Indoor Track and Field Finish 2023 at UMass Boston Beacons Season Opener

BOSTON – Emmanuel men's and women's indoor track and field finished up the 2023 portion of their schedule on Sunday, competing in the Beacons Season Opener, hosted by UMass Boston at the TRACK at New Balance.

A pair of Saints women posted a pair of podium finishes in the 1000-meter event with sophomore Sydney Gonzalez (Guilderland, N.Y.) claiming second place after a time of 3:26.57. First-year Eden Lewis (Manchester, Conn.) was over the line in third place.

Junior Cynthia Brito (Whitman, Mass.) reached the 10-meter mark for the first time in her career in the triple jump, placing third in the event with a PR at 10.01 meters.

Senior Emma Krantz (Manchester, N.H.) placed fourth in the 800 meters after a time of 2:47.09. First-year Kendall Newton (Gloucester, Mass.) finished fifth in the 3000 meters with a time of 11:51.99.

For the Saints men, sophomore Pierre Paul Labossierre (Port-au-Prince, Haiti) posted a sixth-place finish in the high jump after clearing the bar at 1.75 meters. He added an eighth-place mark in the long jump after a PR leap of 5.85 meters.

A pair of eighth-place finishes came from first-years Nicholas Ware (Rehoboth, Mass.) and Isaiah Etienne (Watertown, Mass.) in the 3000 meter run and 200 meter dash, respectively. Ware ran the 3K in 9:49.13 while Etienne posted a time of 23.23 in his 200 meters.

The winter break puts a pause on the Emmanuel indoor track and field season for a little over a month. The Saints return to action on Jan. 13, 2024, at the Reggie Poyau Invitational, hosted at Brandeis University.