Fitchburg State Hosts Jim Sheehan Memorial
The Fitchburg State men’s and women’s outdoor track and field team hosted the Jim Sheehan Memorial this afternoon at Elliot Field. The men registered a fourth place finish with 78 points, while the women finished seventh overall with 27 points.
Fitchburg State Hosts Jim Sheehan Memorial
De La Rosa qualifies for ECAC's with leading mark in triple jump
FITCHBURG, Mass. (April 4, 2009) - The Fitchburg State men's and women's outdoor track and field team hosted the Jim Sheehan Memorial this afternoon at Elliot Field. The men registered a fourth place finish with 78 points, while the women finished seventh overall with 27 points.
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Sophomore Carlos De La Rosa (Holyoke, Mass./Holyoke) led the Fitchburg State men's team with an ECAC qualifying performance in the triple jump. De La Rosa earned top honors in the event with a mark of 13.33 meters, while classmate Kyle Callahan (Stoneham, Mass./Stoneham) qualified for the Division III New England Championships with a distance of 12.85 meters (5th). De La Rosa was also solid in the Falcons 4x100 relay, leading Fitchburg State to a first place finish with a time of 43.97.
Junior Devon Jennings (Brockton, Mass./Brockton) was also strong on the track for Fitchburg State, placing sixth overall in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.80. Classmate Brett Mello (Fall River, Mass./Diman) registered two, top-ten finishes for the Falcons, earning sixth place in the 110 meter hurdles (18.70) and ninth place in the 400 meter hurdles (1:06.11). Freshman Jimmy Petersen (Groton, Conn./Fitch) rounded out the Falcons top sprinters with a seventh place finish in the 400 meter dash, while senior Keon Valcourt (Brockton, Mass./Brockton) placed fifth in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 10:15.61.
In the field, sophomore Alex LeBlanc (Ashburnham, Mass./Oakmont) and classmate Matt Muolo (Stoneham, Mass./Stoneham) aided the Falcons attack with two second place finishes. LeBlanc earned second in the pole vault with a height of 4.19 meters, while Muolo set a school record in the discus with a throw of 44.08 meters. Junior Brandon Ladeau (Barre, Mass./Quabbin Regional) collected a fifth place finish in the high jump with a height of 1.73 meters, while junior Alex Ivanov (Carlisle, Mass./Concord-Carlisle) rounded out the Falcons top field performers with an eighth place showing in the long jump (6.30 meters).
On the women's side, sophomore Erin Abbott (Warwick, Mass./Pioneer Valley) earned the top finish for Fitchburg State, placing second overall in the high-jump with a height of 1.50 meters. Freshman Katrina Marrone (Springfield, Mass./Springfield Central) was also solid, totaling two strong finishes in the 800 meter run and the triple jump. Marrone recorded a fifth place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 9.62 meters, while finishing 16th overall in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:44.22.
Freshman Steph Morgado (Swansea, Mass./Case) posted a top-ten finish for the Lady Falcons with a seventh place showing in the 400 meter hurdles (1:18.09), while freshman Karlesha Hewitt (Waterbury, Conn./Wilby) finished eighth overall in the 100 meter dash with a solid time of 14.18.00.
The Fitchburg State men's and women's track and field teams will be in action again next week as it travels to UMass Lowell at 11 a.m. For complete results, please visit http://coolrunning.com/results/09/ma/Apr4_JimShe_set1.shtml