Track & Field at the Black & Gold Invitational
Friday-Saturday, March 28-29
Bryant Track and Turf Complex | Smithfield, R.I.
WHAT TO KNOW
• The Babson men's & women's track teams will head to Smithfield, R.I., for their first appearance at the Bryant Black & Gold Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
SCOUTING THE BABSON MEN
• The Beavers are coming off an impressive ninth-place finish out of 31 teams at the season-opening Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational last weekend in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
• First-year
Nick Yacoub and senior
Julian Ivarra finished 1-2 in the 10,000 meters in times of 31:48.28 and 32:26.31. Rodriguez finished fourth in the mile run in 4:23.89 and second in the 3,000 meters in a program-record of 8:34.70.
• First-year
Aithan Bezanson registered four top-10 finishes, taking first in the Open Flight B in the high jump (6-2.75), fourth in the 400-meter hurdles (56.61), seventh in the 110-meter hurdles (15.59), and ninth in the javelin (173-8). Classmate
Michael Beauchesne was third in the high jump (5-10.75) and fellow freshman
Patrick Allardi placed fifth in the 110 hurdles (15.25).]
SCOUTING THE BABSON WOMEN
• The Beavers finished eighth among Division III squads and 27th overall among 29 scoring teams at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational last weekend in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
• Junior
Chloe Clifford captured third place in the 400 meters in a career-best time of 1:02.74 in the field of 20 entries. First-year
Amrit Rehal (Alpharetta, Ga.) broke the program's oldest school record set back in 2002 by clearing 5-feet, 5-inches in the high jump to finish ninth overall. Her mark is currently tied with Katie Baller of Hardin-Simmons for first in Division III.
• The Beavers produced a top-10 finish in the 4x400-meter relay as the quartet of sophomore
Colleen Corman, first-year
Sophia Draxler, senior
Angela Hagstrom and junior
Chloe Clifford finished sixth with a time of 4:13.43.
PROGRAM RECORDS
• Rodriguez's time of 8:34.70 in the men's 3000 meters shattered the previous standard of 9:51.91 set by Brian DeLeon at the UMass Lowell Invitational on April 6, 2013.16.
• Rehal's leap of 5-5 in the women's high jump broke the mark of 5-feet, 4.5-inches by Katie Collins at the ECAC Championships on May 11, 2002.
DIVISION III NEW ENGLAND QUALIFIERS
• The Babson men have seven athletes who have qualified to the New England Division III championships later this spring.
• The six include McDonough in the 100 meters (11.00), sophomore
Gerardo Fernandez in the 400 meters (50.42), Yacoub (31:48.20) and Ivarra (32:26.31) in the 10,000 meters, Allardi in the 110 hurdles (15.25) and Bezanson in the 110 hurdles (15.43), 400 hurdles (56.61), high jump (6-2.75) and javelin (173-9).
• Rehal represents the women's team on the list of New England qualifiers in the high jump (5-5).
UP NEXT
• The Beavers will start the month of April off by traveling to New London, Connecticut for the annual Coast Guard Invitational on April 5.
