McPherson Highlights Bears' All-New England Performers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Junior Michael McPherson (Mansfield, Mass.) broke his own school mark in the shot put and earned All-New England honors to lead the Bridgewater State University men's outdoor track and field team at the New England Division III Championships hosted by MIT.

Bridgewater posted a 16th place finish in the team standings with 18 points.  The top eight finishers in each event earned All-New England honors.

McPherson posted a distance of 52 feet, 11 inches to finish third at the meet as he eclipsed his previous standard of 52 feet, five inches set earlier this season.

Juniors Stephen Wahome (Lowell, Mass.) and Aaron Landau (Millis, Mass.) and freshmen Brendan Zielinski (Bethel, Conn,) and Josh Goehring (Haverhill, Mass.) placed seventh in the 4 x 800-meter relay with a school record-setting time of 7:54.56.  They bettered the previous outdoor mark of 7:57.57 set in 2010.

Sophomore Joshua Danner-Hicks (Haverhill, Mass.) captured fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 44 feet, eight inches, while junior Felix Mensah (Lowell, Mass.) finished eighth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.38 seconds.

Danner-Hicks and Mensah competed along with sophomore Timothy Judge (East Bridgewater, Mass.) and freshman Jonathan Sicard (Norton, Mass.) in the 4 x 100-meter relay event as the foursome placed fourth with a time of 43.02 seconds.