Massachusetts Men's Track Dominates At Flagship Spring Opener

AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts men's track and field program opened the outdoor season at home on Saturday at the UMass Track & Field Complex. The Minutemen dominated, taking the top spot in 9 events and recording 18 top-three finishes.

Highlights From Competition:

The trio of Collin Catherwood, Riley Cole and Cyrus Hansen swept the podium in the men's 10k, with times of 30:28.48, 30:44.20 and 30:45.32, respectively. Liam Ouellette (5th), Erik Unger (8th) and Liam Davidson (10th) registered top-10 times with finishes of 31:06.85, 31:46.54 and 31:55.28, respectively.
In his first outdoor meet, first-year Archie Pinder took the top spot in the men's 1500m run with a time of 4:01.05. Fellow first-year Logan Walsh placed shortly behind, taking second with a time of 4:04.96.
Michael Sanchez placed third in the men's 400m run with a time of 49.92. Elijah Wolinski placed seventh with a time of 51.35.
Adithya Hari placed first in the men's 100m dash with a time of 11.19.
Josh Exantus claimed gold in the men's 110m hurdles with a time of 15.14.
Logan Walsh claimed second in the men's 800m run with a time of 1:59.67. Archie Pinder placed eighth with a time of 2:01.98.
Chris Scalia placed first in the men's 400m hurdles with a time of 55.90. Corey Sanders narrowly missed a podium finish, taking fourth in 58.19.
Godot Gaskins claimed gold in the men's 200m dash with a time of 22.05. Winston Lewis (3rd) and Noah Mulligan (4th) secured top-four times with finishes of 22.88 and 23.04.
Kailas Ciatto (2nd), Attikos Kaye (3rd), Alec Carew (4th) and Tyler Medeiros (5th) placed consecutively in the men's 5k with times of 15:03.69, 15:13.33, 15:13.64, 15:23.02. Altamo Aschkenasy (9th) and Riley Hubisz (10th) rounded out the top-10 with finishes of 15:55.70 and 16:09.30.
Noah Mulligan, Chris Scalia, Corey Sanders and Godot Gaskins combined to run a 3:34.64 in the men's 4x400m relay, taking gold.
Aiden Lee placed second in the men's high jump with a clear of 6'1.50".
Owen Stevens (21'7.50") and Elijah Wolinski (21'7.50") took the top spots in the men's long jump. Matthew Acquah placed fifth with a leap of 20'8.75.
Matthew Acquah placed first in the men's triple jump with a leap of 46'5".
Nicholas Gallagher placed fourth in the men's shot put with a throw of 39'8.75".
Aiden Donovan placed second in the men's discuss with a throw of 154'10".
Jack Freyler took the top spot in the men's javelin with a toss of 183'6". Hunter Camara placed third with a throw of 175'10".
Aaron Fishler placed sixth in the men's hammer throw with a toss of 149'11".

Up Next
The Minutemen return to action on April 4 for the UConn Dog Fight in Storrs, Conn.

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Players Mentioned

Matthew Acquah

Altamo Aschkenasy

Alec Carew

Collin Catherwood

Kailas Ciatto

Riley Cole

Liam Davidson

Aiden Donovan

Aaron Fishler

Jack Freyler

Nicholas Gallagher

Godot Gaskins

Cyrus Hansen

Adithya Hari

Riley Hubisz

Winston Lewis

Tyler Medeiros

Noah Mulligan

Liam Ouellette

Archie Pinder

Michael Sanchez

Corey Sanders

Chris Scalia

Owen Stevens

Erik Unger

Logan Walsh

Elijah Wolinski