ECAC Champion & 4:10 Miler Patrick Grimes'13
2012-13 Headlines
2013 comes to a close at ECAC The men grabbed 38th at the ECAC meet led by a 4th place finish by Andrew Erskine in the 10k and a 6th place in the 400 by Matt Melton. Full Story
4 x 800 School Record A 7:42.80 in the 4 x 800 Relay by Codola, Harrison, Sklar and Grimes sets a new school record, and grabs an 8th place finish, at the NEICAAA's. Full Story
Javelin, 400 and 800's highlight DIII NE's A 186 foot throw in the Javelin by Josiah, a 3rd place in the 400 by Melton and 3 big PR's in the 800 by Grimey, Romey and Brent help the team to a 17th place finish at DIII New England's Full Story
6th at NESCAC's A pair of 4th place finishes by Josiah in the Discus & Javelin, and 3rd places by Melton, Erskine and Grimes lead the team to a 6th place finish at the NESCAC's held at Tufts Full Story
Men grab 2nd at Little Three's Wins by Josiah in the Discus and KC in the 5k lead the team to a runner-up finish at the Little Three meet at Williams. Full Story
Buckley win leads at UMass Invite Dillon Buckley gave the team their lone win - in the steeplechase - to highlight a great day at the UMass Invite. Full Story
Men 5th at AIC Invite The men were led by wins in the 10k Andrew Erskine and 400 Matt Melton, as they finished 5th at AIC.Full Story
The outdoor season has begun The men got the season kicked off at Tufts, with Charlie Reighard leading the way with a 2nd place finish (15:08.50) in the 5k. Full Story
All American Run Matt Melton earns All-American accolades in the 800 with his 6th place finish at the National Championships. Full Story
Tufts Last Chance Patrick Grimes wins the mile in 4:11.72 to secure a berth at NCAA's to highlight the Tufts Last Chance Meet Full Story
Fast times at NE's Matt Melton's 3rd place finish in the 800 1:51.94, leads a bevy of PR's at the NEICAAA Championships Full Story
USATF NE's A win by Matt Melton in one of the fastest times of the year for DIII in the 800 - 1:52.26 - leads team at the USATF New England Championships. Full Story
Men 4th in return to Springfield Wins by Matt Melton 500, Romey Skalr 1000, Andrew Erskine 3k as well as the DMR (Melton, Liebman, Codola and Grimes), along with numerous great performances highlight the 2nd Springfield Invite. Full Story
Coach Ned helps break 4x800 Masters World Record Running with 3 other guys - all over 40 years of age - Coach Ned anchored the 4x800 Relay to a Masters World Record with their 7:58.12 time at the Armory in New York City on January 25th. Full Story
Men's Track in the Community In addition to daily doubles, the team also found time to give back to the community during the Intersession period this January Full Story
Men 2nd at Springfield A 1-2 finish in the 5k (Alva Morales & KC Fussell), Matt Melton's 800 win, and a 1-2-3 sweep in the Mile (Grimes, Reighard, Turissini) lead the men to a runner-up finish at Springfield. Full Story
Men run strong at Wesleyan A pair of wins by Patrick Grimes - 1000m - and Matt Melton - 400m, along with a very exciting win in the 4x800 (Woop, Crowley, Howe and Hawkins) propel the team at Wesleyan Full Story
Men open 2013 at Tufts Wins by Patrick Grimes and Andrew Erskine in the 3k and 5k, along with a day capping 4x800 win (Pitmon, Howe, Codola and Melton) lead team to a 5th place finish at Tufts Full Story
Track opens season at Smith The sophomores dominate the 4x800, to go along with victories by Melton 600, Cort TJ, Erskine 3k and Sklar 1000 to get the 2012-13 season underway at the Smith Invite. Full Story
11th at Districts Led by Andrew's 29th place finish, the team closed out the season with an 11th place finish Full Story
Now on Facebook Very much in its infancy, a Men's Track and XC page has been set up on Facebook. Very much a FB novice so a work in progress at this point but it is set up Full Story
ECAC Champs Led by a 3-4-5 finish from Dillon, Gus and Romey the team captured its first ever ECAC Championship with a score of 44 points. Full Story
NESCAC's While the race provide some very fast times, the team finished 7th overall, led by Andrew Erskine's 16th place 25:02 finish at Bowdoin. Full Story
2nd at Little Three's Despite closing up the time gaps and having a strong race across the board, the men still were on the short end of the stick as Williams took the L3 title.Full Story
Sports Info Story on Men's XC Community Service A great article written by Reilly Horan about the XC team and its fall community service projects Full Story
2nd at James Earley A 20th place finish by Charlie Reighard to go along with 5 guys in the Top 31 lead to a runner-up finish in Westfield.Full Story
32nd at Paul Short A Greg Turissini had an outstanding race to finish in 25:20 and the 3rd DIII runner to lead the team at Paul Short Run in Lehigh. Full Story
4th at Wesleyan A pair of first years, Dan Crowley and Jeff Seelaus lead the short-handed team to a 4th place finish at the Wesleyan Invitational.Full Story
Greg Turissini Named NESCAC Runner of the Week By virtue of his 7th place, 24:38 run at Saturdays meet at UMass Amhest, Greg earns Runner of the Week for the conference Full Story
4th at UMass Invite The men kicked off the campaign with a 4th place showing at the UMass Invite led by Soph. Greg Turissini's 7th place, 24:38 run over the 4.83 mile course.Full Story
Men's XC hits the Trails In between training sessions, the team made time to give back to the community by hitting the trails to help clear overgrowth, remove fallen trees and clean up the trails in Amherst Full Story
Amherst Welcomes New Coaches Mike Miller will start this fall, working with the Sprinters and Throwers and also handle Strength and Conditioning responsibilities while Ben Mears'11 returns to Amherst to help with Cross Country . Bob Rosen will also start helping out XC in a volunteer capacity this fall. For more information, please visit the trackstaff link
Academic All-Americans Four members of the team were named Academic All-Americans by the USTFCCCA (Ben Scheetz, Andrew Erskine, Matt Melton and Alex Durkee) by virtue of success in the classroom and on the track Full Story
Capital One First team Academic All-AmericanSenior Ben Scheetz was honored as First Team Capital One Academic All-American, becoming the first Amherst Male student-athlete to receive the honor Full Story
Olympic Trials for Scheetz Ben Scheetz finishes 29th in the 800m at the 2012 US Olympic Trials - the only DIII competitor at the meet
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NCAA XC Qualifier and New England 10k Champion Andrew Erskine`13
Most Recent Meet
ECAChampionships - May 16-17
The 2013 season came to an end at Springfield College, with the running of the ECAC Championships on Thursday and Friday. The combination of final exams, lengthy papers and lack of sleep do not usually equate to great results, and this year was no real exception. Some years the ECAC will be a week after finals, and things come together real well but this year was not the case, and while the desire and conviction was ever present - the effort needed to get work done ultimately seemed to take its toll - especially in the later stages of races. On Thursday, Josiah competed in the javelin and was throwing into a brutal cross wind that was wreaking havoc on the field, and he was only able to get the javelin out to 164 feet, good for 21st. Meet delays for whatever reason pushed the 5k & 10k start times back 45 minutes later but would ultimately make for better conditions - little cooler and less windy. Charlie and Dillon got after it in the 5k, and were both hoping to improve their times from early in the season but despite valiant efforts, it was not going to be in the cards. Charlie moved up a few spots over the last mile after a conservative start and would finish in 11th, while Dillon would come through in 17th. In the 10k, Andrew went after it with the early leaders going through the 3m in 14:50, but would start to fade just after the 4 mile but held on to grab a 4th place, running 31:38. On the second day, the 1500 was the first event to get under way and Greg was in good position through the first couple of laps but looked like the well was empty when he went to it in the final 300 and he would finish in 4:01. Grimey was in the 2nd section, and he took the lead into the win bringing the field through a solid opening 800 in 2:03 and continued to lead through about the 1000m mark before getting passed and the wind came out of his sails and he struggled home in 4:03 - unfortunately, shy of the time he would need to move on to NCAA's. Matt Melton was the next to go in the 4th of 5th sections in the 400m and he won his section decisively in a new PR of 48.57 and would ultimately grab 6th place. The 800 would be the days final individual events as Brent would use a big kick on the last 150 to run away with his section, winning in 1:54.81 and placing 11th overall, before literally running to the car to get back to school for a final exam. Romey would compete in the next section, and ran a 1:54.95 to place 15th overall. The 4x800 would be the final event of the year for the men, and it gave a chance for two guys to get one more race under their belts - the first being senior Eli Howe who would fittingly lead things off as he ran 2:00.8, and was followed by first year Jeff Seelaus who ran 1:59.2 before handing off to Matt whose 2:01 carry gave the stick to Grimey for his final collegiate race, as he finished things off with a 1:58 carry, helping the team to a 12th place finish.
Upcoming Meets
The 2013 season has come to a close - a little sooner then ideal but that is sometimes the way it is. We will enjoy the summer and get ready for a big cross cuontry season in the fall.
Ben Scheetz`12
Two-time National Athlete of the Year and NCAA DIII 800m National Record - 1:47.43
