Pierce Selected for NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships
Senior Jared Pierce will represent the Black & Gold in the shot put this weekend in Birmingham, Ala.
BOSTON, Mass. – Senior Jared Pierce (Biddeford, Maine) of the Wentworth Institute of Technology indoor track team has been selected to compete at the 2023 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, which will be held March 10-11 at the Birmingham Crossplex in Birmingham, Ala.
Pierce, who qualified in the shot put, threw a personal and program-best 16.02 meters at the New England Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships on Feb. 24. This mark is the 19th-best in Division III. He had positioned himself to be inside the top 20 when he threw 15.98 meters at the NEICAAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on Feb. 2. In eight events this season, Pierce finished first three times.
For each men's individual event contested, including the heptathlon, the top 20 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition.
The third selection in Wentworth's indoor track & field history (2016-present), Pierce is the Leopards' first field event student-athlete to be selected. Current Wentworth assistant coach Dan McSolla '18 competed in the mile in both 2017 and 2018, earning All-America honors in 2017 with an eighth-place finish.
Pierce will compete on Saturday, March 11, with the preliminaries and finals being contested at 11:00 a.m. Central Standard Time (12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time).
PIERCE BY THE NUMBERS…
| DATE | EVENT | DISTANCE | PLACE |
| January 14 | Brandeis Reggie Poyau Memorial Invitational | 14.81M | 2nd |
| January 21 | Lyon-Mule Dual Invitational | 14.41M | 1st |
| January 27 | BU Terrier Invitational | 15.37M + | 4th |
| February 2 | NEICAAA Indoor Track & Field Championships | 15.98M + | 8th |
| February 11 | Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational | 15.88M | 5th |
| February 12 | Frozen 8 Indoor Track & Field Championships | 15.40M | 1st |
| February 18 | Wheaton Pre Post-Season Invitational | 15.23M | 1st |
| February 25 | New England Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships | 16.02M + | 3rd |
+ Denotes program record set
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