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Ballard, Fouron Earn All-New England Honors for Outdoor Track & Field

Ballard, Fouron Earn All-New England Honors for Outdoor Track & Field

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. – Sophomores Ryan Ballard (Norwalk, Conn.) and Fabrice Fouron (Easton, Mass.) each placed third, giving the Wentworth Institute of Technology outdoor track & field team 12 points as the Leopards tied for 24th over the two-day event.

Ballard entered the 1500M unseeded and set a program record with a time of 3:54.76, breaking his previous record by six seconds.

Fouron also his own program mark with a best jump of 14.07M in the triple jump. This mark bested his previous mark of 13.83M.

TRACK EVENTS

800M Jack Chausse 13th 1:54.69
1500M Ryan Ballard 3rd 3:54.76 + (6 pts)
3000M Steeplechase Jack Newton 14th 9:54.78
4X100M Relay Kevin DeCollibus, Will Stewart, Jacob Stewart, Scott Stehlik 18th 43.59
4X400M Relay Nathaniel Smith, Kenyon Colbert, Matt Murphy, Ryan Abbotoni 19th 3:33.91
8X800M Relay Mark Murphy, Dylan Brilliant, Joey Cotta, Jack Chausse 17th 8:22.10 +

 

FIELD EVENTS

High Jump Nathaniel Smith 25th 1.79M
Javelin Tyler Klockars 9th 54.00M
Pole Vault Nate Muller 10th 4.37M
Triple Jump Fabrice Fouron 3rd 14.07M + (6 pts)


+ Denotes program record

Selected student-athletes who qualified will compete at the All-New England Championships next weekend.

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