Catherwood Sets 5K Outdoor Program Record, Minutemen Excel At Ken O'Brien Championship Prep

AMHERST, Mass. — The University of Massachusetts men's track and field team had a strong weekend of competition at the Penn Relays and Ken O'Brien Championship Prep meets. Collin Catherwood continued his impressive season breaking the outdoor program 5k record as the Minutemen dominated the Ken O'Brien meet.

Highlights from Competition:

Penn Relays

Riley Cole placed sixth in the men's 3k steeplechase with a time of 8:46.92. Coles time ranks third in program history.
Collin Catherwood placed ninth in the men's 5k with a time of 13:45.84. Catherwood broke the men's outdoor program record.

Ken O'Brien Championship Prep

Tory Stuckey placed first in the men's high jump with a leap of 6'6.75". Aidan Lee and Owen Stevens rounded out the podium with clears of 6'1.5". Quinn Hardt placed fifth with a jump of 6'1.5".
Hunter Feitel placed first in the men's pole vault with a clear of 15'1".
Elijah Wolinsli (3rd) and Michael Harden (4th) placed consecutively in the men's long jump with leaps of 22'1.25" and 22'0.25", respectively.
Aiden Donovan placed second in the men's shot put with a throw of 50'10.25". Nicholas Gallagher (6th) and Jack Freyler (7th) rounded out the top seven with throws of 42'7.5" and 41'11.5".
Donovan also placed third in the men's discus throw with a toss of 149'8".
Jack Freyler and Nicholas Gallagher took the top two spots in the men's javelin throw with tosses of 195'10" and 150'11", respectively.
Aaron Fishler placed eighth in the men's hammer throw with a toss of 156'6".
Jason Dejesus, Adithya Hari, Noah Mulligan and Godot Gaskins combined to run a 41.25 in the men's 4x100m relay, taking first place. Joshua Exantus, Aidan Lee, Nathan Looney and Mark Sten took second with a time of 42.20.
Cyrus Hansen (2nd) and Attikos Kaye (3rd) placed consecutively in the men's 3k steeplechase with times of 9:10.58 and 9:13.02.
Alec Carew placed second in the men's 1500m run with a time of 3:49.94. Tyler Medeiros placed fourth with a time of 3:51.22, and Kailas Ciatto placed seventh with a time of 3:51.69.
Michael Harden placed fourth in the men's 400m dash with a time of 51.23.
Jason DeJesus placed first in the men's 100m dash with a time of 10.74. Nathan Looney placed third with a time of 10.91. ]
Josh Exantus placed second in the men's 110m hurdles with a time of 14.66.
Logan Walsh (4th), Emmett Johnson (5th) and Altamo Aschkensay (6th) finished consecutively in the men's 800m run with times of 1:54.28, 1:55.02 and 1:55.43, respectively.
Corey Sanders placed fifth in the men's 400m hurdles with a time of 57.90.
Four Minutemen placed within the top-eight of the men's 200m dash, with Jason DeJesus leading the way with a time of 21.96, taking second. Mark Sten placed fourth a time of 22.12, Josh Exantus ran a 22.38 and Noah Mulligan finished in 22.38.
Mark Sten, Noah Mulligan, Chris Scalia and Godot Gaskins combined to run a 3:18.04 in the men's 4x400m relay, taking first place.

Up Next
The Minutemen return to action for the Larry Ellis Invitational and Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational on May 1-2.

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