Nathan Sylven’s sixth-place finish in the 3000 meter steeple chase highlighted the Owls performances on Saturday at the New England Division III Track and Field Championships at Mount Holyoke College.
Chi Alpha Sigma recognizes undergraduate college student-athletes who participate in a sport at the varsity intercollegiate level, achieve junior academic standing or higher after their fifth full time semester, and earn a 3.4 or higher cumulative grade point average.
Westfield State grad student Shane Clark (Bellows Falls, Vt.) placed seventh in javelin to earn All-New England honors at the New England Division III track and field championships at Mount Holyoke College on Friday.
Owls' athletics recognized its major award winners, including the Senior Scholar Athlete Awards, the Peter Mazza Athletic Award, the Senior Male and Female Athletes of the Year, and the John Kurty Award, the department's highest award for four-year contributions to athletics, and inducted 33 new members of Chi Alpha Sigma, the national honor society for college athletes.
Thirteen women and six men from Westfield State formally earned Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference outdoor track and field all conference awards in track and field, as announced by the league on Wednesday.
Westfield State first year Nathan Sylven (Wrentham, Mass.) won a pair of events to lead the Owls to a second place finish in the 2024 MASCAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the Jerry Gravel Track and Alumni Field in Westfield on Friday.
Westfield State senior Colby rank posted a pair of top four finishes as men’s track and field placed tenth at the Trinity Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
Westfield State University’s Gordon Johnson (Hanson, Mass./Whitman-Hanson HS) and Nathan Sylven (Wrentham, Mass./King Phillip) have been named as the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference’s men’s track and field athlete of the week, and rookie of the week.
Westfield State first-year Nathan Sylven won the men’s 3000 steeplechase to highlight the Owls performances at the UMass Dartmouth Corsair Invitational on Saturday in North Dartmouth, Mass.
Westfield State’s Shane Clark and Brogan Madden won their events as the Owls men’s outdoor track and field team started the season at a rainy Elmer J. Swanson Invitation at Wesleyan College in Middletown, Conn. on Saturday.
The MASCAC Sportsmanship Team is intended to recognize one student-athlete from each team, in every sport that best demonstrates the values of the MASCAC and its Sportsmanship Statement, regardless of their overall performance or statistics for the season.
At the conclusion of the winter sports season, Westfield State University Athletics continues to hold the top spot in the 2023-24 Howard C. Smith Cup standings as the best athletic program in the MASCAC.
Westfield State junior Eliza Lee (Walpole, Mass.) placed ninth in the triple jump, highlighting the Owls’ competitors at the New England Divison III Track and Field Championships at the Track at New Balance on Sunday.
Westfield State’s Will Brewster (Westfield, Mass.) and Colby Ranck (Chicopee, Mass./Hampden Charter) each picked up event wins at the Wheaton College Pre-Postseason Invitational on Saturday in Norton, Mass.Good S
Westfield State track and field athletes Eliza Lee and John Nekitopoulos each won multiple events at the MASCAC Championship meet to headline the teams’ All-Conference award winners.
Westfield State junior John Nekitopoulos won the 1000 and the 3000 meters to lead the Owls’ men’s track and field team’s results at the 2024 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship on Saturday afternoon at Smith College.
After a year’s hiatus, the MASCAC Indoor Track and Field Championships have returned with Westfield State men’s and women’s track and field hosting the meet at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. on Saturday, February 10.
Nekitopoulos was recognized after running a personal best time of 4:20.36 in winning the mile race at the Pioneer Fast Trax Invitational meet in Utica, N.Y. on Saturday, Feb. 3.
John Nekitopoulos won the men’s mile to lead the results of the Westfield State men’s track and field team at the Pioneer Fast Trax Invitational at Utica (NY) College on Saturday afternoon.
Westfield State senior John Nekitopoulos posted a Division III All-New England time with a first-place finish in the 1000 as the men’s track and field team competed at the Wesleyan Invite.
Westfield State senior John Nekitopoulos won the men’s mile to highlight the Owls performances at the Massassoit Classic meet at Springfield College on Saturday.
Westfield State’s John Nekitopoulos won the 3000 meters to highlight the performances of the Westfield State University men’s track and field team on Saturday at the Coast Guard Academy Invitational in New London, Conn.
First year Ali Warsame placed second in the triple jump to lead the Owls men’s and track and field team’s performances at the Utica College Holiday Classic in Utica, N.Y. on Saturday afternoon.
Westfield State sophomores’ Colin Mahoney and Ali Warsame both won individual events as the Owls placed second at the Springfield College Invitational from Springfield, Mass. on Saturday afternoon.