AMHERST, Mass. – The UMass Lowell men's track and field team hit the road to compete in the Ken O'Brien Pre-Conference Meet Friday afternoon at Massachusetts.

The long jump was the only field event of the day for the River Hawks, and it was sophomore Kuzey Kaya (Winchester, Mass.) that competed, finishing 11th with a 6.03m mark. 

The 1,500m run started the day for the River Hawks, and it was freshman Jamie Lano (Strafford, N.H.) that led the way in 22^nd place with a personal-best time of 3:59.91. Senior Joseph Curran (Nashua, N.H.) finished just behind him in 23^rd place, earning a 4:00.12 mark. Sophomore Keegan Tierney broke a personal record with a time of 4:08.21 in 46^th place, while junior Daniel Burns (Billerica, Mass.) claimed 63^rd place with a 4:20.30 mark to round out the River Hawks' runners.

In the 400m dash, junior Basit Iddriss (Milford, Conn.) led the way with a time of 50.25 for sixth place, while graduate student Tanner Jellison (Wakefield, Mass.) was just behind him in seventh with a 50.35 mark. Freshman Gabriel Sisk (West Hartford, Conn.) was not much further back with a time of 50.66 for 12^th place. Sophomore Dennis Satchek was next, claiming 18^th with a personal-best 51.23 mark. Freshmen Sean Kerin (Walpole, Mass.) and Liam O'Keefe (Trumbull, Conn.) concluded the event consecutively in 20^th and 21^st place, respectively, with times of 52.12 and 52.24.

Next was the 100m dash, where two runners competed. Freshman Michael Gyimah (Kumasi, Ghana) led with a ninth-place performance and personal-best time of 10.85, while junior Jeandre Abel (Wilmington, Mass.) finished in 32^nd place with an 11.51 mark. Sophomore Nidlaire Olivier (Lowell, Mass.) was the lone runner in the 110m hurdles, claiming eighth place with a time of 15.31.

Freshman Dylan Brenn was out in front for the River Hawks in the 800m run, finishing in 24^th place with a time of 2:00.99, just before sophomore Pedro Mayol (Lincoln, R.I.) claimed 26^th with a time of 2:01.34 and senior Sean Riley (Wilmington, Mass.) finished in 28^th place with a 2:02.08 mark. Freshman Tyler Rothrock (Allenstown, Pa.) rounded out the team's runners with a time of 2:05.06 for 35^th place. Sophomore Willem Eisl (Princeton, Mass.) followed that up with the 400m hurdles, finishing in seventh place with a time of 58.45.

In the 200m, Gyimah led once again, finishing in 14^th with a time of 22.10, just ahead of freshman Dmitrius Shearrion (Taunton, Mass.), who claimed 16^th place with a personal-best 22.28 mark. Junior Brett Earle (Baldwinville, Mass.) was next in 24^th with a 22.53 mark, while O'Keefe and Abel rounded out the UMass Lowell runners in 30^th and 33^rd place, respectively, with times of 23.08 and 23.31.

Four River Hawks competed in the 3,000m steeplechase, with a victory from junior Joshua Rivers (Manchester, N.H.) at a personal-best 9:31.73 mark. He was followed by sophomore Timothy Walsh (Auburn, Mass.) in third with a time of 10:00.00. Senior TJ Glowik (Danvers, Mass.) was next in sixth place with a time of 10:11.59, as sophomore Nicolas Uzzo (East Bridgewater, Mass.) claimed seventh with a personal-best time of 10:11.84.

The final event of the day was the 5,000m run, and freshman Dante Castellano (Nashua, N.H.) was the lone River Hawk, finishing with a time of 15:05.64 for 6th place. 

The River Hawks will now move on to day two of the Pre-Conference Meet on Sunday, April 27.