SAINTS EXCEL AT SEAN COLLIER INVITATIONAL

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Emmanuel College Saints were honored to compete in the 2nd Annual Sean Collier Track & Field Invitational at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Saturday morning.  Competing in honor of the fallen MIT officer, the Saints excelled to 26 personal bests and a new program record, while four Emmanuel performances qualified for post-season championships.

Emmanuel's Ryan Thomas (Wakefield, R.I.) qualified to race in the ECAC Championships with his time of 55.76 in the men's 400mH.  Thomas' swift time earned the senior captain a spot on the podium, as he finished in 2nd place overall.

Sophomore Ian Chamenko (Beacon Falls, Conn.) continued to excel in the men's steeplechase, following up last week's program record-setting performance with another EC record time of 10:21.71.  Chamenko's time was good enough for 5th place overall.

Chamenko teamed up with juniors Tom Tallo (Lincoln, R.I.), Corey Hebert (Acushnet, Mass.) and Craig Schoaf (Raynham, Mass.) for a 3rd place finish in the 4x800m relay.  Their combined time of 8:43.66 qualified the team for the Division III New England Championships.

Rookie Brian Uram (Westford, Mass.) ran 5th overall in the men's 110mH with his time of 16.20.  Thomas finished just behind Uram in 6th place with a time of 16.24.  Uram also raced to a PR time of 24.33 in his 200m event.

Freshman Francisco Tavares (Boston, Mass.) snagged 4th place in the men's 400m with his time of 51.09.  He also set a new PR time of 23.49 in the men's 200m.  On the women's side, junior Zoe Pierce-Dickens (Franklin, Vt.) ran 7th overall with her time of 61.78.

Pierce-Dickens later ran the anchor leg in the women's 4x100m relay, along with Mellyn Costello (Canton, Mass.), Micaela Fraccalossi (Plymouth, Mass.) and Sara Ciochetti (Watertown, Conn.).  The team finished in 52.57 to improve on their Division III New England Championship qualifying time. Costello's individual time in the women's 100mH of 16.92 was a PR, while Fraccalossi and Ciochetti also achieved their personal best times of 13.22 and 14.04, respectively, in the women's 100m race.  All four also raced in the women's 200m, with Fraccalossi, Costello and Ciochetti recording more personal best times.

The women's 4x800m relay team of Chloe Egan (Burlington, Vt.), Chloe Pangonis (Keene, N.H.), Nicole Varca (Wethersfield, Conn.) and Haylee Krenzer (Haverhill, Mass.) raced down a 3rd place finish in a Division III New England qualifying time of 10:47.32.

The Saints are back in action next Sunday, April 26, for their final meet of the regular season.  Emmanuel will travel to Regis College for the Pride Classic, set to begin at 10:00 AM.

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