CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (January 8, 2022)-Stonehill College men's indoor track and field resumed their indoor season as they traveled to Harvard University for the Harvard Multi & Beantown Challenge Saturday and posted a sixth-place finish. The Skyhawks saw several top-10 finishes led by Jacob Pacheco who recorded a fourth-place finish in the high jump and pole vault events.
Highlights:
- Pacheco set two new personal bests in both the high jump and pole vault. First, in the high jump, Pacheco recorded a jump of an impressive 1.92 meters. Next, in the pole vault, he topped his previous season-high of 4.10 meters with a new personal best of 4.22 meters to secure the fourth-place finish. Not far behind Pacheco in the pole vault was Cody DeAngelo who posted a mark of 3.92 meters for the fifth-place finish.
- Freshman Solomon King had another top-10 finish for the Skyhawks with a sixth-place finish in the 60 meters with a time of 7.17 seconds. However, in the 200 meters, King set a new personal best with a time of 23.56 seconds topping his previous high of 23.69.
- Shea Drugan had another stellar meet for Stonehill as the freshman set a new career-best in the 200 meters race. Drugan posted a time of 23.01 seconds for an eighth-place finish topping his previous best of 23.62.
- In throwing events, Ethan Peck was another Skyhawk who set a personal best in the weight throw event. Peck tossed an impressive 13.30 meter throw (13th place) which surpassed his previous mark of 12.83 meters.
Other Performances
- Along with Drugan and King recording top-15 finishes in the 200 meters, Stonehill saw three other Skyhawks round out the race as Zachary Ofurum (23.90 seconds-personal best), Sean Theurer (24.16 seconds-personal best), and John Paulhamus (24.20 seconds) for finishes of 20th, 21st, and 24th respectively.
- Jake Dwyer posted a sixth-place finish for Stonehill in the 60-meter hurdles when he ran a time of 9.33 seconds.
- Peck was one of three Skyhawks who placed in the weight throw event. After Peck, Chris Cox (12.50 meters) and Robert Lisi (12.17 meters) each finished 18th and 19th respectively.
- In shot put, three Stonehill throwers rounded out the event as Cox (12.05 meters), Michael Gozzo (11.76 meters-personal best), and Lisi (11.40 meters) for 16th, 17th, and 18th place finishes.
Up Next
Stonehill continues their indoor season traveling to the University of Rhode Island for the Sorlien Memorial Invitational on Saturday, January 15 at 10:00 a.m.
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