Westfield State University’s track and field teams, and two individuals, earned US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Honors as announced this week by the organization.
Westfield State University had five spring-sport athletes recognized on the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference 2019 Spring Sportsmanship teams
Westfield State’s William Canty and Alexa Popp were formally announced as 2019 All-Americans, as the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association published their list of honorees on Tuesday.
Westfield State junior William Canty (S. Grafton, Mass.) will earn All-America honors in the decathlon after finishing seventh in the nation at the NCAA Division III National Championship meet at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio on Friday.
WESTFIELD, Mass. – Westfield State senior Lexi Popp (Westford, Mass.) qualified for the finals in the women’s 400 hurdles, and junior William Canty (S. Grafton, Mass.) sits in 12th place in the men’s decathlon after Day 1 of the event at the NCAA Division III National Championship meet at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
WESTFIELD, Mass. – Westfield State University senior men’s track athlete Troy Cronin (Florence, Mass.) was honored with the first-ever Athletic Director’s Award for Inspiration at the 2018-19 Owls Student-Athlete Advisory Committee's Senior and Awards banquet on April 30.
WESTFIELD, Mass. - Westfield State junior William Canty (Grafton, Mass.) was named this week's MASCAC men's track Athlete of the Week, as announced by the conference earlier this afternoon.
Westfield State junior William Canty won the NEICAAA (New England All-Divisions) decathlon title to headline the Owls’ performances at the meet held at Southern Connecticut State on Friday and Saturday.
Westfield State junior William Canty won the New England Division 3 championship in the 400 meters, and ran a leg of the Owls champion 4x400 relay to highlight the Owls performances at the meet at Williams College on Friday and Saturday.
Westfield State sophomore Owen Ortiz won both the long jump and the triple jump to lead Westfield State’s men’s track and field team at the 2019 MASCAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Fitchburg, Mass. On Saturday.
Sophomore Mitch Maslowski (Berlin, Conn.) ran 21.79 in winning the 200 meter dash, a time that has him inside the top 20 in the nation, in helping to lead the Owls to a win in their Jerry Gravel Invitational meet at the Gravel Track on Saturday.
The meet is named after coach Jerry Gravel founded the Westfield State men's track and field program in 1969, and developed it into one of the most successful division 3 programs in Massachusetts. Gravel was the head coach of the Westfield State Track and Field program for 28 seasons before retiring in 1997. From 1972 to 1997, Gravel won 20 out of 26 MASCAC championships, including 13 consecutive titles within that span. He also founded the Cross Country program at Westfield State, and coached 32 All-American student-athletes in his time as head coach.
WESTFIELD, Mass. - Westfield State sophomore Mitch Maslowksi (Berlin, Conn.) was named the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference's (MASCAC) Men's Track Athlete of the Week for the week ending April 7th.
Westfield State’s 4x100 relay was a winner, and Mitch Maslowski ran a New England Championships qualifying time in the 200 meters to help the Owls to a second place finish at the Coast Guard Academy Invitational in New London, Conn. on Saturday.
Several Westfield State student-athletes were recently named to the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Sportsmanship Team for the 2018-19 winter season, as announced by the conference earlier this week.
Westfield State senior Tim Forrest claimed MASCAC track athlete of the week honors after winning the 10,000 meters at the Corsair Classic Track and Field Invitational with a time of 33:15.68, leading the Owls to a second place team finish.
WESTFIELD, Mass. – Westfield State senior Tim Forrest won the 10,000 meters on Saturday at the Corsair Classic track and field meet in North Dartmouth, Mass., leading the Owls to a second-place team finish at the team’s first outdoor meet of the season.
When junior Zac Bentley, a member of the cross country and indoor/outdoor track teams, made the decision to transfer to Westfield State as a sophomore, he was looking for a fresh start and a place where he could make an impact. Just a little over a year later, and Bentley has done just that, being voted as the president of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Student-Athlete Advisory Committee this past semester.
BRUNSWICK, Maine -- Sophomore Owen Ortiz (Turners Falls/Greenfield, Mass.) was the top finisher out of four competitors for Westfield State at the New England Men's Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Westfield State junior William Canty (Grafton HS/S. Grafton, Mass.) scored points in six different events to help the Owls to a second place team finish at the 2019 MASCAC Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Allwell North Complex at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, N.H. on Saturday.
William Canty placed second in the 200 meters with a time of 23.23 seconds to highlight the Westfield State University men’s track and field team’s efforts at the Massasoit Invitational meet at Springfield College on Saturday.
Owls senior Tim Forrest placed second in the 5000 meters in a time 15:39.53, with teammate Brandon Leclair third in 15:50.61 to highlight Westfield’s individual performances.
WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Junior men's track and field athlete William Canty (South Grafton, Mass.) was named this week's MASCAC Field Athlete of the Week, as announced by the conference earlier today.
Westfield State junior William Canty (Grafton, Mass.) set the Owls’ school record in the heptathlon, as he finished second at the Harvard University multi-event meet on Friday and Saturday.
WESTFIELD, Mass. -- The Westfield State University men's track and field team won three events at the Rhode Island College Invitational held at Providence Career and Technical High School Saturday afternoon.