RESULTS

LOWELL, Mass.—The UMass Lowell men's track and field team turned in an exceptional team outing Saturday afternoon at the 2022 George Davis Invitational at the Cushing Field Athletic Complex.
 
In total, the men finished the day with 17 top-three finishes including seven first-place marks.
 
"Today was a great day for the entire program. We had great weather, a ton of alumni support and great performances from all of the event groups. We couldn't have asked for a better day to start gearing up for the championship season," commented Associate Head Coach Ally Waruch.
 
The River Hawks dominated the field in the throws with excellent performances across the hammer, shot put, discus and javelin. Continuing his standout season in the circle, graduate student Patrick Pang (Peabody, Mass.) hit a distance of 56.98m to snag first in the hammer throw. The event win marked Pang's fourth of the season thus far.
 
Throwing alongside Pang, senior Hayden Dillow (Franklin, Mass.) set a personal best in the hammer with a 47.39m toss. Dillow also tackled the Discus for the River Hawks, clinching second overall off a career-best 47.22m.
 
Rounding out the top eight in the discus, graduate student DeReginald Walker (Rancho Cordova, Calif.), freshman Ian Camerato (Mount Laurel, N.J.) and sophomore Luis Cadime (Lowell, Mass.) went five-six-eight in the event. Walker reached 43.20m for fifth, followed by Camerato with a personal-best 42.4m for sixth and Cadime in eighth with a 41.80m distance.
 
Cadime and Walker added top finishes in the shot put to close out their weekend successes. With a new career-best mark of 15.74m, Cadime led the pack in first place. Behind Cadime, Walker heaved the shot put to a final 14.72m for fourth. Joining his teammates, senior Sean Trott (Lowell, Mass.) brought home seventh overall with a 14.72m throw.
 
Closing out the throws with the javelin, the River Hawks saw three personal-best marks and a brand new school record on the runway. For the third time this season, freshman James Kotowski set a school record in the javelin, launching the spear to an impressive 71.14m for first in the event. Next in line, sophomore Zach Cardoso (Newton, N.H.) clinched second with a new career-best distance of 59.18m. Sophomore Robert Townsend (Ashland, Mass.) wrapped up the day for the throwing crew in ninth place with a new personal best 49.85m mark.
 
A trio of jumpers triumphed in the pit and on the landing mat for the River Hawks. Sophomore Maxwell Davis (Stoneham, Mass.) cleared 4.25m in the pole vault to notch a fifth-place finish. In the long jump, junior Evans Oduro (Kumasi, Ghana) leapt to a second-place reach of 7.01m. Gliding over the bar, sophomore Michael Makiej (Andover, Mass.) finished sixth in the field after launching himself over 1.88m.
On the track, UMass Lowell started the day strong with a dominating performance in the two-mile run. The River Hawks controlled the pace with five runners registering top eight times. Junior Eoin Dooley (Stoneham, Mass.) clocked in at 9:11.50 to claim a commanding first-place finish. Not far behind, sophomore Tyler Sullivan (Walpole, Mass.) toed the line in 9:16.76 to take third. Sullivan was followed by his classmate Hunter Marion (Templeton, Mass.), who came in just a second after Sullivan with a personal-best mark of 9:17.76.
 
Closing out the top eight, graduate student Ryan Gillooly (Stow, Mass.) finished fourth in 9:18.33 and freshman Will Benoit (Fairhaven, Mass.) took sixth with a 9:23.61 time.
 
The River Hawks made a splash in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, going one-two-three in the obstacle race. Graduate student Benjamin Drezek (Cumberland, R.I.) paced the crew with a 9:02.92 finish to take home first. Seconds after, senior Joseph Walsh (Auburn, Mass.) crossed in a career-best 9:05.92 to take third. Sophomore Joe Young (Dorchester, Mass.) completed the top three sweep with a personal-best of his own, stopping the timer in 9:17.10 for third.
 
Sophomores Nicholas Woolsey (Pepperell, Mass.), Zachary Lalonde (Tewksbury, Mass.) and junior Shawn Stairs Jr. (Acworth, Ga.) excelled in the 100-meter and 400-meter hurdles. The lone River Hawk in the 100-meter hurdle, Woolsey dashed his way to a new career mark of 15.84 to place seventh in the short distance obstacle race. Tackling the 400-meter iteration, Stairs blasted his way to the front of the pack to take first off a 55.81 time. Chasing down a new fastest time, Lalonde placed fourth overall thanks to a 57.53 finish.
 
UMass Lowell's sprinter squad saw its round of triumphs across the 100, 200, and 800-meter events. In the 100-meter dash, sophomores Adam Katerji (Shrewsbury, Mass.) and Aras Kaya (Winchester, Mass.) finished in 11.13 and 11.15 to take fifth and sixth, respectively. With their finishes, the duo put up new career fastest times in the event.
 
Katerji hit the track a second time for the River Hawks, competing alongside junior Sean Glass (Haverhill, Mass.) in the 200-meter sprint. Clocking in at 22.27, Glass finished second overall while Katerji tied for fourth with a 22.65 mark.
 
Junior Thomas Jordan (Needham, Mass.) raced for the River Hawks in the 400-meter, turning in a time of 49.18 for third.
 
Showing off their speed in the 800-meter, graduate students Daniel Cosgrove (Boxford, Mass.) and Cody Moran (Weymouth, Mass.), freshman Graham Stedfast (Rowley, Mass.) and sophomore Tanner Jellison (Wakefield, Mass.) accounted for half of the top eight times. Dominating with a personal-best 1:51.97, Cosgrove crossed first in the event. Cosgrove was followed by Moran in second with a time of 1:51.97; Stedfast in fourth off a career-best 1:52.69; and Jellison in eighth with a 1:55.45 mark.
 
The River Hawks continue their postseason preparations next weekend when they take on the Penn Relays, April 28-30, and the Massachusetts Pre-Conference