BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Albright men's indoor track and field team officially begun their season on Friday (Dec. 1) afternoon at the Mountain Hawk Opener hosted by Leigh University.
FULL MEET RESULTS
With the start of the season, the Albright men's and women's track and field teams are officially under the new guidance of head coach Mike Massone. Massone was officially hired by Albright College on August 9 of this year. Massone takes over for former head coach Deenen Ebling who held the same position for 20 years at Albright.
Massone comes to Albright with a wealth of coaching experience in track and field at the collegiate level. Massone has been a coach for 15 seasons spending time in all divisions of collegiate athletics with stops at Saint Peters University, Fordham University and New York University. Massone was the head coach for 10 years at Saint Peters and was a 6x time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Coach of the Year recipient at the University.
A number of Albright student-athletes were in action this weekend across the two-day Mountain Hawk Opener. In total, eight Albright Lions took to the track in the forms of
Julian Lucas,
Michael Maley,
Bryam Ramirez,
Andrew Myers,
Dante Zamichieli,
Michael O'Hanlon,
Dominick Magalhaes and
John Villano.
Zamichieli was in heat two during the men's 800 meters and Zamichieli won his heat with a blazing time of 2:06.64. Myers took second in his heat and sixth overall in the 400-meter race with a time of 53.12.
O'Hanlon competed in the shot put and performed well with a throw of 11.43m.
Up Next:
The men's indoor track and field team will head to Ursinus College on Friday, December 8 for the Bow Tie Invitational. The Invitational is set to begin at 4 p.m.
