Men’s Track & Field Has Strong Showing at Silfen Invitational

NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Wentworth Institute of Technology men's track & field team had another strong showing at the Silfen Invitational hosted by Connecticut College on Friday and Saturday.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Ryan Ballard won the 1500m, coming in with a time of 3:56.05, beating the second place finisher by eight seconds.
• Oliver Bishop finished fifth in the Decathlon 100m, coming in with a time of 11.63. Bishop also took second in the Decathlon long jump with a jump of 5.92m and with a jump of 1.77m, he took second in the Decathlon high jump. Bishop took third in the Decathlon 400m with a time of 51.99.
• Jack Newton finished eighth in the 800m with a time of 1:57.41 and took sixth in the 400m hurdles with a time of 58.56.
• Ezra Blasko took fifth in the 10,000m with a time of 31:23.39.
• Dominic Simpri tied for fourth in the high jump with a jump of 1.86m while Joe Packowski finished sixth in the javelin with a throw of 47.40m.
• The 4x100 relay of Kevin DeCollibus, William Stewart, Gabriel Silva, and Sincere Duffaut took fourth with a time of 44.24.  

NEXT UP

• The Leopards will compete in the Bridgewater Bears Invitational on Friday.

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