Men's Indoor Track and Field Performs Well At Springfield Triangle Classic

SPRINGFIELD, MA (February 18, 2023) -- The Tufts University men's track and field squad performed well Saturday at the 2023 Springfield College Triangle Classic. 

Junior Alex Lemieux had a great day in the 60 meter dash, as he finished fourth in preliminaries with a 7.16 seconds, and then followed in finals with a time of 6.98 seconds to earn the victory. Luke Botsford also finished fifth in the 60 meters with a time of 7.11. 

Sophomore Naheim Washington posted a strong time of 23.34 in the 200 meter dash to finish third overall, junior Kyle Bouchard was seventh overall with a 24.12. Botsford was a winner in the 400 meters after running a 49.93, while Lemieux was the runner-up with a time of 50.91. Sophomore Ethan Forde was third in the 600 meter run with a time of 1:25.16, and Liam O'Hara finished fourth after running a 1:25.39. 

First-year Charlie Koenig was fifth overall in the 1000 meter run after posting a time of 2:50.75, and Martin Horne recorded a time of 4:29.17 to finish fourth overall. 

In the 3000 meter run, Amokrane Oouchiche was fifth overall after running a 8:49.49, and sophomore David Manning took 10th place after running an 8:53.12. First-year Cameron McLeon posted a personal-best time of 8.67 in the 60 meter hurdles, and Sam Nissen ranked fifth after running a time of 8.77. 

In the high jump, sophomore Karten Kropp took second place after clearing a height of 1.85 meters, and Edward Kiboma was seventh with a mark of 1.85 meters but in more attempts. Liam Garrison cleared a personal-best 4.45 meters in the pole vault for third place, while sophomore Ryan Vu chalked up a personal-best mark in the long jump of 6.41 meters for fifth place. 

First-year Casey Lambert was fourth overall in the triple jump with a collegiate-best mark of 12.55 meters. 

In the shot put, Matthew Carey was fifth after finishing with a heave of 13.16 meters, and Tre Williams was ninth after a mark of 12.03 meter. 

Sophomore Eric Meyer was fourth in the weight throw with a mark of of 14.95 meters, and Derek Schmaeling took sixth place after a toss of 13.75 meters. First-year Martin Decker also was seventh with a 13.64 meter throw. 

The Jumbos will travel to the Division III New England Championships next weekend, starting on Friday, February 24 at 11:30 a.m. at The TRACK at New Balance in Brighton.