BOSTON -- Bates men's track and field senior captain
Truman Williams continues to make his mark as a Bobcat, breaking his own school record in the indoor 200 meters and surging up the all-time performance list in the 60-meter dash Sunday at Middlebury's New England Small College Invite, held at the TRACK at New Balance.
Meet Highlights
- Williams (Montclair, N.J.) raced to the finish in the 200-meter dash in 21.75 seconds, breaking the 22-second mark for the first time in his collegiate career. He entered this season fourth on the Bates all-time performance list in the event with a personal best of 22.44 seconds, and has now broken the record twice -- first in December when he recorded a time of 22.01 -- and then again on Sunday. His time on Sunday was good for third place out of 52 competitors at the meet.
- Williams also ran a blistering time of 6.97 seconds in the finals of the 60-meter dash, good for third place at the meet and second on the Bates all-time performance list. He is just the second Bobcat ever to break the seven-second mark in the 60-meter dash.
- Sophomore Matt Charpentier (Cape Neddick, Maine) won the shot put with a top distance of 52-3.25 (15.93m) and took fifth in the weight throw with a personal record heave of 50-10.75 (15.51m).
- Senior Solomon Sakakeeny-Smith (Boston) took second place in the weight throw with a personal record toss of 53-9.75 (16.40m).
- First-year Nick Nicolazzo IV (Wellesley, Mass.) moved up to sixth on the Bates all-time performance list in the long jump with his top leap of 21-9.5 (6.64m), good for second place at the meet. He also got ninth in the high jump with a personal record clearance of 5-10.75 (1.80m).
- Sophomore Eli Terrell (Barrington, R.I.) placed fourth in the long jump with a personal record mark of 21-4.75 (6.52m).
- Sophomore Seneca Moore (Lansing, Mich.) took second place in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.45 seconds.
- Senior captain Kevin O'Connor (Milford, Mass.) placed sixth in the 60-meter dash in 7.08 seconds after recording a time of 7.04 seconds in the prelims.
- Junior Carson Moellering (Natick, Mass.) was eighth in the high jump with a top clearance of 5-10.75 (1.80m).
The Bobcats are back in action this Friday and Saturday at the John Thomas Terrier Classic, held at Boston University's Track & Tennis Center.