BOSTON, Mass.—The Roger Williams Men's Track and Field team competed in the Sean Collier Invitational hosted by MIT on Saturday.
Nine Hawks beat their personal record despite the poor weather conditions at the track.
Liam Tracey ( , Conn.) placed fifth in the 200 meter run at 22.86. He beat his personal record in both the 200 and the 400 while qualifying for New England's.
Matt Woznyk (Durham, Conn.) earned a top ten finish in the 1500 meter run finishing at 4:20.97.
Zach Santoro (Woburn, Mass.) and
Kyle Rector (Hopkinton, Mass.) both placed in the top ten in the 110 meter hurdles. Rector earned a new personal best crossing the line at 18.50.
Two Hawks also ran great races in the 400 meter hurdles. Zack Dowling ( Ludlow, Mass.) picked up sixth while
Nick Pietrini (Southbury, Conn.) earned ninth at 1:01.13 and 1:03.44 respectively.
In the 4x100 meter relay, RWU placed first beating eight other teams while finishing third in the 4x400.
Rector came back in the high jump and earned himself a fifth place finish followed by Nathan Parker (Higganum, Conn.) who made his way into eighth.
The long jump was a successful event for the Hawks as Jacob Maillioux (Webster, Mass.) drew second place,
Sean Tetrault (Franklin, Mass.) took fifth with a new personal record, Parker at sixth, and
Loukas Varas (Ringoes, N.J.) at eighth.
The triple jump was more of the same with Parker, Varas, and Tetrault all placing in the top ten while Tetrault broke another personal record.
Santoro picked up eighth in the javelin to complete the day for the Hawks.
More personal records include
Chris Chipchak (Chelmsford, Mass.) in the 1500,
Jon Wilner (Sudbury, Mass.) in the 800, Parker in the triple jump,
David McCardle (Coventry, Conn.) in the discus throw, and Sam Lugo (Levittown, N.Y.) in the hammer throw.
Coach
Sean Livingston said, "We stepped off the bus and it was pouring rain, but everyone kept a positive attitude by going out and competing hard. The 4x100 relay ran awesome. I'm pretty sure no one was expecting that to happen today.
Liam Tracey ran two great races, just missing NE's in the 400, and then coming back with a big effort in
the 200 while earning that qualifying time. Also, having so many people pr is a huge confidence booster going into next week's conference meet."
The Hawks will host the CCC Championship next weekend starting at 11:00a.m.
