John Nekitopoulos
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- Hometown:
- West Springfield, Mass.
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- West Springfield
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- Events:
- Distance
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- Major:
- Undecided
News mentions
Warsame’s big day highlighted the Owls performances, which included Eliza Lee (Walpole, Mass.) adding all New England honors in the women’s triple jump with a top mark of 11.70 meters to place fourth.
Westfield State men’s track and field placed seven athletes on the 2025 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference All-Conference team after competing at the MASCAC Championship meet this past Friday. Athletes that finished first in their respective individual or team event were awarded all-conference recognition.
Nathan Sylven captured a pair of events for the Owls, winning the 3000 steeplechase and the 5000 meters.
Senior John Nekitopoulos won the race of the day, holding off teammate Rowan Gottschall by 2/100ths of a second in a photo finish in the 800.
The Owls’ John Nekitopoulos (West Springfield, Mass.) and Nathan Sylven (Wrentham, Mass.) each posted second-place finishes in their respective events.
Westfield will return to action next Saturday for the Coast Guard Academy Invitational in New London, Conn.
Sophomore Nathan Sylven (Wrentham, Mass.) won the 3000 for the Owls men’s track and field team which placed fifth at the CGA Bear Invitational on Friday night from New London, Conn.
Westfield State sophomore Nathan Sylven (Wrentham, Mass.) ran to a third-place finish in the men’s 5,000 meters to highlight the Owls men’s track and field team’s performance at the Harvard Invitational meet in Cambridge, Mass. on Friday afternoon.
John Nekitopoulos (West Springfield, Mass.) came in first for the men’s 1000 meter run with a time of 2:40.38.
Westfield State track and field athletes earned a pair of honors from the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference this week, as John Nekitopoulos (West Springfield, Mass.) was selected as the men’s track athlete of the week, while Bronwyn Pinsly (Las Vegas, Nev.) was tabbed as the women’s field athlete of the week.
The Westfield State men’s indoor track and field team kicked off the season at Springfield College for the Springfield College Season Opener meet finishing third out of six teams on Saturday afternoon.