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Men's Track & Field

Records Fall for Men's Track & Field Over Weekend

Results: Spartan InviteHarvard Multi | Reggie Poyau Memorial

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – The Merrimack College men's track & field team competed at multiple locations over the weekend. Some school records were broken during the weekend.

The Basics
Events:
Harvard Multi Meet | Spartan Regional Invite (NTS) | Reggie Poyau Memorial (Brandeis) (4th/8)
Location: Multiple Locations

Spartan Invite:
  • Senior Jack Letellier (Eliot, Maine) finished the 800-meter run in a time of 2:04.93. Classmate Connor Murphy (Paxton, Mass.) clocked in at 2:35.69 in the 1000-meter distance.
  • Senior Niall Coughlin (Castleton, N.Y.) ran the mile with a time of 4:24.39. Classmate Keith Steinbrecher (Wading River, N.Y.) broke a school record in the 3000-meter run, coming in at 8:37.65 to win the event.
Harvard:
  • Sophomore Ryan Nesta (Milford, Mass.) had a sixth-place finish in the 60-meter dash Heptathlon. He also placed 10th in the 1000-meter run and seventh in the 60-meter hurdles.
Reggie Poyau Memorial (Brandeis):
  • Freshman Travis Hunt (Woburn, Mass.) broke a school record in the shot put with a 13.74 meter throw, winning the event as well.
  • Junior Jacob Robinson (Riverhead, N.Y.) had a second-place finish in the 55-meter sprint, just four-tenths of a second behind the leader from Southern Maine.
  • Sophomore Eric Rosario (Methuen, Mass.), freshman Patrick Forrest (Norwood, Mass.), and junior Tyler Lebel (Saco, Maine) finished first, second and fourth, respectively in the 600-meter run.
  • Senior Christian Gentile (Melrose, Mass.) won the 5000-meter run with a time of 15:56.47.
  • Sophomore JJ Eseosa Omuemu had a third-place finish in the long jump with a distance of 6.29-meters.
Up Next
Merrimack will head to Brunswick, Maine next Saturday for the Bowdoin Invitational.
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Players Mentioned

Niall Coughlin

Niall Coughlin

Distance
Senior
Christian Gentile

Christian Gentile

Distance
Senior
Tyler Lebel

Tyler Lebel

Sprints
Junior
Jack Letellier

Jack Letellier

Distance
Senior
Connor Murphy

Connor Murphy

Distance
Senior
Ryan Nesta

Ryan Nesta

Multiple Events
Sophomore
Jacob Robinson

Jacob Robinson

Sprints
Junior
Keith Steinbrecher

Keith Steinbrecher

Distance
Senior
Patrick Forrest

Patrick Forrest

Mid. Distance
Freshman
Travis Hunt

Travis Hunt

Throws
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Niall Coughlin

Niall Coughlin

Senior
Distance
Christian Gentile

Christian Gentile

Senior
Distance
Tyler Lebel

Tyler Lebel

Junior
Sprints
Jack Letellier

Jack Letellier

Senior
Distance
Connor Murphy

Connor Murphy

Senior
Distance
Ryan Nesta

Ryan Nesta

Sophomore
Multiple Events
Jacob Robinson

Jacob Robinson

Junior
Sprints
Keith Steinbrecher

Keith Steinbrecher

Senior
Distance
Patrick Forrest

Patrick Forrest

Freshman
Mid. Distance
Travis Hunt

Travis Hunt

Freshman
Throws