,113 held by Jason Monette, set at the Holy Cross Decathlon.
Sophomore Matthew Begley (E. Bridgewater, MA) rounded out the group with seventh in the javelin throw (53.85m/176-08) and junior Jeremy Ross (Jefferson, MA) was 15th in the javelin (49.45m/162-03).