Boston, MA and Medford, MA --- The WPI Track & Field opened a busy weekend at two different meets, the BU Valentine Invitational starting in the morning followed by the Tufts Cupid Challenge & Multi Meet in the afternoon.
To kick off the Friday action in Boston, seven Engineers took the track in the 400m bringing home four personal bests led by first-year
Brian Stampoulos (Hillsboro, NJ) that clocked in a 49.42 time just ahead of
Will Larsen (Chelmsford, MA) at 50.46 and
Anthony Minichiello (Burlington, MA) at 50.57. Other personal best marks include
Theo Burrell (East Haddam, CT) at 50.97,
Will Kelley (Medford, MA) at 51.14 and
Joshua Castro (Pittsburgh, PA) at 51.23. Rounding out the corps in the 400 was
Gabriel D'Amour (Somers, CT) at 51.35.
Brinson Wyche (Corvallis, MT) and
Thomas Skerry (Dedham, MA) logged season best times in the 800m with 1:53.59 and 1:55.25 times respectively.
Alex Cole (Weymouth, MA) posted a 22.25 time in the 200m open event as
Justin Serrecchia (Lakeville, MA) registered a 22.48 time for an indoor personal record, finishing just .01 shy of an all-time personal best mark.
Alden Betterley (Bow, NH) and
Colin Britner (Hampton, CT) placed second and third in the 1k logging times of 2:30.90 and 2:31.30 respectively that were good for personal records.
Everett Mosher (Chester, VT) highlighted the action at BU with a record-breaking effort in just his second stint running in the mile as the senior logged a 4:06.36 time that obliterated the previous record of 4:11.61 set by former teammate Avi Bissoondial '24. The time also sets the program's best mark overall as it surpasses Hall of Famer Alan Briggs' '76 time of 4:07 set in the outdoor event.
Shifting gears to Medford,
Zachary Gates (Mattapoisett, MA) and
Logan Lavimodiere (Cranston, RI) recorded marks of 10.55m and 13.26m respectively. Lavimodiere's final throw served as his best of the afternoon after besting his initial toss of 12.83m for the personal best.
WPI's foursome of
Lauren Coutu (Baldwinville, MA),
Caetlyn Embree (Sherborn, CT),
Madisen McLeod (Ledyard, CT) and
Emma Conway (Suffield, CT) all recorded NED3 provisional qualifying marks in the pentathlon. Embree and McLeod boomed for personal best marks in the long jump to highlight the multi-event action. Coutu paced the Engineers with 2,645 points followed by Embree (2,638), McLeod (2,584) and Conway (2,442).
The men's and women's programs return to action tomorrow as a select few on the women's side will head to Boston for the second day of the BU Valentine Invitational as action will continue at Tufts as well in the Cupid Challenge and Multi Meet. At Tufts, action will begin at 9am followed by a trio of events at BU starting at 9:30am.
BU Valentine Invitational (Men)
Tufts Cupid & Multi Results
