Teams: Men's Track & Field: Schedule & Results

JONES WINS BOTH JUMPS AS JUMBOS OPEN GANTCHER

COLLEGE MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD RESULTS
Tufts Invitational I
Saturday, January 13, 2007
At Medford, MA

Meet Results

MEDFORD -- The Tufts University men's indoor track & field team opened the Gantcher Family Sports & Convocation Center for a new season on Saturday with the first of three meets to be held there this winter. Highlighting the event for the Jumbos was the team's sweep in the jumping events.

Senior tri-captain Fred Jones (Northfield, MA) won both the long and triple jumps. His mark of 22 feet, 10 inches won the long jump by exactly a foot over UMass Lowell's Terry Young. Jones went 46' 0 1/2" to win the triple by over two feet. Sophomore Ted McMahon gave Tufts the sweep by winning the high jump with a 6' 3 1/4" best. Junior Jeremy Arak (Ipswich, MA) took second place in the high jump.

The 4x800 meter relay team also won for Tufts. The Jumbo foursome laid down a time of 8 minutes, 10.54 seconds that out-kicked the top team from Division II UMass Lowell by almost two and a half seconds.

In his first meet at Gantcher, freshman Nick Welch (Seattle, WA) ran 8:42.98 in the 3,000 meter run to take second place. Likewise, Ryan Lena (Orono, ME) was second in his Gantcher debut with a time of 15:42.23 in the 5,000 meter run.

The Jumbos stay home to host the second Tufts Invitational of the season on Saturday (Jan. 20).

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