Michael Balestra
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- Height:
- 5-8
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- Weight:
- 165
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- Hometown:
- Lincoln, R.I.
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- Year:
- Fr.
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- High School:
- Lincoln
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- Major:
- Political Science
Bio
• Also a member of Suffolk's indoor track & field team.
• GNAC Championships Hammer Throw Record Holder -- 46.64 M
FRESHMAN • 2019
All-New England via the New England DIII Cross Country and Track & Field Association … GNAC Male Field Rookie of the Year … GNAC Champion in the hammer throw … All-GNAC honoree in the hammer throw … Sealed up his spot at NCAA DIII New England Regionals in the hammer throw at Tufts’ Snowflake Opener at Dussault Track behind a toss of 45.76 meters, good for second in the field of 31 competitors (March 30) … Topped the 12-man hammer throw field at the Regis Spring Classic with a 46.63-meter showing (April 5) … Put together a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw (47.90) at Fitchburg State’s Jim Sheehan Memorial Invitational (April 6) … Took fourth in the hammer throw (47.60) and tossed the discus at the Penman Relays (April 13) … Put together an eight-place performance in the hammer throw (46.72) at MIT’s Sean Collier Invitational (April 20) … Won the hammer throw with a course record-setting throw of 46.64 and claimed sixth in the discus (31.16) at the GNAC Championships (April 28) … Placed eighth in the hammer throw (48.49) at the NCAA DIII New England Regionals (May 4).
ACADEMICS
Member of Suffolk's 4.0 Club in Fall 2018 ... Two-time AD Honor Roll selection (Fall 2018, Spring 2019).
BEFORE SUFFOLK • LINCOLN
Letterwinner in both indoor and outdoor track & Field at Lincoln and captained the team as a senior ... FInished 10th at the outdoor New Balance National Championships ... Attended the indoor New Balance National Championships ... Coaches Award recipient in 2016.
News mentions
For the first time in program history, Suffolk men’s track & field was acknowledged for its academics as the Rams’ garnered All-Academic Team Honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), the national organization announced Monday afternoon.
For the first time in Suffolk men’s track & field’s short history, the Rams had student-athletes compete at the regional level as Michael Balestra and Maytas Csiki-Fejer compete at the NCAA Division III New England Championships at Williams over the Weekend.
Suffolk men’s outdoor track & field had a historic weekend at the GNAC Championships as the Rams finished as a team for the first time in the events short, two-year history, while three student-athletes – Michael Balestra, Maytas Csiki-Fejer and Robert Solari – all grabbed home individual champion honors.
Suffolk men’s outdoor track & field endured the humid, scattered showers on Saturday, April 20 to compete at MIT’s Sean Collier Invitational at Morrison Track.
Suffolk men’s track & field took its talent to the Granite State Saturday, April 13 for Southern New Hampshire’s second annual Penman Relays. As a team, the blue-and-gold combined for a 19th-place finish in the field of 23.
Over the weekend, the Suffolk men’s track & field team put together an eighth-place showing at Fitchburg State’s Jim Sheehan Memorial Invitational.
The Suffolk men’s track & field team put together a team score of 44 to place fourth in the 11-team Regis Spring Classic field Friday afternoon at Regis Stadium.
In its second-ever season opener, Suffolk men’s outdoor track & field saw two student-athletes produce NCAA Division III New England qualifying worth performances at the Tufts’ Snowflake Opener at Dussault Track Saturday.
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