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

BRADLEY HIT PROVISIONAL MARK IN HIGH JUMP AS JUMBOS HOST FIRST INVITATIONAL

COLLEGE MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD RESULTS
Tufts Invitational I
Saturday, January 17, 2009
at Medford, MA

Meet Results

MEDFORD -- For the second straight straight year, Tufts high jumper James Bradley (Atkinson, NH) helped open the Gantcher Center for a new indoor season by recording an NCAA provisional qualifying high jump. On Saturday, the senior quad-captain cleared 6'8 �" in the high jump to highlight the men's indoor track & field team's first meet at the Gantcher Center this season. Tufts scored 123 points overall to finish fourth out of eight teams, but was just three points out of second place.

Bradley's high jump won the meet and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships. That was one of three victories for the Jumbos overall. Last year as a junior, Bradley hit the provisional high jump of 6'7" at the first Gantcher meet.

The high jump victory on Saturday was one of three Tufts wins. Sophomore Jeff Ragazzini (Wilton, CT) was first by five seconds in the mile run with a 4:26.04 time. In a four-team field, the Jumbo 4x800 relay of junior Billy Hale (Menlo Park, CA), junior Jason Hanrahan (Westport, CT), freshman Connor Rose (Irvine, CA) and senior Marcelo Norsworthy (Pflugerville, TX) ran a winning 8:08.84 time.

Norsworthy also had one of three Tufts runner-up performances. He was second in the 600 meter run (1:23.17). Junior Jesse Faller (Burlington, MA) crossed the finish line in 8:52.17 for the 3,000 meters to place second. Freshman Matt Williams (Punta Gorda, FL) had a strong home debut in the shot put, heaving the ball 45'8 �" (13.93m) for second.

Division II UMass Lowell won the meet with 156 points. Keene State (126) and RPI (124) finished just ahead of Tufts. The Jumbos compete at BU next Saturday.
 

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