University of Massachusets Athletics
Saturday, February 28
Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
9 a.m.
University of Massachusetts
at
MAC Championships
Minutemen Finish Fifth At MAC Indoor Championships
February 28, 2026 | Men's Track & Field
Mount Pleasant, Mich. – The University of Massachusetts men's track and field team placed fifth place at the MAC Indoor Championships in Mount, Pleasant, Mich. The Minutemen took home three medals and had 16 top-8 finishes on the day.
Highlights from Competition:
- Tyler Medeiros placed fifth in the men's mile with a time of 4:15.77. Altamo Aschkenasy narrowly missed a scoring position taking ninth with a time of 4:21.72.
- Quinn Hardt missed a podium finish by .001 seconds in the men's 60m hurdles, taking fourth with a finish of 8.04. Elijah Wolinski placed seventh crossing in 8.40.
- Godot Gaskins grabbed the first medal of the day in the men's 400m, earning bronze with a finishing time of 48.59.
- The duo of Tyler Fortune (6th) and Jason DeJesus (7th) placed consecutively in the men's 60m dash with finishing times of 6.94, respectively.
- Colin Kirn placed fifth in the men's 800m crossing in 1:55.14.
- Gaskins also scored in the men's 200m dash with a time of 22.19, good enough for fifth.
- Collin Catherwood placed fourth in the mens 3K finishing in 8:12.94. Riley Cole ended in the sixth spot, with a time of 8:21.35.
- Mark Sten, Michael Harden, Michael Sanchez and Godot Gaskins combined to run a 3:21.09 in the men's 4x400m relay, good enough for bronze.
- Matthew Acquah placed fifth in the men's triple jump with a leap of 46'7.25.
- Aiden Donovan scored in the men's shot put with a toss of 49'11.
- Hunter Feitel placed seventh in the men's pole vault with a clear of 14'3.25.
Up Next
- The Minutemen return to action for the first day of the New England Championships at The Track at New Balance in Boston, Mass.
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