Men's Track and Field Grabs Eight Top-10 finishes at UMass Flagship Invitational

Blue Devils have eight top-10 finishes.

Men's Track and Field Grabs Eight Top-10 finishes at UMass Flagship Invitational
January 14, 2024

The Central Connecticut men's track team competed in the UMass Flagship Invitational at the New Balance Center in Boston, MA. Sunday. 

CCSU RESULTS

  • Jacob Ireland ran a collegiate-best 8:25.05 to finish 3rd in the 3000m run.
  • Yankarlos Diaz (8:32.00) and Salvatore Masciarelli (8:33.54) finished 9th and 10th respectively in the 3000m run. 
  • Edward Williams Jr. finished second (8.00) in the 60m hurdles and was the Blue Devils' Top Finisher on Sunday. 
  • In the 500-meter run sophomore transfer KyMoy Phillip finished in 8th place and ran a collegiate-best 1:05.82. 
  • The Central Connecticut 4x400 relay team consisting of KyMoy Phillip, Maxwell Czarnecki, Jonathan Orlando, and Gabriel Kwarteng finished in third place (3:20.37). 
  • The CCSU 4x800 team consisting of Ryan McCauley, Steven Baah-Mensah, Carter Harris, and Aiden Budge also took third place (8:04.11). 
  • Freshman Keith Townsend finished 10th in the high jump (6' 2.75"). 

The Blue Devils are back in action on January 20 at the URI Invitational. 

 

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