BRIDGEWATER, Mass.—The Roger Williams Men's Track team opened up their 2019 season earning fourth place out of eighteen teams in the Bridgewater State Invitational on a Saturday morning.
Noah Lautenschlager (North Conway, N.H.) came in second in the 100 Meter Dash with a time of 11.07 also qualifying for New England's and fifth in the 200 Meter Dash at 23.60.
Zach Santoro (Woburn, Mass.) placed third in the 110 Meter Hurdles reaching the finish line at 16.51 and tenth in the 400 Meter Hurdles (1:08.66). In the same event,
Nick Pietrini (Southbury, Conn.) placed seventh with teammate Zack Dowling (Ludlow, Mass.) following closely behind in eighth at 1:01.79 and 1:04.41 respectively.
In the 4x400 Meter Relay, RWU came in fifth including members Dowling,
Jason Fontaine (Westminster, Mass.),
Noah Hysong (Ledyard, Conn.), and
Nicholas Krajewski (Ansonia, Conn.) at 3:42.42.
Kyle Rector (Hopkinton, Mass.) jumped 1.75 meters to fifth place in the high jump event. Hysong and
Chris Malles (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) competed in the pole vault placing first and third jumping 3.80 and 3.20 meters.
Junior
Nate Parker (Higganum, Conn.) was victorious in the long jump placing first and reaching 6.35 meters in the sand.
Colin Herschlag (Easton, Mass.) (4:34.26) and
Jon Wilner (Sudbury, Mass.) (2:16.10) both achieved their personal bests in the 1500 and 800 meter run.
Head Coach
Sean Livingston states, "It was an overall very solid day of competing for both teams. The conditions were not really conducive for setting personal bests as the wind was really whipping out there. Everyone really competed well and battled through the best they could. The coaches all are proud of the effort put forth. I am confident they'll really see a big jump in performances over the next couple of weekends."
The Hawks compete again next weekend at the UMass-Dartmouth Invitational on March 30
th at 11:00 a.m.
