Bridgewater Wins 2021 MASCAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Championship
Bridgewater State had 10 individual champions and won both relays to secure the 2021 MASCAC Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship on Saturday.
Bridgewater State claimed the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Outdoor Track and Field title on Saturday afternoon at the championships hosted by Westfield State.
1) Bridgewater St. 228 2) Fitchburg State 166 3) Westfield State 149 4) Worcester State 65
The Bears won ten individual events and both relays at Saturday’s meet, contributing to their championship score. Jacob DeAndrade claimed victories in both 100-meter (11.54) and 200-meter dash (22.06), while Trevor Wysong doubled-up in the distance events winning both the 5K (15:56.71) and 10K (33:53.16) events. Dimetri Morris took home the top prize in both hurdle events completing the 110-meter hurdles in 15.37 and the 400-meter hurdles in 1:03.65.
Morris and DeAndrade were also part of the BSU’s championship 4x100-meter relay, joining Matthew Lighten and Blake Kerwin for a time of 43.19. Bridgewater’s 4x400 also won the conference title as Noah Lanner, Cameron Riley, John Lara, and Mason Matias combined for a season-best time of 3:31.93.
In the field events, Exondus Barnes captured the titles in the long jump (7.00m) and high jump (1.94), while Joseph Zingarelli secured the pole vault crown (4.27m). Rounding out the Bears’ set of individual champions was Corey Stalters whose throw of 57.78m in the javelin earned him the title.
MASCAC runner-up Fitchburg State claimed six individual titles. Mid-distance was the strength of the Falcons on the track as Taban Manyok claimed the conference crown in both the 800-meter (2:00.56) and the 1500-meter (4:13.91) races. Their four other conference champions came on the field side with Carson Doody winning the triple jump (13.91m), Nicholas Zeoli winning the shot put (13.49m) and discus (38.01m), and Rodny Bonhomme securing the top spot in the hammer with a throw of 39.40m.
Westfield and Worcester each had one individual champion with the Owls’ Mitchel Maslowski winning the 400-meter dash (51.19) and Andrew Fottler winning the steeplechase for the Lancers.