Men’s Track & Field Victorious On Senior Day

AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts men's track and field defended its home turf in convincing fashion on Saturday, winning the Minutemen invitational with 226.33 points in a field of eight teams. Dartmouth finished a distant second with 124 points, while Brown was third with 103.83 points.

Headlining UMass' five event wins on the day, the 4x100 meter relay squad of Hayden Gray, Michael Cuthbert and Jordan Howard, posted the fourth fastest time in UMass history, 41.52.

Howard and Cuthbert also scored in the 100 meter dash in fourth (11.14) and fifth (11.15), respectively, while Howard added points in the 200, as well, running to third in 21.92 seconds.

Junior Kendall Westhoff led a big points pickup for the Minutemen, winning the 5,000 meter run in 14 minutes, 48.76 seconds. Freshman Joshua Rahn (15:00.47), sophomore Michael McDoanld (15:12.94) and freshman Nathan Johnson took third, fourth and sixth.

Junior Dawson Bathgate took first in steeplechase at 9 minutes, 9.41 seconds and classmate Erik Engstrom was third with at time of 9 minutes, 18.17 seconds.

UMass had three scorers in the 400 meter (Jonathan Collins – 49.64, Lucas Honohan – 50.06 and Andrew Hanwell – 50.50) and 800 meter (Brian Gendron -2^nd, 1:54.73, Herlin Rijo – 4^th, 1:55.12 and Kyle Guzman – 7^th, 1:55.99).

In 110 meter hurdles, senior Jake DeGrace was second at 14.93 seconds and freshman William Cruikshank was fourth in 15.51 seconds. Freshman Jackson Walker (3^rd, 56.67) and sophomore Colin Stoddard (4^th, 56.92) added points for the Minutemen in 400 meter hurdles.

Wrapping up the point scorers on the track, senior Michael Famiglietti was fifth in the 1,500 meter run, clocking in at 3 minutes, 56.98 seconds and UMass' 4x400 meter relay of Stoddard, Jacob Gore, Gendron and Hanwell raced to second in 3 minutes, 24.15 seconds.

Junior Mason Lord was one of two event winners for the Minutemen in the field events, clearing 14 feet, 11 inches for the top spot in pole vault, followed by sophomore Jack Perry in second at 14 feet, 5.25 inches.

Sophomore Coston O'Brien landed first in discus with his toss of 146 feet, 11 inches, senior Evan Burton claimed second (140'11"), while freshman Matthew McDermott (126'5") and Collins (125'4") were sixth and seventh.

O'Brien was second in shot put at 47 feet, 4.5 inches, Burton fourth (46'5.5") and Collins eighth (41'10.5"). Burton and O'Brien also scored in hammer, taking second (150'11") and sixth (133'10), respectively.

John Long led a trio of scorers in javelin, taking second with a toss of 187 feet, 8 inches. Freshman Joseph San Giacomo was fourth (168'0") and classmate Joseph Manchester was eighth (158'7").
Senior Myles McDermott took second in long jump (22'5") and freshman Matthew Tarantino placed eighth (20'8.5").

Senior Nathan Adeyemi claimed third in triple jump (46'11.75") and Samuel Darkwa, Jr. landed eighth (43'2.5").

The Minutemen will return to action with the SCSU Multi-Meet (April 11-12) and the UConn Northeast Challenge (April 13) on deck for this coming week.

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Players Mentioned

Nathan Adeyemi

Dawson Bathgate

Evan Burton

Jonathan Collins

William Cruikshank

Michael Cuthbert

Jake DeGrace

Erik Engstrom

Michael Famiglietti

Brian Gendron

Jacob Gore

Hayden Gray

Kyle Guzman

Andrew Hanwell

Lucas Honohan

Jordan Howard

Nathan Johnson

John Long

Mason Lord

Joseph Manchester

Matthew McDermott

Myles McDermott

Coston O'Brien

Jack Perry

Joshua Rahn

Herlin Rijo

Colin Stoddard

Matthew Tarantino

Jackson Walker

Kendall Westhoff

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