Conor Murtagh of Bridgewater State and Sam Weeks and Marcus Vieira of Worcester State are the MASCAC Men's Indoor Track and Field weekly award winners.
February 22, 2016
Track Athlete of the Week
Conor Murtagh Bridgewater State
Senior • Walpole, Mass.
Murtagh earned All-New England honors in the 60-meter hurdles at the Division III New England Championships. Placed second in the hurdles with a finals time of 8.195 seconds. He posted a season-best time of 8.15 seconds in the preliminaries which currently ranks eighth in all of Division III in the event.
Weeks finished in third place in the shot put at the Division III New England Championships with a distance of 14.83m (48’ 8”) and added a fourth place finish in the weight throw with a personal best distance of 16.46m (54’) to earn All-New England honors in both events.
Marcus Vieira Worcester State
Freshman • Peabody, Mass.
Vieira captured an eighth place finish in the weight throw at the Division III New England Championships with a top-throw of 15.09m (49’ 6.25”), earning Division III New England honors. He also ranked 16th in the shot put with a top distance of 13.52m (44’ 4.25”)
