Horan Leads Men's Indoor Track at MASCAC/Alliance Championships

GORHAM, Maine – Freshman Matt Horan (Billerica, Mass.) posted an impressive performance in the 55-meter hurdles to lead the Bridgewater State University Bears at the MASCAC/New England Alliance Indoor Championships held at the University of Southern Maine on Saturday.

Horan captured both the MASCAC and Alliance titles in the hurdles and also set a new BSU indoor record in the event.  He recorded a time of 7.88 seconds in the finals, breaking the previous school standard of 7.92 set by Anthony Nardozzi in 2006.  Horan's performance also qualified him for the ECAC Division III Championships.

The men's indoor team finished in fourth place in the MASCAC standings with 86 team points, and eighth in the Alliance standings with 34 points.  Westfield State University (219 points) captured the MASCAC title, while the University of Southern Maine (151 points) won the Alliance championship.

Fellow freshman Joshua Danner-Hicks (Haverhill, Mass.) won the MASCAC title in the triple jump with a leap of 43 feet, five inches (13.23m).  He also placed third in the Alliance results.

Sophomore David Phipps (Attleboro, Mass.) finished second in the MASCAC in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:02.98, while classmate Felix Mensah (Lowell, Mass.) placed second in the 55-meter dash (6.59 seconds).

Along with Horan's first place Alliance finish in the hurdles, a total of five Bears earned All-New England Alliance honors.  Danner-Hicks in the triple jump, Mensah in the 55-meter dash, sophomore Stephan Cawley (Dedham, Mass.) with a fourth place showing in the shot put (47'0.75") and Phipps in the 3,000 (8th place).