Falcons Finish Third at MASCAC Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Championship

Bridgewater, Mass. – The Fitchburg State University men's outdoor track & field team placed third overall with a total of 130 points at the 2022 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Championship hosted by Bridgewater State.

The Basics

Meet: MASCAC Championships
Location: Bridgewater State
Scoring: Third Place, 130 points (out of five teams)

How It Happened
Sophomore Nicholas Zeoli (Plymouth, Mass.) led the way for the Falcons, placing first overall in the discus with a toss of 41.80 meters and the shot put (13.75m). Junior Gene Bouthiette (Bridgeport, Conn.) captured the title in the pole vault with a jump of 3.55 meters. 

Junior Eric Shimiyimana (Worcester, Mass.) finished second in the triple jump (13.20m) and fifth in the long jump. Classmate Nathan Felix (Worcester, Mass.) earned a second-place finish in the 100-meter dash with a solid time of 10.86 seconds.

In the 110 hurdles sophomore, Zion Barber-Amardo (Boston, Mass.) placed third with a time of 15.94 seconds, and junior Benjamin Sacramone (Hubbardston, Mass.) turned in a sixth-place effort (17.28 seconds).

Sophomore Taban Manyok (Lynn, Mass.) notched three separate second-place finishes in the 1500 meters (4:10.62), the 800 meters (1:59.99), and the 5000 meters (16:07.49).

The 4x800 relay team of Trevor Fields (Shirley, Mass.), Tyssen LaBombard, Nicholas Sachetta (Billerica, Mass.), and Manyok captured the MASCAC title with a time of 8:25.15

By The Numbers

• Zanthius Collins 8^th place in the discus (36.7m), 5^th shot put (13.16m), 3^rd javelin (54.62m)
• Shaki Austin 4^th place in the triple jump (12.26m)
• Nicholas Zeoli 6^th place in the hammer throw (40.98m)
• Cameron Davis 7^th place in the 10,000M (37:26.59)
• Cameron Cunningham 7^th place in the hammer throw (39.64m)
• Nicholas Sachetta 2^nd place 3000M steeplechase (10:42.98), 4^th place 800M (2:04.46)
• Jeremy Allik 4^th place in the 400-meter dash (52.72)
• Christian Bueno-Campos 6^th place in the 400-meter dash (53.86)
• Ben Sacramone 5^th place in the 400 M hurdles (1:05.97)
• Aiden Cattelan, Sacramone, Allik, and Bueno-Campos 4^th place in the 4x400 relay (3:45.76)