Minutemen Race At BU's David Hemery Valentine Invitational

BOSTON – Seven members of the University of Massachusetts men's track and field squad and one relay were in action this afternoon at the unscored David Hemery Valentine Invitational at the Boston University Track & Tennis Center. Minutemen competed in the 800m, mile and the 4x400m.

Junior Brian Gendron led UMass' runners in the 800m, clocking in at a season-best 1 minute, 51.71 seconds, to take 19^th. Senior Russell Wells was 52^nd with a time of 1:54.75. Junior Zabih Kotecha and sophomore Nicholas Santos finished together in 144^th and 145^th at 1:58.43 and 1:58.44, respectively.

In the mile run, sophomore Dawson Bathgate landed 131^st with a time of 4 minutes, 18.62 seconds. Sophomore Jackson Southard placed 148^th in 4:20.28 and classmate Michael McDonald crossed the line in 149^th at 4:20.37.

UMass' 4x400m relay squad of sophomore Michael Cuthbert, junior Andrew Hanwell, sophomore Kevin Shannon and sophomore Jacob Gore finished 21^st in a field of 55 teams, combining for a time of 3 minutes, 20.80 seconds.

The Minutemen will return to the track next Saturday, Feb. 17, when the squad will open up the Atlantic 10 Championships in Kingston, Rhode Island at 10 a.m.

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Players Mentioned

Dawson Bathgate

Michael Cuthbert

Brian Gendron

Jacob Gore

Andrew Hanwell

Zabih Kotecha

Michael McDonald

Nicholas Santos

Kevin Shannon

Jackson Southard

Russell Wells

Scoreboard

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