Warsame Wins Pair At Wheaton
Westfield State sophomore Ali Warsame won the long jump and triple jump events, highlighting a strong day of competition for the Owls at the Wheaton Post-Season Qualifier meet on Saturday afternoon and evening in Norton, Mass.
Westfield State sophomore Ali Warsame won the long jump and triple jump events, highlighting a strong day of competition for the Owls at the Wheaton Post-Season Qualifier meet on Saturday afternoon and evening in Norton, Mass.
Warsame won the long jump with a leap of 6.93 meters, topping teammate Danny Shea in second at 6.65 meters.
Warsame doubled up in also wining the triple jump with mark of 13.71 meters.
Westfield's Theo Yetman won the 400 meters with a time of 51.14 seconds, topping a field of 27 athletes in the event.
In the 800 meters, Gordon Johnson came home second in 2:01.66 with Rowan Gottschall on his heels in fourth in 2:02.41.
Nathan Sylven placed third in the 3000 meters in 9:01.26, where Scott Porter grabbed fifth place in a time of 9:14.56.
Westfield's 4x400 unit of Rowan Gotschall, Gordon Johnson, Colin Mahoney and Lorcan Bergeron won the relay in 3:37.61, while the Owls 4x200 relay of Max Margeson, Myles Craft, Brandon Paquette and Devan Cerone placed second in 1:35.52.
Cerone was third in the high jump with a mark of 1.85 meters.
Dylan Clark was second in the shot put at 13.62 meters, and took fifth in the weight throw at 13.08 meters.
No team scores were recorded at the meet. The Owls will next compete at the New England Division 3 Championships next Friday and Saturday at the Track at New Balance in Boston.