Williamstown, MA – On Wednesday, May 17th, 2023, the Williams men's track and field team competed at Williams College in the Williams Final Qualifier. This is the final meet the Ephs will compete in this season for most Ephs, except for a select few that are traveling to the NCAA DIII Outdoor Track and Field Championships at St. John's Fischer University in Rochester, NY on Thursday, May 25th.
In the 1500m 8 Ephs competed: Nate Lentz '24, John Lucey '24, Simon Kissam '23, Chris Ratcliffe '24, Grant Gattuso '23, Will Spollen '23, Jackson Hartigan '23, Jackson Davis '25, and Russell Blakey '23. Lentz placed 1st with a time of 3:49.99, Lucey placed 2nd with a PR time of 3:55.75, and Kissam placed 3rd with a time of 4:01.93. In 5th was Ratcliffe with a PR time of 4:05.54, in 6th was Gattuso with a time of 4:09.70, and close behind in 7th was Spollen with a time of 4:09.75. Hartigan placed 8th with a PR time of 4:13.15, Davis placed 9th with a time of 4:16.59 for his first time running the event, and Blakey placed 10th with a time of 4:39.22.
Jacob Cohen '24 competed in the 400m and placed 3rd with a time of 54.81. The 100m was run by Jack Davis '24, Andrew Williams '24, Brandon Hashemi '23, Jeremy Bertolet '24, and Nolan Holley '23. Davis placed 1st with a time of 10.91s. Williams and Hashemi placed 3rd and 4th with times of 11.68s and 11.70s respectively. Bertolet placed 5th with a time of 11.84s and Holley placed 6th with a time of 12.20s.
In the 800m, the three freshmen Leo Cooper '26, Zachary Liu-Walter '26, and Luke Zanuck '26 competed. Cooper placed 1st with a PR time of 1:54.82. Liu-Walter and Zanuck placed 3rd and 4th with times of 1:56.70 and 2:02.40 respectively. Jack Davis and Jacob Cohen secured 1st and 2nd place in the 200m, with Davis running a time of 22.16s and Cohen running a time of 23.39s.
On the field, Nick Canora '26 placed 7th in the hammer throw with a throw of 42.98m (141'0).
The Ephs had a strong finish to their year with many personal record performances. Following this meet is the NCAA DIII Outdoor Track and Field Championships, which will take place May 25th-28th at St. John's Fischer University in Rochester, NY.
