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Four Individual Champions Lead Bryant at New England Meet
Posted: Feb 04, 2023

Four Individual Champions Lead Bryant at New England Meet

Results

BOSTON, Mass.- The Bryant track and field teams completed a banner week on Thursday and Friday at the NEICAAA New England Championships. The Bulldogs won four gold medals and had 17 All-New England performances en route to fifth and sixth-place overall finishes.

Nolan Hickey led the Bulldogs with a pair of medals, including a gold in the mile. Aidan Hickey and Ryan Slaney were also individual New England champions on the men's side, leading Bryant to a fifth-place team result. Kasey Thomas won gold for the women, along with a silver from Emma Green and a bronze from Jasmine Trott. Their efforts led the women to a sixth-place finish.

Coach Switzer's Comments: "I'm really proud of how our team competed the past two days. For both the men and the women to finish fifth and sixth in New England is an amazing milestone for our program. We talked a lot about how in order to compete in America East we have to make a statement in New Englands. The team really showed up both days. To watch champion after champion and school records go down was very exciting. A lot of history was made this week. The team is in a great spot and I'm really looking forward to how this carries us the rest of the year."

Results: Lancer Timing

Bulldog Notes and Notables

  • Trott and Nicholas Brancato started things off for the Bulldogs on Thursday in the 5000 meters. Trott's time of 17:57.39 was good for Bryant's first medal of the meet, while Brancato's 15:19.91 gave him an eighth-place result and All-New England honors.

  • Nolan Hickey claimed the Bulldogs' first gold of the meet, running a 4:12.31 to win the mile.

  • Aidan Hickey would follow in his brother's footsteps, taking Bryant's second gold with a 1:52.69 in the 800.

  • Emma Green tied her school record in the 60 meters, running a 7.66 to finish second. 

  • William Remkiewicz placed eighth in the 400 meters, running a 49.37, the first of two All-New England performances for him in the meet.

  • Savannah Pineda earned the first of her two All-New England honors in the 400 meters, placing fifth with a time of 58.16.

  • Emma Garrity also earned a pair of All-New England honors, the first coming in the 500. She ran a 1:15.53 to finish fourth.

  • Nolan Hickey won his second medal of the meet in the 1000, running a 2:30.26 to finish third. William Bittrich joined him in the top eight, finishing eighth with a time of 2:49.56.

  • Kasey Thomas claimed the women's only individual championship of the meet, throwing a school record 13.88 meters to win the shot put. Anaya Harris (6th, 12.22m) and Julia Mechlinski (8th, 12.01m) also earned All-New England honors.

  • Ryan Slaney set another program record in the 3000 meters, winning gold with a time of 8:18.36.

  • The women's 4x800 team was the first of three Bulldog relays to finish in the top eight. Kayla Ondy, Emma Grzybinski, Marissa Crowley, and Jasmine Trott ran a 9:39.86 to finish sixth.

  • Both 4x400 relays finished fifth to close out the meet. The men's team of Ethan Ferraiola, Will Remkiewicz, Sam Rebello, and Vincent Sivo ran a 3:19.84 while the women's quartet of Emma Garrity, Ana Bertarelli, Grace Yost, and Savannah Pineda ran a 3:53.91.

Team Results (Top Ten) (M)

1. Rhode Island

2. Maine

3. Southern Connecticut

4. Central Connecticut

5. Bryant

6. Massachusetts

7. Sacred Heart

8. Merrimack

9. American International

10. New Hampshire

Team Results (Top Ten) (W)

1. Massachusetts

2. Holy Cross

3. Quinnipiac

4. Rhode Island

5. Southern Connecticut

6. Bryant

7. Vermont

8. Maine

9. Central Connecticut

10. Sacred Heart