Men's Track and Field Ventures to Greater Boston Track Club Meet to Open 2014

Men's Track and Field Ventures to Greater Boston Track Club Meet to Open 2014

BOSTON, Mass. (1/19/14) – The Lasell College men's track and field team opened their 2014 schedule of meets on Sunday January 19th at the Greater Boston Track Club Meet at Harvard University.

Edwin Sheehan led the way for Lasell in the 60M, placing 31st in a time of 7.71 seconds, followed by Thomas Skafidas and Christopher Pena who posted times of 8.02 and 8.19 respectively to place 44th and 50th.

Mike Bomberg finished 23rd in the 200M dash with a time of 24.79, followed closely by Sheehan who placed 28th at 25.15. Skafidas finished in a time of 26.54 for Lasell, then Pena in 30.65 and Robert Spellman 40.92. Sheehan ran 40.14 in the 300M to place 9th followed by Spellman who ran a 44.61 to finish in 12th place.

A trio of Lasers competed in the 800M run with Patrick Sponzo placing 27th in a time of 2:17.07, followed by Tyler Cohen in 2:35.93 for 30th place and Shawn Woodsworth in 2:49.00 for 31st place. Sponzo was the first Lasers runner to finish in the mile as well, posting a final time of 5:03.1 to place 34th, followed by Cohen in 43rd at 5:41.89 and Woodsworth in 45th at 6:15.28.

Bomberg took 17th in the long jump with a distance of 5.48 meters, and Tyler Schwabe posted a distance of 8.93 meters in the shot put, good for 13th place.

The Lasers will return to the track on Saturday January 25th.