2017-18 Merrimack College Men's Track & Field Roster

Aidan Friend

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Mansfield, Mass.
  • High School / Prep (Previous College) Mansfield
  • Major Sports Medicine

Biography

2017-18
Indoor Track & Field

  • Competed in three meets as a junior
  • Two top-10 finishes
  • Finished eighth in the 55m prelim (1/13)
  • Finished 10th in the 60m prelim (1/20)
Outdoor Track & Field
  • Did not compete


2016-17
Awards

  • Named to the USTFCCCA Outdoor All-Region Selection.


Indoor

  • Placed first in the 4x2 at Tufts Invite #1
  • Took second and third place in the 60 meter dash at the 2016 Bowdoin Invitational
  • Had two third place finishes in the 55 meter dash at the USM II meet and one at the 2017 Reggie Poyau Memorial Invitational

Outdoor

  • Placed fourth in the 100 meter dash at the Bridgewater State University meet
  • Took first place in the 4x1 relay in the 7th Annual Yellow Jacket Invitational 
  • Placed fourth in the 200 meter dash at the 2017 UNH Wildcat Invitational 
  • Earned fourth place in the 100 meter dash at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational 
  • Placed first in the 4x1 relay at the Stonehill Skyhawk Invite
  • Competed at the NE-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championships placing third in the 4x1 relay

2015-16: Indoor: Competed in nine meets as a freshman … Named NE10 Track Rookie of the Week (1/25)...Competed in the 60m, 200m, and as part of the 4x200…Competed at the NE10 championships and New England Championships in the 60m and 200m

Outdoor:  Competed in two meets as a freshman … He ran the 100m at the Bridgewater State University and at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational.

Before Merrimack: Member of the track team at Mansfield ... Hockomock League Champion and school-record holder in the 100m (11.13) as a senior ... Runner-up in the 200m Division I meet as a senior ... Placed eighth in the 200m at the All-State meet ... Third place in both the 50m and 300m at Division II meet as a senior.

Personal: Born Dec. 12, 1996 ... Son of James and Christine ... Has one sibling: Austin ... Sports Medicne major at Merrimack

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2017-18Junior

    Sprints