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Posted: Mar 19, 2019

Bulldogs finish fifth at Charleston Southern

Results

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Bryant University outdoor track and field team kicked off the outdoor season at the CSU Spring Break Invitational at Charleston Southern over the weekend. Both the men and the women finished fifth overall.

COACH SWITZER COMMENTS

"We were able to get some awesome training in during out trip down to South Carolina," said head coach Mitch Switzer. "We pushed the team really hard throughout the week and really used the meet to add onto that training. I'm pleased with how they were able to perform all things considered. It's huge for Jason and Andrew to knock out IC4A qualifiers this early in the season. And then to have so many new PRs really bodes well for the rest of outdoor."

TEAM SCORES (W)

  1. Liberty – 245
  2. Charleston Southern – 142
  3. College of Charleston – 128
  4. Benedict – 89
  5. Bryant – 36
  6. Claflin – 20
  7. Newberry – 9

TEAM SCORES (M)

  1. Liberty – 151
  2. Morehouse – 133
  3. Charleston Southern – 126
  4. Benedict – 84
  5. Bryant – 59
  6. Claflin – 39
  7. Newberry – 21
  8. College of Charleston – 18
  9. Allen – 15
  10. UNAT – Charleston Southern – 14

WOMENS TOP PERFORMERS

  • Freshman Rebecca Reynolds and junior Emily Cluck (Johnson City, N.Y.) both ran to personal-bests in the 200 meter. Reynolds ran to a 16th place finish with a time of 27.10, while Cluck finished fifth with a time of 25.24.
  • Sophomore Amanda Whitham (Newtown, Mass.) also broke her personal best in the 100-meter hurdles. Whitham posted a time of 17.78.
  • Freshman Shileigh Martinez finished third in the pole vault event clearing 3.05 meters for a career-best.
  • Courtney Kelleher (Wrentham, Mass.) broke her personal best in shot put over the weekend throwing 12.49 meters and finishing third overall out of 20 throwers.
  • Laura Rizik made her outdoor debut by breaking her personal best in both discus and hammer throw. In hammer throw, Rizik threw 34.58 meters and threw 34.68 meters in discus for a seventh place finish.

MEN TOP PERFORMERS

  • Sophomore Josh Pestana (Plymouth, Mass.) broke his career-best in the 100 and 200-meter. In the 200, Pestana ran to a 20th place finish with a time of 22.79. In the 100, he posted a time of 11.31.
  • In his collegiate outdoor debut, Andrew Canale (Lincroft, N.J.) finished seventh overall in the 200-meter with a time of 21.97.
  • Jason Dolan (Westford, Mass.) also premiered in his first-ever collegiate outdoor track meet and finished third overall in the 1500 with a time of 3:56.34.
  • Senior Matt McGovern (Long Beach, N.Y.) helped the Bulldogs score by bringing in a third place finish in the 3000-meter, posting a time of 8:50.35.
  • The 4x400 relay team of Jordan Dagrin (North Kingstown, R.I.), Chris Wrenn (Norton, Mass.), Brian Salit (Seekonk, Mass.) and Dolan finished in third place with a time of 3:21.24.
  • For field events, Jacob Borgia (Westborough, Mass.) finished second overall in pole vault event clearing 4.10m.
  • Sophomore Brett Cloutier (North Attleboro, Mass.) performed to a career-best in the Discus Throw event throwing 32.46 meters.
  • Out of 11 total javelin throwers, Nicholas Alessandro (Pomfret Center, Conn.) finished third posting a mark of 50.80 meters.  

UP NEXT
 Bryant hosts its annual Black and Gold Invitational beginning on Friday, March 29 – 30.