Please note that the numbers in parenthesis indicate the season best for the respective student-athlete
Springfield, MA --- This weekend both men’s and
women’s outdoor track teams will compete at the New England
Division III regionals hosted by Springfield College. The
men’s squad looks to build off of the indoor season’s
11th place finish while freshman Mara Kralian
(Grafton, MA) and the women’s team hope to improve being tied
for 18th in the indoor season.
Kralian, who has had a phenomenal indoor season, will run in the
100 (12.63) and 200 (25.74) meter dashes as well as compete in the
long jump (5.37 meters). Kralian broke all three school marks
within the last month and she topped the competition in last
week’s New England Alliance meet as she earned the best
finish in each event. Kralian was also 0.10 meters away from
qualifying for the Division III Outdoor Championships in the long
jump at the Jim Sheehan Invitational.
Sophomore Andrea Ouellette (Salisbury, MA) looks
to improve upon her mark in the triple jump (11.36m). At the
Sheehan Invitational, Ouellette eclipsed the school record in the
triple jump and she also qualified provisionally for the
NCAA’s. As of right now, Ouellette is ranked 31st and she is
only .22 meters away from breaking the top 10. Ouellette will also
compete in the 100 meter hurdles (17.07) and the long jump.
Freshman Sarah Rafferty (Uxbridge, MA) will
compete along with Kralian in the 100 (12.92) and 200 meter dashes
(27.03) as well as the long jump (4.54m).
The 4x100 meter relay team may also run this weekend, but the squad
may hold off until the All-New England meet next week or the ECACs
in two weeks. The team of Kralian, Rafftery, Ouellette and
freshman Kristina Lisacki (Woburn, MA) has
broken the school record three times this season with its best time
clocked last week at 49.89.
In the javelin throw, freshman teammates Rachael
Baker (Mystic, CT; 34.15m) and Brittany
Stoddard (Orange, MA; 35.52m) look to improve upon their
marks. The 4x800 team of junior Kara Antrim (Rowley, MA), sophomore
Rachael Sullivan (Ipswich, MA) along with freshman
teammates Maura Withington (Walpole, MA) and
Danielle Clifford (Attleboro, MA) will attempt to
break the school record in the event.
On the men’s side, the squad will be paced by freshman
standout Ian Fields (Shrewsbury, MA) and senior
captain Mark Johnson (Woburn, MA).
Fields was outstanding last week as the paced the men’s
fourth place finish at the MASCAC championships as he walked away
with a 400 meter conference title (50.17) and he took second in the
200 (22.46). Johnson will run in the 100 (11.37) and compete in the
javelin throw and the long jump (56.47m) for the Lancers.
The duo will also try to do some damage in the sprint relays.
Johnson and Fields along with sophomore RJ
Stahelski (S. Deerfield, MA) and senior Chris
Mancuso (Rowley, MA) will run in the 4 x 400 relay and the
pair as well as senior Matt Leeds (Bellingham, MA)
and freshman Adam Correia (Fall River, MA) will go
in the 4x100 team.
Leeds rounds out the individuals competing for WSC as he will go in
the long jump (6.37m) and the triple jump (13.06m).
Junior Jim Macera (Paxton, MA) qualified in the
hammer throw, but he ended his season last week after he earned
All-MASCAC honors in the event.
Please check the website over the next few days as the results
become posted.