NEW LONDON, Conn. – Freshman (Laci Santos (Medway, Mass.) finished second in the Heptathlon, setting program records in four of the events as the Wentworth Institute of Technology outdoor track team competed at the Slifen Invitational, hosted by Connecticut College.
Santos accounted for eight of the women's side's nine points, while the men finished eight with 45 points. Also scoring for the women was the 4X100M Relay squad of junior Dionne Ang (Victoria, Australia), junior Eleni Christopoulos (Knoxville, Tenn.), sophomore Erin MacLean (Newton, Mass.), and senior Colleen Sullivan (Bridgewater, Mass.), who finished eighth with a time of 4:41.38.
The men were helped by a first-place finish in the pole vault as junior Eli Sleasman (Albany, N.Y.) set a program record with a vault of 4.70M and a first-place finish in the discus with senior Jared Pierce (Biddeford, Maine) having a winning throw of 46.51M. Pierce also picked up third in the shot put (15.03M), while freshman Fabrice Fouron's (Easton, Mass.) program triple jump record of 13.56M placed him third.
WOMEN'S RESULTS
| 100M Hurdles (Heptathlon) | Laci Santos | 2nd | 15.82+ |
| High Jump (Heptathlon) | Laci Santos | 3rd | 1.33M+ |
| Shot Put (Heptathlon) | Laci Santos | 5th | 8.75M+ |
| 200M (Heptathlon) | Laci Santos | 2nd | 27.90+ |
| Long Jump (Heptathlon) | Laci Santos | 4th | 4.26M |
| Javelin (Heptathlon) | Laci Santos | 4th | 24.27M |
| 800M (Heptathlon) | Laci Santos | 5th | 2:51.42 |
| Heptathlon | Laci Santos | 2nd | 3,449 points+ |
| 100M | Dionne Ang | 27th | 13.64+ |
| 200M | Dionne Ang | 37th | 29.22 |
| 400M | Erin MacLean | 24th | 1:07.99 |
| Eleni Christopoulos | 34th | 1:12.24 | |
| 800M | Colleen Sullivan | 25th | 2:30.75 |
| 5000M | Annie King | 47th | 21:43.49 |
| 4X400M Relay | Dionne Ang, Eleni Christopoulos, Erin MacLean, Colleen Sullivan | 8th | 4:41.38 |
| Pole Vault | Eleni Christopoulos | 9th | 2.65M+ |
| Shot Put | Allison Goodreau | 32nd | 7.71M |
| Discus | Allison Goodreau | 29th | 24.78M+ |
| Hammer | Allison Goodreau | 42nd | 13.67M |
| Javelin | Colleen Sullivan | 22nd | 25.78+ |
| Erin MacLean | 32nd | 18.00M |
+ denotes program record
MEN'S RESULTS
| 100M | Scott Stehlik | 28th | 11.45 |
| Ryan Abbotoni | 31st | 11.62 | |
| Matt Murphy | 40th | 11.75 | |
| Will Stewart | 42nd | 11.76 | |
| Max Juscen | 55th | 12.29 | |
| 200M | Matt Murphy | 23rd | 23.49 |
| Will Stewart | 39th | 24.07 | |
| Max Juscen | 55th | 24.76 | |
| Jordin Prampin | 64th | 25.21 | |
| Matthew Wong | 67th | 25.87 | |
| 400M | Mauricio Baez | 28th | 54.51 |
| Jordin Prampin | 37th | 55.83 | |
| Matthew Wong | 42nd | 59.63 | |
| Shuaib Ibraheem | 44th | 1:03.95 | |
| 800M | Ryan Ballard | 43rd | 2:06.44 |
| Jack Chaussee | 46th | 2:07.51 | |
| Mauricio Baez | 63rd | 2:13.61 | |
| 1500M | Ryan Ballard | 21st | 4:06.38 |
| Donovan DiMaria | 62nd | 4:43.64 | |
| Robbie McCue | 68th | 4:56.62 | |
| 5000M | William Carpenter | 50th | 17:06.85 |
| 110M Hurdles | Christian Army | 10th | 16.41 |
| Noah DeSousa | 18th | 18.95 | |
| 400M Hurdles | Christian Army | 21st | 1:04.61+ |
| 4X100M Relay | Ryan Abbotoni, Scott Stehlik, Matthew Murphy, Jacob Stewart | 5th | 43.51+ |
| High Jump | Fabrice Fouron | 11th | 1.75M |
| Pole Vault | Eli Sleasman | 1st | 4.70M+ |
| Nate Muller | 5th | 4.00M | |
| Triple Jump | Fabrice Fouron | 3rd | 13.56M+ |
| Eli Sleasman | 9th | 12.34M | |
| Dre Colas | 14th | 11.58M | |
| Shot Put | Jared Pierce | 3rd | 15.03M |
| Jake Mucci | 26th | 10.46M | |
| Max Juscen | 34th | 9.12M | |
| Michael Esposito | 38th | 6.89M | |
| Discus | Jared Pierce | 1st | 46.51M |
| Jake Mucci | 29th | 29.43M | |
| Ed Ardolino | 35th | 24.43M | |
| Hammer | Jared Pierce | 8th | 43.47M+ |
| Ed Ardolino | 28th | 26.73M | |
| Tyler Klockars | 31st | 22.33M | |
| Jake Mucci | 33rd | 21.26M | |
| Michael Esposito | 36th | 17.96M | |
| Javelin | Tyler Klockars | 5th | 50.03M |
| Ed Ardolino | 9th | 45.61M | |
| Jordin Prampin | 16th | 42.18M |
+ denotes program record
Wentworth next competes at the Tufts Sunshine Classic next weekend.
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