Men's Track and Field Claims First Place at Suffolk Invite

Boston Mass.

The Merrimack Men's Track and Field team's season got off to the perfect start as they placed first and won in their first meet of the season. The Warriors totaled 182 points to take first place convincingly. Listed below are the statistics, times and placings from the meet.

60 Meters final
2. Zachary Fisher 7.05

Men's 200 Meters
3. Cory Couture 22.37
5. Zachary Fisher 23.03
7. Tyler Lovendale 23.22
8. Brian Smith 23.24
14. Carson Mighty 23.54
15. Jaeden Smith 23.66
17. Landon Crowley 23.75
22. Braeden Manti 24.02
38. Brady Trask 24.35
39. Hayden Clare 24.37
45. Franco Recto 24.85
48. Davonte McKoy 24.96
60. Jackson Fortune-O'Brien 26.03 

 
400 meters
1. Cory Couture 49.56
7. Blake Hickey 52.65
17. Jake Naiefeh

Mens 1000 Meters 
1. Zachary Bail 2:35.44 
4. Chris Moriaty 2.45.25

Mens Mile
1-5
Ryan Gamelin 4:23.82
Antonio Craveiro 4:29.84
Griffin Allier 4:30.09
Will Ballard 4:31.43
Dylan Kehoe 4:33.91

9. Luke Llewellyn 4:40.42
11. Nolan Dickinson 4:43.76
28. Colin Moody 5:37:3

Men's 3000 Meters
1-7
Trey Gonzalez 8:46.27
Albert Ferreras 8:47.30
Ryan Dyer 8:48.34
Timothy Walsh 8:50.12
Billy Coakley 8:50.60
Michael Alleva 8:51.38
Ben Chase 8:53.85

9. Cole Gamache 9:17.14

5000 Meters
5. Neil Letellier 15:42.61 
6. Finnian Russell 15:47.95
8. DJ Walsh 16:17.66
11. Colby Barnes 16:35.44
12. Thomas Orcutt 16:42.55
13. Nicolas Long 16:46.53
15. Amedeo Cubellotti 17:23.04

Men's 60 Hurdles 
2. John Ellie 8.42

4 x 200 Relay
1. Colin Rahaman, Carson Mighty, Tyler Lovendale, Cory Couture 1:31.49
2. Brian Smith, Brady Trask, Braeden Manti, Blake Hickey
6. Jackson Fortune-O'Brien, Hayden Clare, Jake Naiefeh, John Elie 1:36.65

Men's High Jump
3. Maxim Lussier 1.95
6. Stephen Gallagher 1.85
8. Tucker Carroll 1.80
13. Drew Gardner 1.65

Men's Long Jump
2. Stephen Gallagher 6.77m
18. Brady Trask 5.74m
28. Daniel Agbor 5.07m

Men's Shot Put
7. Claudel Chevalier 12.83m
11. Grant Eastin 11.83m
12. Owen LaRoss 11.50m
13. Liam Silva 11.46m

Men's Weight Throw
1. Claudel Chevalier 16.66m
4. Grant Eastin 14.00m
11. Liam Silva 11.26m
17. Owen LaRoss
18. Jude Ibarra

KEY PERFORMANCES 
CJ Chevalier  Weight Throw   School Record
Cory Couture   400m  1st Place
*Trey Gonzales   3k  1st Place (5th on School Record list)
Ryan Gamelin  Mile   1st Place
Zac Bail           1,000m  1st Place
Men's 4x200m  1st  (Rahaman, Mighty, Lovendale, Couture) and 2nd (Jaeden Smith, Trask, Manti, Hickey)
John Elie 60mH  2nd and new PR (3rd on School record list)

*Merrimack placed 1st through 7th in the 3000m event  (Gonzalez, Ferreras, Dyer, T Walsh, Coakley, Alleva, Chase)


Up Next: The Warriors head to Brighton to compete in the invite by the University of Massachusetts Lowell on Saturday December 10th, the meet will take place at The TRACK at New Balance. 

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