Full weekend ahead for Bulldogs

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University outdoor track and field team heads to both the NEICAAA Championship as well as the ECAC/IC4A Championship this weekend.

MEET INFORMATION

Meet: NEICAAA
Date: May 10 – 11
Location: Southern Connecticut State
Schedule of Events: NEICAAA
Live Results: HY-TEK

Meet: ECAC/IC4A
Date: May 11 – 12
Location: Princeton
Schedule of Events: ECAC/IC4A
Live Results: Paynes Corner Timing

BULLDOGS NOTES AND NOTABLES

• Josh Pestana (Plymouth, Mass.) qualified for the 400-meter at the NEC Championship where the sophomore ran to a 15^th-place finish in the preliminary heat. Pestana set a new PR of 50.30.
• Sophomore Jordan Dagrin (North Kingstown, R.I.) is set to compete in the 1500-meter after finishing in top 15 at NECs. Dagrin's best performance in the 1500m occurred in Smithfield at the Black and Gold Invitational with a time of 3:59.82.
• Chris Fasano (Lake Grove, N.Y.) will compete in both shot put and discus at NEICAAA after medaling at the NEC Championship. Fasano walked away with a bronze medal after a 15.78m mark in shot put.
• Earlier this season, Jacob Borgia (Westborough, Mass.) broke the program record at Bryant in pole vault with a 4.45m mark at the Ocean State Invitational. Borgia and Nicholas Curci will both represent the Black and Gold this weekend.
• On the women's side, freshman Julia Ayres (Collegeville, Pa.) qualified for NEICAAA in the 5,000-meter. Ayres set a new personal-best with a time of 18:34.95.
• Sophomore Courtney Kelleher (Wrentham, Mass.) scored for the Bulldogs at NECs in shot put with an 11.99m mark. Kelleher will compete again this weekend in the shot put event.

UP NEXT
For the qualifying athletes, the NCAA Outdoor Championships East Preliminary is up next in Jacksonville, Fla. beginning MAy 23.