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Botsford Breaks 27-Year Old 400 Meters Record as Jumbos Place 2nd at New England DIII's

WILLIAMSTOWN – Sophomore Luke Botsford broke the school record in the 400 meters while helping the Tufts men's outdoor track & field team place second at the New England Division III Championships on Saturday.

Botsford's time of 47.53 seconds was below the 47.89 previous Jumbo record held by James Lavallee from 1995. The time ranks Botsford third nationally in the event this season. The Jumbos also had Alex Lemieux place fourth with a 48.77 time in the 4.

Tufts won three events overall. Freshman Ivan Appleton (pictured) was first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a 9:38.20 time, while sophomore Harry Rienecker-Found cleared 6'7" (2.01m) in the high jump to win that event.

Jay Sharma ran 54.82 in the 400-meter hurdles, which is Tufts' best mark of the season and broke into the national top 50. Sam Gatti had the team's best 1500 of the season (3:58.50) while placing third at the meet.

The 4x400-meter relay also put together the best time of the Jumbo outdoor season at 3:20.97 by Sawyer Wilson, Noah Turner, Lemieux and Botsford.

The Jumbos accumulated 76 team points.

 

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Players Mentioned

Ivan Appleton

Ivan Appleton

Distance / Multi-Distance
Freshman
Luke Botsford

Luke Botsford

Sprints
Sophomore
Sam Gatti

Sam Gatti

Distance
Senior
Alex Lemieux

Alex Lemieux

Sprints/Jumps
Junior
Harry Rienecker-Found

Harry Rienecker-Found

Jumps
Sophomore
Jay Sharma

Jay Sharma

Hurdles
Freshman
Noah Turner

Noah Turner

Distance / Mid-Distance
Freshman
Sawyer Wilson

Sawyer Wilson

Long Sprints
Junior

Players Mentioned

Ivan Appleton

Ivan Appleton

Freshman
Distance / Multi-Distance
Luke Botsford

Luke Botsford

Sophomore
Sprints
Sam Gatti

Sam Gatti

Senior
Distance
Alex Lemieux

Alex Lemieux

Junior
Sprints/Jumps
Harry Rienecker-Found

Harry Rienecker-Found

Sophomore
Jumps
Jay Sharma

Jay Sharma

Freshman
Hurdles
Noah Turner

Noah Turner

Freshman
Distance / Mid-Distance
Sawyer Wilson

Sawyer Wilson

Junior
Long Sprints