Jan. 28, 2011

KINGSTON, R.I.- The University of Rhode Island men's track & field team returns to action in Boston this Saturday, Jan. 29th for a pair meets. Rhody will be represented at both the Terrier Classic and the Harvard Multi-Meet.

URI is coming off a fourth place finish at last Saturday's U.S. Navy Invitational in which seniors Jacob Keeling and David Kennedy, along with sophomores Andrew Piscitelli and William Janes, posted IC4A qualifying marks.

Keeling notched qualifying marks in both the shot put and weight throw, while Kennedy qualifying in the 400m dash with a time of 48.38. Piscitelli also qualifying in the shot put while Janes qualified in the weight throw.

The Terrier Invitational, hosted by Boston University, will take place at the Track and Tennis Center on the campus of BU with the first event scheduled to begin at 11:20 a.m.

For more information on the Terrier Invitational, please click here.

Heading to the Harvard Multi-Meet representing URI will be: Andrew Reigstad, Trent Baltzell, Wayne Seaton and Joseph Silwoski. These multi-event athletes will compete in the 60m dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 60m hurdles, pole vault and the 1000m run.

For more information on the Harvard Multi-Meet, please click here.

Rhode Island will be back in action on Friday, Feb. 11th as they head to New York City to take part in the Armory Winter Games. The meet is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.